Despite inventory shortages and COVID-19, dealers who responded quickly by email, phone, and text showed markedly stronger sales to web customers
MONTEREY, Calif., April 18, 2022–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Harley-Davidson dealerships ranked highest in the 2022 Pied Piper PSI® Internet Lead Effectiveness® (ILE®) Motorcycle/UTV Industry Study, which measured responsiveness to Internet leads coming through dealership websites – behaviors tied directly to retail sales success. Dealers selling Polaris Inc’s Indian motorcycles were ranked second, followed by Polaris Side-by-Side/UTV dealers.
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Five-year comparison of Pied Piper PSI® Internet Lead Effectiveness® (ILE®) Studies (USA) 2018 – 2022 – Scale 0 to 100 www.piedpiperpsi.com (Graphic: Business Wire)
“Quick response to web customers is critical to selling, placing an order, or building the foundation for future sales,” said Fran O’Hagan, CEO of Pied Piper. “Dealers who respond quickly, personally, and completely to website customer inquiries on average sell 50% more vehicles to their web customers as opposed to dealers who fail to respond.”
Dealers for four of the top scoring brands, Harley-Davidson, Indian, Polaris and BRP’s Can-Am not only scored well in 2022, but also have dramatically improved their web response behaviors over time. Over the past five years, dealers for those four brands have on…
