Your internet department is leaving deals in the CRM.

We fix the process.

Dealership internet process consulting built on evidence. We shop your store as a real customer, score every call, text and email, then rebuild your follow-up process, CRM workflow and team habits around what we found.

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PROCESS CONSULTING

Follow-up cadence, CRM workflows and templates rebuilt for your store.

TEAM TRAINING

Recurring sessions with your BDC and sales floor, built on real call reviews.

REAL RECORDINGS

Every finding backed by the actual voicemail, text or email.

SCORED MONTHLY

A mystery shop every month, so you can see whether it actually improved.

WHAT WE FIX

Nobody is checking what happens after the lead.

You pay for the leads, the CRM and the BDC. What almost nobody measures is the first twenty minutes after the form hits, and that's where most deals are lost. These are the four things we find most often, and how we fix them.

01

The first reply is an auto-blast

A customer asks about a specific car and gets a template about this month's specials. It counts as a response in the CRM. It isn't one.

The fix: first-response templates that answer the question and ask for the appointment.

02

The phone rings once and stops

Calls get logged so the activity report looks right, but no voicemail is left. The customer never knows anyone called.

The fix: call and voicemail scripts, with coaching built on your team's own recordings.

03

Follow-up dies on day two

Day one looks strong. By day three the cadence is gone, and by day five the lead is cold while the CRM still says "working."

The fix: a cadence built into your CRM workflow, with tasks your team can't quietly skip.

04

Texts that aren't compliant

Messages go out without opt-out language. A small thing until it isn't.

The fix: compliant text templates, checked on every shop we run.

OUR PROCESS

Four steps. You do almost none of them.

The shop runs without your team knowing, which is the only way the result means anything. Everything after that is work we do with your managers, not a report we email you.

THE PROOF

You don't get a summary. You get the evidence.

Every shop produces an interactive report you open in a browser. Click a voicemail and it plays. Click an email and the screenshot opens full size. Your GM sees exactly what the customer experienced, in their own team's voice.

DIGITAL DETECTIVESSAMPLE REPORT

Anytown Motors

SAMPLE

SHOP DETAILS

Shop start date03/04/2026
Dealer websiteanytownmotors.example
Lead submissionScreenshot on file

CUSTOMER PROFILE

Customer nameSample Shopper
Customer phone(555) 010-0147
Customer email[email protected]

VEHICLE OF INTEREST

Year, make, model2026 midsize sedan
Stock #SAMPLE-1042
VINSAMPLEVIN00000000
OVERALL ASSESSMENT
RETAILER SCORE
70%
Target 85% · Fail
EMAIL
60%
30 / 50 pts
PHONE CALL
80%
40 / 50 pts
TEXT COMPLIANCE
PASS
Not scored
FOLLOW UP TIMELINE
DAY 1 · WEDMar 4
1:07 PM
Voicemail
▶ Play
0:17
1:07 PM
Email
View
1:08 PM
Text
View text
1:23 PM
Email
View
1:25 PM
Voicemail
▶ Play
0:41
DAY 2 · THUMar 5
11:44 AM
Voicemail
▶ Play
0:41
1:28 PM
Email
View
DAY 3 · FRIMar 6
11:03 AM
Voicemail
▶ Play
0:10
3:28 PM
Email
View
6:27 PM
Email
View
DAY 4 · SATMar 7
No contact
DAY 5 · SUNMar 8
11:23 AM
Voicemail
▶ Play
0:10
DAY 6 · MONMar 9
3:08 PM
Voicemail
▶ Play
0:27
8:27 PM
Email
View
DAY 7 · TUEMar 10
8:42 AM
Email
View
Sample report. Anytown Motors is not a real dealership, and the customer profile, vehicle, stock number and VIN shown here are invented for illustration. Scoring reflects the same 100-point rubric used on every Digital Detectives shop.

PAGE ONE

Score, customer profile, vehicle and the full seven-day timeline with playable recordings.

PAGE TWO

Every criterion scored on its own: response time, price quote, availability, test drive, question answered.

SHAREABLE LINK

One private link for your GM or owner. No attachment, no download, nothing to log into.

1

We shop you

A real inquiry on a real vehicle, from a tracked number and inbox. Seven days, every contact captured.

2

We score it

100 points across email and phone against a fixed rubric, plus a text compliance check. The same standard every time.

3

We walk it with you

You and your managers hear the actual voicemails. That meeting mostly runs itself.

4

We rebuild and train

Cadence, templates and CRM workflow rewritten, then ongoing sessions with your team, built on what the shop exposed.

PRICING

Three ways in. Two fix. One measures.

Consulting is where the change happens: cadence rewritten, CRM rebuilt, vendors held to account, your team trained, and a shop every month to prove it worked. The stakeout measures the problem. It doesn't fix it.

THE STAKEOUT

Mystery Shop Subscription

For stores that want to see the problem before they commit to fixing it.

$595/mo
no term, cancel anytime
  • A one-week process audit every month, with every contact captured.
  • Scored against the 100-point rubric, so month over month is comparable.
  • Recorded calls, emails and texts included in an interactive report.
  • Price comparison against your three nearest competitors.
Start the stakeout
First month credited toward your first consulting invoice.
MOST POPULARTHE INVESTIGATION

Follow-Up Consulting

For stores ready to change how follow-up actually runs.

$2,295/mo
90-day minimum, then month to month
  • Ongoing process consultation. Your cadence mapped, rewritten and kept honest.
  • CRM playbook. The process built into the tool your team already uses.
  • Vendor management. Every third-party tool vetted and held to what you pay for.
  • Customized reporting. Built around the numbers your store actually runs on.
  • Two virtual team huddles a month, built on real call reviews.
  • Monthly mystery shop included. Proof it worked, every month.
Book a walkthrough
No setup fee. 30 days' notice after the first 90.
THE TASK FORCE

Consulting + On-Site

For stores that need the training done on the floor, not on a screen.

$3,295/mo
90-day minimum, then month to month
  • Everything in The Investigation. Playbook, vendor management, reporting, huddles, monthly shop.
  • One on-site training day each month. In your store, with your team, on your phones.
  • Live call and lead reviews with the floor, using that month's shop.
  • Priority scheduling for shops and sessions.
Talk about on-site
Travel included in Southern California. Travel and lodging quoted separately outside.
ALSO AVAILABLE
Additional on-site training daysquoted per store
Custom AI phone and chat agentstrained on your process, quoted per store

WHY US

Other consultants tell you what's wrong. We show you.

Decades of experience in automotive retail and digital process, on both sides of the desk. We have run the sales floor and the internet department, and we have worked the vendor side telling stores how their process should run. We don't theorize about your follow-up. We trigger it, record it, and play it back to you.

Evidence, not opinion. Every score traces back to a recording or a screenshot you can open yourself.

The same rubric every time. Your score in June is comparable to your score in March, and to the store down the street.

Built by an operator. The playbook comes from running these departments, not from a slide deck.

Confidential. Reports go to leadership. Nothing is published, and nothing is shared with another dealership.

Find out what your store actually does.

Your first shop is free. We run it, score it, and walk you through the recordings. If nothing's wrong, you'll have proof of that too.

Nothing to install. We never touch your CRM or your website.

Your team won't know. That's the only way the result means anything.

One store, no obligation. You see the report either way.

You'll know in seven days. The shop runs a full week, then we walk the report with you.

Your first shop is complimentary and confidential, and creates no obligation to purchase. Inbound calls, voicemails and texts to our tracking number during the evaluation period may be recorded for quality analysis. Message frequency varies. Msg and data rates may apply. Consent is not required for purchase. See our Privacy Policy and Terms.

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Digital Detectives ("we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect information in connection with our automotive mystery shopping and process consulting services.Information We Collect. We may collect names, phone numbers, email addresses, and communication records (calls, texts, voicemails, emails) generated during the course of providing mystery shopping evaluations to automotive dealerships. For consulting clients, we may also access dealership systems, including CRM records, in the course of delivering process and workflow services.How We Use Information. Information collected is used solely to deliver mystery shopping reports, evaluations and consulting services to our dealership clients. We do not sell, rent, or share mobile phone numbers or personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.SMS Communications. If you receive text messages from Digital Detectives, message frequency may vary based on service activity. Message and data rates may apply. You can opt out of SMS communications at any time by replying STOP. For help, reply HELP.Data Retention. Communication records are retained only as long as necessary to provide services to our dealership clients.Contact Us. Questions about this policy can be directed to [email protected].Last updated: September 2026

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By engaging with Digital Detectives' services or communications, you agree to the following terms.Service Description. Digital Detectives provides automotive mystery shopping and process consulting services to dealerships, including simulated customer inquiries, analysis of dealership response quality across calls, texts, emails and voicemails, follow-up process and CRM workflow consulting, and team training.Recording Consent. Mystery shopping evaluations involve recording inbound calls, voicemails and text messages sent to numbers operated by Digital Detectives. Evaluations are conducted only after the dealership, through an authorized representative, consents to such recording.SMS Terms. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out of text messages at any time. Reply HELP for assistance. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.Limitation of Liability. Digital Detectives provides evaluation, reporting and consulting services and is not responsible for actions taken by dealerships based on report findings or recommendations.Changes to Terms. These terms may be updated periodically. Continued use of our services constitutes acceptance of any changes.Contact Us. Questions can be directed to [email protected].Last updated: September 2026Digital Detectives is a service operated by Francisco Javier Casarez Jr.