TORONTO -

TRADER's strategic investment in Vancouver-based Convertus earlier this year has allowed the company to begin working on a new TAdvantage digital solution for Canadian dealers that will launch nationwide in February.

The company announced Wednesday that as part of its comprehensive digital solutions strategy, its TAdvantage dealer website solution will see a major upgrade on the heels the company’s recent partnership with Convertus — a Canadian provider of premium web solutions and digital marketing services for automotive dealerships — earlier this year.

To enhance digital marketing capabilities for dealers, the company said that TAdvantage will be closely integrated with the new digital advertising platform, TRFFK, that TRADER first introduced to dealers late last year.

“We listened to feedback from customers nationwide about the challenges they have experienced with our third-party website platform,” TRADER president and chief executive officer Sebastian Baldwin said in a news release. “As part of our commitment to offer the most innovative, best-in-class products and solutions, we have joined forces with Convertus to help build our next generation, Canada-first dealer website solution.”

TRADER said that it aims to bring dealers a comprehensive solution that optimizes the entire consumer journey with premium technology and service for Canadians.

“The new and improved TAdvantage … will allow TRADER to bring innovation in-house and be adaptive to what its sales and product teams see firsthand as current and future needs specific to Canadian dealers,” the company said.

According to the company, three key features that dealers can expect from TAdvantage include:

  • Performance reporting that gives a holistic view of all performance
  • Local presence in every province with native French-speaking support
  • Advanced integration with digital campaigns

Meanwhile, in wait of the revamped TAdvantage’s February launch, TRADER said that it will carry on representing Dealer.com exclusively in Canada, and all dealer websites will be fully supported.

“At launch, existing website customers will retain all core site functionality and features and will benefit from a painless transition from the old platform to the new, improved TAdvantage,” the company said.