Dealer Inventory Feeds

Collecting inventory from dealers to display on OEM websites or the GoRollick Marketplace has many facets. Inventory feeds have myriad nuances as they vary from dealer to dealer and website providers. Below are details to help understand the various details that impact a dealer's ability to send Rollick their data and, if they are sending it, why certain units may appear while others do not. 

 

NOTE: The inventory shown on the GoRollick Marketplace should never be compared to what is visible on the dealer's website or other consumer shopping sites. Some reasons below:

  • Dealers may show ‘coming soon’ units on their site which are not provided to Rollick.
  • Dealers may send different inventory feeds to various partners.
  • Other partners using the dealers' inventory feeds may elect to continue displaying units which are already sold. Rollick does not utilize this practice. As soon as a unit is known to be sold, it is removed from the Marketplace.

Other nuances to the data exist as well, the examples above reflect some of the most common causes of variance between the shopping experiences.

 

 

Blue - Enrollment/Onboarding

When an inventory project kicks off an enrollment form is sent to the OEM's dealers who are invited to participate. The dealers must submit the enrollment form to join the queue for the Rollick dealer onboarding team to complete their setup. 

Once enrolled, the dealer onboarding engages with the dealer to collect the necessary details for their inventory to be made visibile. Throughout this process, the following challenges which may cause delays may present themselves:

 

  1. Dealer utilizes a website provider who is not on Rollick's approved list/is custom. These setups are still possible; they just take more time.
  2. Once the dealer enrolls, they become non-responsive to the Rollick team's attempts to connect for setup completion.
 
 

Gray - Feed Challenges

 
 

Orange - Unit Data Challenges

When dealers send us their inventory feeds, the data in the feed must be ‘mapped’ in order for it to appear on an OEM's website and/or the GoRollick Marketplace. The activity of mapping a unit compares the information provided in the dealers' feeds against the standard vehicle description data Rollick has at it's disposal. Some examples of this include product data from the OEM's website and/or spec sheets provided to Rollick by the OEM. When this comparison takes place, Rollick establishes a value called a trimId for that unit's unique characteristic (i.e. Make/Brand, Model Name, Model Year, Trim)

Best Practice - Automatically Mapped/Displayed

Industry Make/Brand Model Name Model Year Trim
RV Winnebago Solis 2023 59PX
RV Tiffin Motorhome Allegro 2024 32SA
RV Keystone RV Bullet Crossfire 2022 2500RK
Powersports Arctic Cat Off Road Alterra 600 2023 LTD
Powersprots Can-Am Ryker 2023 900 ACE
Golf Carts E-Z-GO Liberty 2023 Elite Lithium
Marine Godfrey Marine Sanpan Lounge  2023 2700 ULW
Marine Bennington L Series 22 2023 LL
Marine Nautique Paragon 2023 G 23

 

Acceptible Practice - Automatically Mapped/Displayed

Industry Make/Brand Model Name Model Year Trim
RV Winnebago Solis 59PX 2023  
RV Tiffin Motorhome Allegro-32SA 2024  
RV Keystone RV Bullet Crossfire 2500 2022 RK
Powersports Arctic Cat Off Road Alterra 600-LTD 2023  
Powersports Can-Am Ryker 900 2023 ACE  4-Stroke
Golf Carts E-Z-GO Liberty Elite Lithium 2023  
Marine Godfrey Marine Sanpan ULW 2700 2023 ARCH / IMPACT
Marine Bennington L Series-22 LL 2023  
Marine Nautique G23 Paragon 2023  

 

Poor Practice - Requires Manual Intervention for Display

Industry Make/Brand Model Name Model Year Trim
RV Winnebago Solis-X-Blue-59-P-X 2023 Limited Edition
RV Tiffin Motorhome Allegro32-S-A 2024 Red
RV Keystone RV Bullet  2022 25-RK Crossfire 
Powersports Arctic Cat Off Road Alterra-600-Limited 2023 Liquid Cooled
Powersports Can-Am Ryker-ACE 2023 900-ACE-BLACK
Golf Carts E-Z-GO Liberty Charcoal 2023 Elite Commuter Package
Marine Godfrey Marine Other Sanpan 800HP// ULW-Lounge 2700 2023 SBC
Marine Bennington LL-22 2023 Dual stern 
Marine Nautique P 23 2023 CE