What is a virtual video tour?

Used Car Video Showcase virtual video tours are the most impressive and easiest to use vehicle marketing products found on the market today. Our website allows your listing, a mini movie to capture the true details of the vehicle you are offering to your buyers. Allowing them to actually experience the vehicle rather than simply looking at a flat photo.

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How is a video tour compared to a virtual tour?

Traditional photo virtual tours are created with photos that have to be viewed with multiple clicks, which is typical to view the vehicle. Photo tours cannot be enlarged for viewing and do not contain descriptions of the vehicle thus creating a very frustrating experience for your prospective buyers.

For an dealer to produce a virtual photo tour, a photographer needs to be hired using a custom camera lens and that photographer need to be scheduled to take photos at your site. With Used Car Video Showcase, just a standard video camera is all that is needed and in a few minutes you have your virtual video test drive. Easily do by yourself and save lots of time and money!

Think about your prospective buyers viewing a user friendly virtual video test drive from Used Car Video Showcase!

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How does it work?

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How long does it take to get my video test drives up and running?

Within minutes your virtual video tour will be available for viewing 24/7 with links that you can add to your personal site, mass email campaigns and onto any other listing sites you desire. You have unlimited use of your virtual video test drives.

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How long will my video take to upload?

Depending on the size of the video and your connection speed, it can take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours to upload a video. Generally speaking, if you have a high-speed internet connection you can expect the upload to take up to 5 minutes for every 1MB with the current upload limit of 100mb.

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How long are my listings hosted for?

Your video listing can be viewed on Used Car Video Showcase for 90 days, 24/7 from time of upload. You will receive e-mail reminders 7 days and 1 day before your subscription expires.

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Why Market My Vehicle with Video?

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Helpful tips to help sell your vehicle with video

Any video camera will work, even a cell phone, but remember having a good clear video will help sell your vehicle. Keep your video to 2 to 4 minutes, enough to showcase your listing. For the most part, longer videos won't help sell. Use narration, polls showed that adding narration to the video really adds to the video tour itself by pointing out selling features that potential buyers miss with photos. Be creative, but honest in selling your vehicles. Describe your car in detail.Tell buyers about that highly polished paint, graphics, those custom chrome wheels and leather seats that adds value. Have you added extra equipment? Start your car. Let them know of any extras you are willing to do, offering financing, delivery and others which will make the vehicle more attractive.

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Why should I choose your service?

Our website allows your listing, a mini movie to capture the true detail and features of the vehicles you are selling to your buyers. Allowing them to actually experience the vehicle rather than simply looking at a flat photo. Once your vehicle video is up-loaded; you can embed the video onto your own website, an added sales tool from Used Car Video Showcase. No need to send out expensive DVD's to prospects, just send your video link.

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Is it Affordable?

Used Car Video Showcase is very affordable. One of the least expensive marketing tools available to the automobile sales professional... costing less than .08 cents a day per listing (depending upon package). Also saves you time by allowing you to use your own video camera, and not having to hire a videographer to process your listings.

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How Do I Access and Manage My Video Tours?

All your video tours reside in your secure, private video tour summary page, where you have access 24/7 to edit your listings at any time. Just use your private Login Name and Password. No need to write down or memorize each video tour.

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What are the video requirements?

Each video upload can be up to 100 MB. Any video format can be used, but for best quality we recommend avi or mpg formats.

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How do I get my video tour onto my personal Website or other Websites?

Used Car Video Showcase gives the seller the ability to set the link of their video tours on the website themselves by going to your edit video section in your member's area. Copy your embed code and paste it where you want it on the website. It's that simple. Some agents may need to send the links to a webmaster or someone hired to manage their personal Websites. Some sites like eBay also have tour link fields which makes your marketing capabilities endless!

We Value Your Time. We truly recognize that because you've taken the time to video your listing, upload the videos, fill out the order form and made your payment, our goal is to produce the best Internet streaming video tour experience to your satisfaction and will remedy any request you may have. We would appreciate your feedback so please let us know if there is anything we can do to better service all your video tour needs.

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