Quick win from the automotive space
About a month ago, I closed my 1st ever client through a warm referral, a $5k setup + $500/month deal with a car consignment dealership in my country. The dealership manages around 200 vehicles (consistently adding ~30cars/month) and was heavily reliant on Facebook Marketplace for inventory visibility and lead handling. I've built: - An inventory management PWA that links to Google Sheet and Drive (all photos and computer generated document will be stored here by car plate) for the owner, salespeople, runners and admin to centralized inventory workflow, from car intake, sending car to workshop, to selling car. - A Facebook Marketplace AI reply agent powered by Hermes Agent (processed ~1400 convo in 3 weeks and ~400 phone collected that auto routes to different salesman, will auto switch language based on many criteria) What's interesting is where this is heading next. The next phase is a live inventory platform where: - Staff manage inventory and track each car through the PWA - Inventory automatically syncs across internal operations and the public-facing website (owner already asked me to propose) - Customers can browse available vehicles online - Leads are routed back into the dealership workflow - Future GEO and organic discovery can be layered on top The goal isn't to build another dealership website. The goal is to build a dealer operating system that reduces manual work, improves inventory visibility, and creates additional acquisition channels beyond Facebook Marketplace. Big lesson from this project: Business owners don't buy AI. They buy operational leverage, faster response times, and more opportunities to sell. If you're already working with dealerships, automotive businesses, or other high-ticket operators, I'd love to connect and explore partnerships. Also, i'm still not sure what to focus on, because i dont feel like this is a blleding wound offer, so if anyone have any idea what i should focus on, i would love to hear it out. Thanks!