The Canadian Automotive Indexing Directory (CAID)
Questions and Answers
Making it easy and transparent for consumers to find just that truck or SUV they want via the Internet.
Most frequently asked questions by consumers:
Q1. How do I find that certain truck or SUV if I don’t know what dealer has it or where that dealership is located?
A1. There are over 5,000 dealers across Canada offering both new and pre-owned trucks or SUVs for sale or lease. We suggest
you use CAID to narrow your search by either clicking on the following domains or entering them after http:// on your browser's
address line findatruck.ca or findasuv.ca or truckfinder.ca Each of these domains is set to direct web traffic to CAID.
Q2. How will using CAID help me?
A2. CAID quickly directs you to those dealerships that sell the manufacturers’ trucks or SUVs you are interested in, whether in your
province or other provinces and shows the city where each dealer is located.
Q3. How do I get in touch with that certain dealer in order to lease or purchase that vehicle on-line through the Internet?
A3. Once you are on the Home page of the CAID, click on your province of choice. Scroll to the manufacturer's name and then the
city, click the dealer's hotlink and browse the dealer's website. If you do not find what you are looking for, widen your search by
searching in adjacent cities and provinces.
Q4. Does the dealership where I have found my truck or SUV accept trades and do they have a financing department.
A4. These questions can only be answered by that dealership. What CAID does is to give you, the consumer, the option and the
ability to select from dealers' inventories throughout the Canadian automotive market place, that feature either trucks or SUVs for sale
or lease, new or pre-owned. All you need do is click on the dealer's hotlink and go from there.
Most frequently asked questions by dealers:
Q1. Why do I, as a dealer, need to be part of CAID and how will it benefit my dealership?
A1. A large and continually growing number of consumers who visit your showroom will already have researched your inventory over
the Internet. In fact, you may receive a telephone call or e-mail for more details about a truck or SUV in your inventory from potential
customers, from anywhere. How did they find your website? Unlike any other directory across Canada, CAID is supported by a large
number of slave domain names that direct Internet search traffic to it. As a consequence, your dealership is immediately available to
your potential customers without them spending time browsing irrelevant websites. This is a new PROVEN way of marketing to the
Internet savvy consumer.
CAID cuts through all the layers of information and gives the Internet consumers what they want by keeping their search simple and to
the point. This system makes it easy and transparent for the consumer to navigate the Internet. With JUST THREE CLICKS OF
THEIR MOUSE, anyone from anywhere in the world can be browsing your dealership’s entire inventory. Your dealership
will be found, both easier and more often by search engines, through CAID, which indexes by province, manufactures’ products, and
city. Today, your dealership has the opportunity to market your products and services to the world, all for only pennies a day.
In brief, supported by unique domain names CAID works hand in hand with all new and pre-owned truck and SUV dealers across
Canada. It creates a further search analysis for the consumer by giving them the option of clicking on the dealer's hotlink enabling
them to browse the dealer's complete inventory with the option to purchase or lease on-line.
Additional consumer benefits for using CAID include:
- NO PRIVATE SALES
- NO OTHER DISTRACTIONS
- ONLY DEALERS TRUCKS OR SUVs FOR SALE
- ALL DEALERS ARE LICENSED OR BONDED AND AUTHORIZED IN THEIR PROVINCES
Any dealership principal wishing to have his/her dealership's name removed from the CAID need only send an e-mail to
webman@findatruck.ca from a computer within that dealership. For audit purposes, we will confirm the request with the dealer
principal and action it within 30 working days.