Loan processing that keeps control and margins in your hands
The Dealership Portal is a loan application and inventory management system that lets car dealerships process applications in-house, choose their lender per applicant, and keep customer relationships close. No more losing deals to external providers.
The challenge
Every loan application Auckland 4WDS took in went straight to an external lender for processing. That handover meant losing visibility the moment an application left the building: no control over which lender got the deal, no say in the margin on that finance, and every follow-up call routed through someone else's system instead of theirs.
The impact compounded over time. Margins that should have stayed with the dealership went to a middleman. Staff couldn't quote a lender option on the spot. And the customer relationship weakened the second a deal moved into an external queue - a bad experience is fast to notice and hard to win back.
What we built
The Dealership Portal is a custom loan application and inventory management platform that puts processing back in Auckland 4WDS's own hands. Staff can now process an application in-house, choose the lender that fits that specific customer, and manage the vehicle inventory it's tied to, all from one dashboard instead of switching between an external portal and a spreadsheet.
The Dealership Portal integrates directly with Illion for bank statement analysis, so affordability checks happen inside the same system instead of a separate manual step. Margin management is real-time too - the team can see the numbers on a deal before it's confirmed, not after the fact.
Sound familiar?
If loan processing or inventory is running through someone else's system, let's talk about bringing it in-house.
Schedule a DemoThe results
"Our sales team used to spend three hours a day on follow-ups. Stride's system handles it automatically now. We're converting more leads and my team actually finishes work on time."
The Dealership Portal has been running in production since launch, with customers retained and some previously lost deals won back now that follow-up happens inside the dealership's own system instead of a lender's queue.
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Tell us how loan applications and inventory move through your dealership today, and we'll show you what running it in-house could look like.