Blackmore Automotive
How Evolution helped Blackmore go from proposal to payout in under an hour
Blackmore Automotive is a Midlands-based car dealership who specialise in financing sports and performance vehicles.
Before partnering with Evolution Funding, Blackmore lacked a structured and flexible in-house finance capability. Nearly four years later, Evolution’s support has brought award-winning finance technology into the dealership and continues to help move deals from proposal to payout in just one hour.
“Before we could offer finance through Evolution Funding, we were losing sales opportunities – it was frustrating.”
Alvin Lee
Director, Blackmore Automotive
The challenge
When Blackmore Automotive first launched, offering car finance was always part of the plan – but like many new dealers, getting set up wasn’t straightforward.
Deals were slipping away in the early months because the business was operating without an in-house finance solution. Instead of being able to take control of the customer journey and guide customers through the process, Blackmore often found themselves unable to support buyers who needed finance. This created friction in the sales process, increased the risk of customers looking elsewhere, and ultimately led to missed sales opportunities.
What was missing for the business was having a process that kept everything under one roof, giving them control and the ability to grow.
The solution
To take control of their sales process and stop opportunities slipping away, Blackmore Automotive partnered with Evolution – a decision they’re still proud of nearly four years later.
As customers continued to walk through their doors, getting set up as quickly as possible was important. They needed a partner who could get them up and running without delay:
“Evolution got us set up with them very quickly. It was really, really helpful early doors.”
Blackmore Automotive
Without in-house finance, the ability for the business to grow simply wasn’t sustainable. But with Evolution’s finance and e-Sign technology embedded into their process, Blackmore took full control – creating a faster, more seamless journey where customers could sign from anywhere, keeping deals moving without delay. Combined with access to a broad panel of lenders, they went from watching opportunities fall at the final hurdle to confidently guiding more customers all the way through to payout.
The outcome
Going from no finance capability to a fully operational finance offering, Blackmore Automotive saw an immediate impact after partnering with Evolution. What was once a struggle to keep deals from dropping off, Blackmore has now seen their deals go from proposal to payout faster than ever – in some cases, under an hour.
More importantly, it’s given the team confidence that when a customer is ready to buy, they now have everything in place to turn that opportunity into a completed deal:
“The e-Sign’s easy, uploading proofs is easy… and when everything goes smoothly, we probably go from proposal to payout within an hour.”
With Evolution continuing to invest in its technology, Blackmore is confident it can keep converting more customers and getting more deals over the line.
Results
Finance fully integrated into the sales process
Proposals turning into payouts in as little as an hour
Embedded technology to keep deals moving
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