Compare
Pay per deal vs. the monthly software bill.
How My Dealer Jacket compares with a typical monthly dealer management system, and with doing it on paper plus runs to the tag agency.
Side by side
What you pay, and what you get
Categories, not company names: what is typical for each way of running a dealership's paperwork.
Monthly fee
- My Dealer Jacket
- None
- Typical monthly software
- Yes, every month
- Paper plus tag agency runs
- None, but the drive time adds up
Setup fee
- My Dealer Jacket
- None
- Typical monthly software
- Common
- Paper plus tag agency runs
- None
Contract
- My Dealer Jacket
- None. Stop whenever you like
- Typical monthly software
- Often a year or longer
- Paper plus tag agency runs
- None
Cost in a slow month
- My Dealer Jacket
- $0 if you print or send nothing
- Typical monthly software
- The same monthly fee
- Paper plus tag agency runs
- Agency fees for each job, plus the trips
E-signing
- My Dealer Jacket
- $3 a signing request, with DocuSign
- Typical monthly software
- Often an add-on
- Paper plus tag agency runs
- Buyers sign in person
Florida temp tags
- My Dealer Jacket
- Issued from your office
- Typical monthly software
- Depends on the provider
- Paper plus tag agency runs
- A trip to the tag agency
Title filing
- My Dealer Jacket
- We file it for $60 a job
- Typical monthly software
- Usually not included
- Paper plus tag agency runs
- You wait at the counter
Customer autopay
- My Dealer Jacket
- Built in
- Typical monthly software
- Sometimes, often extra
- Paper plus tag agency runs
- No
Buy-here-pay-here and lease contracts
- My Dealer Jacket
- Written inside the deal
- Typical monthly software
- Often a separate module
- Paper plus tag agency runs
- Pre-printed forms
Users
- My Dealer Jacket
- No per-user fee
- Typical monthly software
- Often priced per user
- Paper plus tag agency runs
- Not applicable
Support
- My Dealer Jacket
- Phone and email, six days a week
- Typical monthly software
- Varies by plan
- Paper plus tag agency runs
- Whoever is at the counter
Monthly software plans vary by provider. Check your own agreement for its fees and term.
Estimate your own monthMonth by month
What a month costs as you sell more
Paying per deal costs nothing in a month with no sales and grows with each one. A monthly plan bills the same fee every month, and paper adds agency fees and a trip for every job.
A month with no sales
0 deals
- My Dealer Jacket
- $0Nothing to pay
- Typical monthly software
- The full monthly fee
- Paper plus tag agency runs
- No jobs, so no agency fees
A slow month
3 deals
- My Dealer Jacket
- $42.75About $14.25 a deal
- Typical monthly software
- The same monthly fee
- Paper plus tag agency runs
- Agency fees and a trip for each job
A typical month
8 deals
- My Dealer Jacket
- $96.00About $12.00 a deal
- Typical monthly software
- The same monthly fee
- Paper plus tag agency runs
- More jobs, more agency fees, more trips
A busy month
20 deals
- My Dealer Jacket
- $258.75About $12.94 a deal
- Typical monthly software
- The same monthly fee
- Paper plus tag agency runs
- More jobs, more agency fees, more trips
My Dealer Jacket's column is the estimator's sample months at today's list prices, for a Florida dealer: deal jackets, e-signatures, contracts, history reports, temp tags, plate transfers and fee quotes. State fees are not included. Monthly plans aren't priced here: they vary, and many aren't published.
Try your own month
Start from a sample month and move the counts. Everything else stays as the sample has it, and every line is listed.
Estimated month
$96.00a month
About $12.00 a deal
- Deal jackets8 × $2.50$20.00
- E-signatures4 × $3$12.00
- Lease contracts0 × $2.50$0.00
- Buy-here-pay-here contracts2 × $2.50$5.00
- Temp tags6 × $4.50$27.00
- Plate transfers1 × $6.50$6.50
- Fee quotes3 × $1.25$3.75
- Tag & Title0 × $60$0.00
- Florida record lookups15 × $0.75$11.25
- History reports3 × $3.50$10.50
State title and registration fees are not included.
Adjust every count on the pricing pageSwitching
Switch without stopping work
There is no big cutover. Start with your next sale and let your old system wind down on its own.
- 1
Create your account
Sign up free. No card needed.
- 2
Set up your dealership
Add your business details and licenses, then invite your team.
- 3
Build your next deal here
Enter the vehicle and the buyer; the documents, taxes and signatures follow.
- 4
Let the old bill go
Finish open deals where they started, then cancel the monthly plan you no longer need.
Switching questions
Do I have to move my old deals over?
No. Start with your next sale, and keep your old system for past records until its open deals are finished.
Will paying per deal cost me less than what I pay now?
It depends on how many deals you close. Paying per deal saves the most in slow months and at smaller volumes, so run your own numbers through the estimator on the pricing page.
Can I charge these costs to my customer?
Each charge is itemized against one deal, so you can see exactly what a sale cost you. Dealers commonly recover costs like these in the fee they already charge on the deal.
Why doesn't this page name other companies or their prices?
Plans differ from provider to provider, many prices aren't published, and they change. Comparing categories keeps every line on this page true.
Can my whole team use it?
Yes. Add the people who work your deals and choose what each one can see and change.
Do I still need to go to the tag agency?
Not for temp tags or plate transfers: you issue those from your office. For title work, send it to Tag & Title and we take it to the counter for you.
Put your next deal side by side.
Run one deal through My Dealer Jacket, then hold it up against this month's bill.