‘Fit for me’ opens up new revenue stream for garages, Euro Car Parts suggests

Vehicle owners now able purchase parts online for direct delivery to preferred indepedent garage for part fitment

‘Fit for me’ opens up new revenue stream for garages, Euro Car Parts suggests

Euro Car Parts has launched a new online service to match trusted garages with vehicle owners in need of essential maintenance work. 

Garages must meet specific quality criteria to be part of the ‘Fit It For Me’ service, which has been designed to give new and existing customers the confidence to use the independent aftermarket rather than returning their vehicle to a dealership.

Live on the Euro Car Parts consumer website now, the service allows drivers to select from 1,850 approved garages nationwide when buying parts, along with a time and date for the parts to be fitted. 

The parts are then delivered direct to the customer’s chosen workshop, minimising the need for close quarters interaction between technicians and their customers, and helping them adhere to social distancing guidelines.

“We want to help independent garages tap into this rapidly growing area”

Andy Hamilton, CEO at Euro Car Parts, said: “The UK has one of the most advanced ecommerce sectors in Europe, and we want to help independent garages tap into this rapidly growing area of the market. 

“Of all online parts sales in the UK, half are ultimately installed by garages anyway – our ambition with Fit It For Me is to simplify the process and maximise the benefits for garages and their customers, by ensuring quality repairs, first time, every time.”

To ensure full compatibility, customers must input their vehicle registration number before they can buy any parts. 

Parts such as bulbs, car batteries, engine oil, oil filters, brake pads and brake discs can all be ordered through the service. 

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Appointments are available to book between 48 hours and ten days in advance, with contactless drop-off and pick-up times confirmed by the garage.

Customers will pay the garage directly for the installation, with no referral fee.

Andy Hamilton added: “Fit it For Me will open new revenue streams for independent garages and introduce them to new customers, at a time when many have been operating at reduced capacity due to lockdown restrictions.

“We expect to see a surge in demand for service and maintenance work when drivers get back on the road, as many vehicles will have developed faults while out of use.

“Fit it for me will open new revenue streams”

“This new service will help direct that demand into the independent aftermarket, in a way that can be managed easily and safely.

“Beyond the initial transaction, we’re confident that Fit it For Me will give independent garages – with their unique expertise and focus on local customer service – the chance to forge long-lasting relationships with an expanding customer base.”

To find out more, get in touch with your regional Euro Car Parts branch manager. 

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    Brian Waite
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    I used to have a £4k monthly bill with euro but have transferred all my business to my other two suppliers.
    When your delivery from Euro is held up as the driver is running up and down stairs in flats delivering to the public at lower prices than you receive then it’s time to give euro the boot.

    #197082 Reply
    Austin Newman
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    Great idea from ECP there!!! Its already hard enough to explain to a potential new customer that you won`t fit their own supplied parts due to warranty issues and insurance cover without ECP wading in with such a great idea. I think the “partners” they have might well be garages that you would want to steer clear of if you were the general public, if they don’t know basic legal stuff like that.
    Is really angers me that our so called “trade partners” i.e. the factors, will sell to retail as well as the trade, try shopping at Howdens if you don’t have a trade account. This is one reason I wont use ECP except in a real emergency.
    Why do GarageWire promote such a thing?

    #197264 Reply
    Andrew Parsons
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    Unbelievable. ECP get worse and worse. They stopped supplying OE equivalent brands that we know, replacing it with a cheap American brand. But now they pull this stunt!!! No one in the trade believes this could be good for the independent repairer. As all my colleagues have said, this is them taking all the parts profit with no risk. It’s the last straw, we will not be using them anymore.

    #197265 Reply
    Lesley Thorne
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    Absolute joke!!! so we are now going to have customers self diagnosing problems with their cars?? What an ridiculous idea. We wont be participating in this scheme…I value our technicians far too much to put that stress onto them. All it will do is line ECP pockets and take the profit out of our pockets.

    #202573 Reply
    David Page
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    well thats it ECP can go and f–k themselves for any parts we might have bought from no on

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