AutoUnite's answer

AutoUnite is built for car shoppers who want to research, compare, and understand their options before contacting a dealer.

The primary audience includes buyers comparing vehicles and trims, shoppers trying to understand pricing and payments, consumers reviewing local inventory options, and people who want a more organized process before submitting their information.

AutoUnite also serves dealerships and automotive retailers that want higher-intent opportunities from shoppers who are further along in the decision process.

Split Fee's answer:

UK recruitment agencies; from boutique firms with a handful of consultants to mid-sized agencies with specialist sector coverage. Any agency that has either strong candidates without the right vacancies, or client vacancies they can't fill from their own candidate pool. Split Fee turns those dormant assets into placements.

AutoUnite's answer

A person should choose AutoUnite because it gives them more control before they contact a dealer.

Traditional car shopping sites often move quickly from search results to lead forms. AutoUnite keeps the shopper in the research stage longer, helping them compare vehicles, understand trims, review pricing context, estimate payments, and explore local options before sharing contact information.

The result is a more confident shopper and a better dealer conversation. Instead of starting with pressure, AutoUnite starts with context.

Split Fee's answer:

Most "split fee networks" are just directories or social groups where agencies post and hope someone responds. Split Fee is an actual matching engine. It scores candidate-vacancy pairs, handles the legal agreements (non-circumvention, self-billing), automates invoicing and fee splits, and manages the entire placement lifecycle from match to payment. Everything that normally requires trust, phone calls, and spreadsheets is handled by the platform.

AutoUnite's answer

AutoUnite was created from real automotive retail experience.

After years inside dealership operations, the problem became clear: car shoppers often do a lot of research before they ever contact a store, but the tools around them still push toward lead capture too early. That creates frustration for shoppers and low-context opportunities for dealers.

AutoUnite was built to improve that sequence. Research first. Compare first. Understand local context. Then contact a dealer only when ready.

The goal is to make car shopping more useful for shoppers and more valuable for dealers.

Split Fee's answer:

Abbie, our founder, knew that although split fee arrangements have existed in recruitment for decades, the process has always been manual: find a partner agency, negotiate terms, trust them with your candidate data, chase invoices. Most agencies avoid it because the overhead and risk outweigh the reward. Abbie built Split Fee to remove that friction entirely, with automated matching, progressive identity disclosure, built-in legal agreements, and automated billing, making split placements as straightforward as direct ones.

AutoUnite's answer

AutoUnite is in beta, so the strongest fit today is better described as early user groups and target customer segments.

The primary shopper segments are people researching privately before contacting a dealer, buyers comparing multiple vehicles or trims, shoppers trying to understand pricing and payments, and consumers who want more context before submitting a lead form.

The primary dealer segments are dealerships, dealer groups, general managers, sales managers, internet directors, and CRM teams that want higher-intent opportunities from shoppers who are further along in the buying decision.

AutoUnite's answer

AutoUnite is unique because it is built around the decision before the lead form.

Most car shopping platforms push users toward listings, forms, calls, and follow-up before the shopper has enough context. AutoUnite organizes the research journey first: vehicle comparison, trim understanding, pricing context, payment estimates, local options, and a cleaner dealer handoff when the shopper is ready.

For dealers, AutoUnite is not built around chasing low-context form fills. It is built to create higher-intent opportunities from shoppers who are further along in the decision process.

Split Fee's answer:

Split Fee is the first purpose-built platform for split fee recruitment in the UK. Instead of relying on LinkedIn groups, WhatsApp messages, and manual agreements, agencies upload their candidates and vacancies and the platform automatically matches them across agencies.

Candidate identities are revealed gradually; anonymised at first, then progressively disclosed as both sides accept, so agencies can collaborate without the risk of circumvention.

AutoUnite's answer

AutoUnite is built as a modern web platform focused on fast research, structured vehicle data, local inventory context, dealer routing workflows, and a clean shopper experience.

The platform uses vehicle data integrations, inventory and pricing context, authentication, lead routing logic, dealer-side workflows, and AI-supported research assistance to help users compare vehicles and make better decisions before contacting a dealer.

The technology is used to reduce confusion, organize the decision process, and support a cleaner handoff between shoppers and dealers.

Split Fee's answer:

A next-generation serverless platform, built for AWS.