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Find and reach car dealers in Quebec City

Stop renting contact data. Put every car dealer in Quebec City you can find into your own database and work the list week after week.

  • Public sources for car dealers in Quebec City
  • Missing emails derived from websites
  • No credits, no rented data
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Why car dealers in Quebec City are worth a list of your own

Car dealers range from independent used car lots to franchised dealerships with separate sales, service and parts teams. Independents decide quickly through the owner, while franchise groups often buy centrally and follow manufacturer rules.

Start with Quebec City itself and keep Montreal, Ottawa and Halifax as separate segments. That way a campaign never reaches the same car dealer twice, and you can see at a glance how much of Quebec is done.

Every week you wait, the car dealers in Quebec City that are ready to buy talk to someone else. The businesses that reach them first with a relevant offer are the ones that get the reply.

Build your Quebec City list of car dealers in four steps

You check every step before anything is saved or sent.

Collect car dealers in Quebec City

Export car dealers in Quebec City from Google Maps listings or motor trade association member lists as CSV, or paste the results page into paste and collect.

List of imports and scrapes in Riftjaw
Every import stays on record with its lead file, date and status.

Import into one lead file

Drop the file into a lead file called Car Dealers Quebec City. Columns are matched for you and duplicates are flagged before anything is saved.

Import in Riftjaw: every column matched to a profile field, with all rows previewed
Columns from a maps export matched to profile fields such as company, phone, website and city.

Fill in the missing emails

No email in the export? Tick info@, sales@, enquiries@ and service@ and addresses are derived from each website.

Database in Riftjaw with active contacts, segment, lead file and source
The database in Riftjaw: concept, active and archived contacts, each with its lead file and source.

Reach them in small batches

Pick the segment, keep only status New, write one mail with placeholders like {company|your team} and send it in small batches.

Segments in Riftjaw, each with its own name and number of contacts
Segments such as property managers in London or roofers in the North, each ready to use in a campaign.

Fields worth recording for car dealers in Quebec City

Add these as fields in your lead file. Any column in your import can become a field.

FieldWhy it helps
Company nameThe key field. Duplicates are checked on it or on the website.
WebsiteNeeded to derive an email when the export has none.
Franchised or independentFranchise dealers often buy through a group or follow brand rules.
Brands soldShows which manufacturers they represent.
Stock sizeA rough sense of stock tells you how much marketing they need.
Workshop on siteDealers with a workshop also buy parts and service tools.
Dealer groupTells you whether decisions are made at head office.

What slows down prospecting car dealers, and the fix

Independent lots and franchised dealers need very different offers.

Add a Franchised or independent field and save a filter for each group.

Dealer groups show up many times, once per site.

Keep a Dealer group field and tag head office contacts, so you know when to talk to the group instead of each site.

Sales teams mail the same dealers from their own inboxes and lists.

One shared account with unlimited users gives everyone the same list, statuses and mail history.

Angles that get car dealers to reply

Write one mail with placeholders and let the details change per record. These openings tend to work with car dealers.

  • Lead with selling stock faster, because every day a car sits on the forecourt costs money.
  • Talk about better photos and listings, which strongly affect how many buyers get in touch.
  • For dealers with a workshop, focus on service bookings and repeat business after the sale.
Campaign editor in Riftjaw: pick a segment, write the mail and set the button
The campaign editor in Riftjaw: pick a segment, write the mail and check the preview.

Emailing car dealers in Canada

In Canada, commercial email falls under Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), which is stricter than most and generally requires express or implied consent before you send. Implied consent only applies in limited cases, for example when someone has conspicuously published their business email address without saying they do not want messages and your message is relevant to their role. Every message must identify you, include your contact details and offer an unsubscribe option that works. This is general information, not legal advice.

Weekday mornings are usually quieter than weekends, when many buyers visit. Month end can be busy for sales teams, so earlier in the month often works better. Read the deliverability guide before your first send.

Questions people ask

No. Riftjaw is not a data vendor. You collect the car dealers yourself from public sources or your own files and import them. That is why the list is yours and why there is no credit meter on it.

Yes. The Free plan runs the whole pipeline on one list with small campaigns, and you do not need a credit card. Move to Pro when you want more lists, segments and bigger campaigns.

Yes. Put Quebec City in its own segment, or keep a City field and save a filter such as city contains Quebec City. You always see which part of the market you already worked.

For group owned sites, decisions are often made centrally. Record the group in a field and put head office contacts in their own segment for those offers.

Yes. Add a Brands sold field to your lead file and save filters on it.

Start your Quebec City list today

Create your account, import your first file of car dealers and see them as records you can work in a few minutes.

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