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Call tracking and attribution for premium auto shops

Some ads book estimates. Some only spend. We show which ad sent each tracked call and form, and which ones booked, once your shop logs them.

A tracking dashboard: an incoming call, inquiries by source, a table of calls and forms with status, and a source mix chart.
  • Tracking numbers
  • Form source tags
  • Booked estimates

Stage 3: Track the inquiry

Read the measurement definitions

Published prices. No ad markup. Your accounts stay yours.A 90-day launch with written dates. Miss one and you can leave with 30 days' notice. Then month to month, 30 days' notice, no automatic new term.

Plans
Booked Estimate System plan; Revenue System plan adds sold-job value sent to Google
Paid separately
Ad spend, paid by your shop to Google. Tracking software, apart from our fees.
Measured to
Booked estimates; sold jobs when your shop logs them

Booked Estimate System

Where tracking sits in the path

Tracking is the third of six stages. The three after it use what it records to follow each tracked inquiry.

  1. Capture demand

  2. Convert the visit

  3. Track the inquiry

  4. Check fit and response

  5. Trace booked estimates

  6. Connect sold jobs

See the Booked Estimate System

What we track

Each tracked call and form carries the campaign and ad that sent it.

Your team and ours set up tracking numbers for calls and source tags on web forms, then test them. The weekly report shows tracked inquiries and logged bookings by campaign and ad, and what it can't see.

Included

  • Tracking numbers set up with your team
  • Source tags added to web forms
  • Inquiries tied to campaign and ad
  • Logged bookings matched to inquiries
  • Untracked channels named in the report

Written definitions

What we count, and how

The definitions we use in reports, from inquiry to sold job. Each names its data source and its limit.

  • Inquiry

    Someone who contacts your shop through a tracked channel: call, form, text, or chat.

    Call tracking, form records, and analytics

    Channels nobody logs are missing. Spam counts until it is reviewed.

  • Qualified opportunity

    An inquiry for a service the shop sells, from inside its area, by a reachable person. Existing-customer requests and spam don't count.

    Our review plus the shop's feedback

    Depends on labels the shop confirms with us.

    How inquiries are labeled and followed up

  • Booked estimate

    An estimate or consultation on your calendar for a qualified opportunity you confirmed. It names the customer, vehicle, service, and date.

    Shop calendar or CRM, matched to the inquiry

    Counts depend on each booking being logged the same way in your calendar.

  • Sold job

    A booked estimate where the customer accepted the quote and paid a deposit or finished the job.

    Shop CRM, POS, or invoices

    Shop-reported, and it lags the inquiry by days or weeks.

Every number names its period, source, and definition. If a record is missing, the report says not measured.

Read the measurement definitions

Which ad clicks booked estimates

Google Ads hears about a booking only if it is sent.

Google Ads sees the click. It does not see what happens at your shop after it. Google's fix is offline conversion import. Each ad click gets a Google Click ID, or GCLID. If that ID is saved with the inquiry, the booked estimate can be sent back. What can be sent depends on what your shop records.

Saved on the inquiry
A form or tracked call keeps the click ID from the ad, where the setup supports it.
Logged by your shop
Someone at your shop records the booking, with its date, in the calendar or CRM.
Sent to Google Ads
The booking can be imported as a conversion, so Google Ads can see which clicks booked.

If the click ID is missing or the booking was not logged, Google Ads never hears of it.

How we run Google Ads

What we can't see

Tracking shows where tracked inquiries came from, not each customer's path.

Some paths never reach a tracking number, like a referral who calls your main line. Others break on the way, when people switch devices or block trackers. Each inquiry gets one source, and sold jobs count only when your shop logs them.

Not included

  • Referrals and walk-ins nobody logs
  • DMs answered inside the app
  • Calls to a number we do not track
  • Buyers who switch devices before booking
  • Browsers that block tracking

We do not guarantee leads, booked estimates, rankings, revenue, or return on ad spend.

FAQ

Questions about tracking

Short answers on sources, software, sold jobs, and your Google listing.

The audit is a 4 to 5 page written report on where inquiries may stall.

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Calls to a tracking number and tagged forms show their campaign. Referrals and walk-ins show only if your shop logs them.

Google says the number on your listing must stay under your direct control. Ask which number goes there before launch.

Yes, a call tracking tool. Our default is WhatConverts. It is a separate line from our fees, so you see what the software costs apart from what you pay us.

If you leave, we return or transfer the ad accounts, analytics and tracking assets, business data, and CRM exports that belong to your shop. Tracking numbers can be ported out. Landing pages we build stay with Bookend.

No. Calls to untracked numbers and walk-ins nobody logs are missing. The report names those gaps.

Yes, if each sale is logged with its source. Sending sold-job value to Google is part of the Revenue System plan.

Sound familiar?

Google Ads never hears which clicks booked an estimate. What we do: Booked estimates sent back to Google Ads, once your shop logs them.

Your agency reports clicks, not booked estimates. What we do: A weekly report: calls, booked estimates, cost.

Read the case studies

From shops we work with in Caracas, Venezuela. Each figure shows its period and source, and each shop agreed to share its case.
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Next

Report target: 1 business day after we have the information and access.

  • Top-priority leaks found
  • Evidence behind each
  • Recommended next actions

Start with a Revenue Leak Audit

Step 1: name, email, website, main service. Step 2: shop questions. No ad logins. We may then ask for read-only access.

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Free to request. 15-minute fit call. The $750 audit only if you choose it.