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CrashBay.com is celebrating its 4 year anniversary and reveals some of its big wins and challenges it faced getting thus far. More information on the business can be found at crashbay.com

Milton, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 13, 2023) - CrashBay.com is celebrating its 4th Anniversary, which commemorates four years of intense, incredibly rewarding, and at times challenging years in business. This is a huge milestone for the North American-based Digital Marketplace business, which has provided Digital Car Repair Marketplace experience to car owners and fleets since 2019.

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In Motion Brands continues its exponential growth with a recent strategic partnership with CrashBay.com. IMB will deliver a state-of-the-art digital showroom for both tire and wheel e-commerce, along with a national service marketplace of automotive service providers facilitating the procurement and installation of tire and wheel packages for CrashBay’s fleet clients. 

In Motion Brands improves business performance for owners in the automotive aftermarket in a way never before offered in the industry. Its client list includes businesses with one location, dozens of locations, and even hundreds of locations. 

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CASHFLOW!!.. Need Help?  In this video Jeff Keddie (COO) and John Harvey (CEO) walk you through the CrashBay A/R collection tool illustrating how to bring cash back into your business.  In a time where cash is king more than ever this is a must watch.  Become a subscriber shop or sign up for one of our courses and we’ll send you this tool for free.

Jeff Keddie joins CrashBay as Chief Operating Officer and partner.   Having worked for the largest collision repair networks in the industry; Jeff brings deep experience with his expertise in helping small businesses become more profitable!  His experience also includes owning and operating several small businesses as well as turning around several businesses that he later sold.  Jeff has an MBA and lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada with his wife and four children.  Jeff will play an instrumental role in the development of CrashBay programs and the design and delivery of our learning platform as we develop the next phase of our collision repair marketplace.

We're back in beautiful BC! Meet Shahbaz Khan owner of Maaco Langley & Maaco Abbotsford. Shahbaz is an MBA with a background banking who brings his vast business experience to collision repair. His Langley location was recently accredited as an ICBC shop - opening the door to diversifying their business mix adding insurance preferred to their portfolio. Shabaz emphasizes the value creates in ease of doing business and the importance of providing peace of mind to his clients and employees.

Many of our clients ask why 3P’s? Why not just focus on profit alone? We focus on understanding the importance of developing standardized processes that deliver consistent & repeatable results. People make it possible and are often ignored when embarking on profit. Ultimately profit is just your measure of success. In our 6 week course we’ll demonstrate why it is critical to have all 3P’s working together to achieve the best outcome. We have some of the most experienced people in the industry on our team who will be facilitating this course.

Want to maximize your Profit? CrashBay has developed an in depth 6-week course focused on the 3P's of estimating: People, Process & Profit. Shops will participate in group coaching and receive one-on-one feedback. After the course CrashBay coaches will support you to ensure maximized profitability is a permanent element of your business! 

Great discussion with Roy Pelletier of Pelletier's Auto Body, a third generation owner of a family business started by Roy's Grandfather. Roy talks about adapting to digital communication with clients while trying to maintain a high level of care. He also talks about instituting new processes in the production area and front office as they adapt to a post-COVID-19 world. Certified in 12 OEM brands Pelletier's believes in quality and it's something they want to be known for. "Let us take care of you" in their tagline and it's evident in their culture and results.