Since the promotion of the Vanlocator website started in earnest at the beginning of 2009, the company behind the system claim that over 200 van dealers have signed up for the online van advertising service.

 “We were astonished when we looked at the number of customers using the service” admitted Zena Daniels, sales manager for the website.

 She continues, “Although the site has advertised vans for sale since 2000, it was originally used to support our classified advertising magazine, Van Finder Weekly.  Since the beginning of 2009 we broadened our target market to anyone selling a commercial vehicle and the results speak for themselves.”

 There are plenty of sites where car dealers can advertise their vehicles for sale, but the commercial vehicle market is a specialist one that requires careful treatment.

 Whilst a car can have a handful of extras, many commercial vehicles have totally unique bodies on the back – even if they look like a standard panel van they will have some kind of kit on the inside that will make them unique.

 A specialist website will enable web users to browse the vehicles, using the body types and gross vehicle weights as a search criteria as well as the usual postcodes searches and makes and models.