Nexteppe Business Solutions

What Nexteppe Business Solutions does

Nexteppe Business Solutions, operating as Nexteppe, Inc., is a privately-held B2B professional services provider founded in 2008 and headquartered in Holbrook, New York. The company serves automotive dealerships with an integrated suite of inventory management and marketing services spanning vehicle photography, image enhancement, per-car advertising, brand watermarking, and Craigslist-based local traffic acquisition. Its core product, Lot Services, delivers scheduled on-site visits to dealership lots for professional photography, detailed vehicle descriptions beyond standard VIN decoding, staging, and equipment updates designed to maximize online buyer appeal. ProShots extends this with background-removal and custom-backdrop image enhancement distributed to dealer websites and third-party inventory providers, while Why Buy Ads, SmartMarks, and Craigslist Posting add customizable per-car marketing, feature highlighting with dealer branding, and traffic capture from local Craigslist searches.

The underlying technology centers on a vehicle image processing and enhancement platform that uses customized background libraries, watermarks, and color-matched feature highlights, with factory certified site distribution ensuring images reach major automotive inventory platforms. The company also offers a mobile application for dealer access to its services. Its revenue model is professional-services based and quote-based: Nexteppe bundles photography, image enhancement, marketing content, and posting services into integrated engagements with auto dealers rather than selling per-car or subscription SKUs publicly. Its go-to-market is sales-led and vertical, focusing exclusively on new and used car dealerships in the United States through direct sales engagement, a website contact form, and field service delivery. Leadership disclosed includes Tommy DellaPorta as COO, and no institutional investors, funding rounds, M&A activity, or public capital markets participation are referenced.

Name

Nexteppe Business Solutions

Legal name

Nexteppe, Inc.

Website

https://nexteppe.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nexteppe Business Solutions is a Holbrook, NY-based B2B professional services provider that offers automotive dealerships integrated inventory photography, image enhancement, per-car marketing, and Craigslist-based traffic acquisition across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Automotive Dealership Marketing Services

NAICS

Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers (441)

SIC

Services-Automotive Repair, Services & Parking (7500)

akta.pro primary industry

Vehicle Inspection, Grading & Condition Reporting Services (TLABAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Accessories & appearance products distribution (interior/exterior accessories, detailing, car care) (CRAOANAI)

Keywords

• Automotive inventory management
• Vehicle photography services
• Dealership marketing services
• Vehicle image enhancement
• Automotive lot services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bohemia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Lot Services: All-inclusive vehicle inventory photography, staging, and description service. Professional staff photographs used inventory, writes detailed vehicle descriptions beyond standard VIN decode, and updates optional equipment information. Multiple weekly scheduled visits to dealership lots.
2. ProShots: Vehicle image enhancement service with custom backgrounds. No per-car fee structure mentioned. Images distributed to dealer websites and all third-party providers including factory certified sites.
3. Why Buy Ads: Per-car marketing service with fully-customizable buyer-oriented ads. Includes seasonal and event-specific updates, contact info customization, and continuous updates to marketing campaigns.
4. SmartMarks: Vehicle image watermarking and feature highlighting service with customized backgrounds, featured highlights, and Why Buy slides to build dealer brand.
5. Craigslist Posting: Traffic builder service that posts dealer used car inventory to Craigslist and redirects local visitors to dealer websites.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Nexteppe Business Solutions provides an integrated suite of automotive inventory management and vehicle lot services to car dealerships, including on-site professional photography of inventory, detailed vehicle descriptions beyond VIN decoding, custom-background image enhancement, per-car marketing with seasonal updates, and Craigslist inventory posting for local traffic capture. Professional staff visit dealership lots on a scheduled basis to photograph and stage vehicles, then distribute the enhanced content to dealer websites and third-party platforms.

Product overview

Nexteppe Business Solutions offers an integrated suite of automotive inventory management and marketing services. The core offering centers on Lot Services, which provides professional vehicle photography and detailed inventory data collection. Proshots enhances vehicle imagery by removing backgrounds and applying custom backdrops. These foundational services are complemented by Why Buy Ads (customized per-car marketing), Smartmarks (feature highlighting and brand watermarks), and Craigslist Posting (local traffic generation). The portfolio is designed to take vehicles from initial lot servicing through to ultimate online user experience, with distribution to dealer websites and third-party channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lot Services All-inclusive collection and distribution service in which Nexteppe staff visit dealership lots on a scheduled basis to professionally photograph pre-owned vehicles, write detailed descriptions beyond standard VIN decoding, stage vehicles to highlight attractive features, and update optional equipment information to maximize online buyer appeal. Designed for new and used automotive dealerships.
• ProShots Photo-studio-quality image enhancement service that removes natural backgrounds from vehicle photos and replaces them with custom interior or exterior backdrops, with results distributed to dealer websites and third-party providers without per-car fees. Removes the need for expensive staging areas, extra staff, or special photography equipment; photos can be taken indoors or outdoors. Designed for automotive dealerships.
• Why Buy Ads Fully-customizable, buyer-oriented per-car marketing that displays key dealer strengths, contact information, and brand messaging, with seasonal and event-specific updates included at no extra charge and immediately updated on the dealer site as well as all 3rd-party distribution channels. Designed for automotive dealerships.
• SmartMarks Vehicle feature enhancement service using customized backgrounds, watermarks, featured highlights, Why Buy slides, and exact color-matching to display a vehicle's most outstanding options, key features, and dealer strengths to build dealer brand identity. Designed for automotive dealerships.
• Craigslist Posting Service that posts the dealer's used car inventory on Craigslist, leveraging the platform as a search engine to hijack local visitors searching for used cars and redirect them to the dealer's website. Designed for automotive dealerships.

Quantifiable outcome

• Vehicle images exponentially increase appeal when color-matched and placed against professional backgrounds
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• PureCars: Automotive marketing platform providing dealers with advertising, inventory merchandising, and website tools. Closely comparable to Nexteppe's Why Buy Ads and SmartMarks in serving dealer marketing budgets at the per-vehicle level.
• LotLinx: Dealer inventory marketing and analytics platform focused on optimizing where dealers spend marketing dollars per VIN. Directly comparable as a tech-enabled inventory merchandising alternative to Nexteppe's services.
• DealerSocket (now FullPath): Dealer CRM and marketing platform originally built around dealer customer engagement and inventory merchandising. Overlaps Nexteppe in serving the same dealership buyer with marketing and inventory presentation tools.
• VinSolutions (Cox Automotive): Dealer CRM and desking/marketing platform owned by Cox Automotive. Targets the same dealership marketing budgets and overlaps with Nexteppe's per-vehicle merchandising value proposition.
• DMEautomotive: Automotive marketing services provider delivering digital marketing, lead handling, and inventory merchandising to dealers. Closely comparable as a B2B services peer serving the same dealer marketing workflow.

Emerging players

• Roadster: Dealer e-commerce and online car-buying platform that handles vehicle merchandising and digital retailing end-to-end. Adjacent to Nexteppe in touching the vehicle-presentation step of the dealer workflow, with more digital-first delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Cox Automotive: Broad automotive services conglomerate owning Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, Dealertrack, and VinSolutions. Operates the dominant dealer marketing/distribution platforms against which Nexteppe positions its factory-certified distribution.
• Cars.com: Major third-party automotive marketplace and dealer marketing platform. Comparable as a major distribution and merchandising partner that dealers can choose instead of relying on a service like Nexteppe.
• CarGurus: Large automotive marketplace with dealer marketing and listing products. Competes for dealer marketing spend and is part of the platform ecosystem Nexteppe distributes dealer inventory into.
• AutoTrader: Long-running consumer automotive marketplace owned by Cox Automotive. Represents the largest third-party destination for dealer inventory that Nexteppe syndicates to via factory certified channels.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/nexteppe
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nexteppe

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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