The paid layer
The checkers tell you where the line is and what your license costs. The Playbook walks you through getting it: the complete big-8 playbooks in one kit — Texas, Florida, California, New York, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, and Illinois. Buy it for your state; the other seven are in the same file for the day you expand.
The Playbook is not a state-approved pre-licensing course, and buying it does not satisfy any state's education requirement. DealerSteps is an independent navigation guide, not a course provider. Where your state mandates an approved course, the Playbook names the requirement and routes you to the state's approved providers — then does everything the course does not: your packet, your lot, your bond, your auctions, your first 90 days.
Form by form for all eight states — what each document is, where it comes from, and the name-match discipline that stalls real applications.
The exact photo set for your lot and office, per state — shoot it before the inspector (or the reviewer) ever sees your location.
Turn any surety quote into comparable numbers: premium, fees, collateral, renewal terms — and the questions that separate a real quote from a teaser.
AuctionACCESS → Manheim, ADESA, ACV, in order, with the document each platform asks for and the mismatches that freeze new accounts.
Week by week from license-in-hand: plates, tax, records, advertising rules, and the dates that matter in your first quarter.
All eight states on one table: cycle, fee, continuing-education hours, and the late-fee cliffs — including Florida's 45-day rule and Georgia's even-year March deadline.
Get the Dealer Playbook — $49 one-time
One payment. No subscription, no course upsell behind it — the Playbook is the whole product.
No. If your state mandates a pre-licensing course, you must take it from a state-approved provider — our state pages name the requirement and the official provider list. The Playbook is the navigation layer around the course: it exists because the course does not assemble your packet, set up your lot, price your bond, or open your auction accounts.
Texas, Florida, California, New York, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, and Illinois, in full. If your state is not one of the eight, do not buy this yet — the free legality checker covers all 50 states, and more state playbooks are added as their data finishes primary verification.
Immediately after checkout you land on the Playbook page — the full kit, in your browser, printable. Keep the address; it is your copy.
The renewal/CE tracker and the bond worksheet are built for operating dealers too, and the auction onboarding helps if you never finished activating all three platforms. If you only need a renewal date, your state page has it free.
Get the Dealer Playbook — $49 one-time
All eight state playbooks in one kit. One payment, yours to keep.