Core Focus

Carlink has been developed  as a internet based website module, replacing your existing business website and fully owned by you with advanced self maintenance and business reporting tools including an online leadsheet module. Your site will showcase your vehicles including their full specification sheets with colour coded indicators for sale. Your site caters for both new and/or pre-owned vehicles including ad-hoc stock to the public for purchase. As an added bonus, stock may be indicated for inclusion in both the carsurf.co.za website, for public perusal linking to your website, as well as the carpool portal allowing Carlink affiliated website dealers to sell to each other at pricing determined by you, not available to the public, accessed only by your administrative login. Multiple branches catered for.

Note: Carlink affiliated re-sellers may selectively allow each other access to their stock permitting  for a pending sale indicators which in turn will show on your pending report.

The website facilitates and dynamically builds the site as make and model of vehicles are added on the site.

Advantages

1. Your own company branding and website hosting

2. Vehicle searching : Users may view and search for vehicles in many different formats

3. Allows for 4 different security levels - Allowing for access and vehicle updating, reporting etc.
   (This may be used to allow other dealers access to your vehicles) Linked dealers can log in to your website and you into theirs, mark a car as a pending sale, so anyone looking at the site will know exactly what stock is available

4. Caters for multiple users

5. Caters for multiple branches

6. May be managed & updated  from anywhere in the world.

7. Caters for 4x outside links that may be used for external revenue or links to other company websites

8. Contains a financial calculator

9. Each vehicle sheet may contain 5 pictures or less if preferred (dynamically updated)

10. Vehicles may be marked as pending a sale by salespeople, with a built in auto release facility preventing stock grabbing.

11. Prospective buyers may view complete vehicle specs, including the vehicle status, or request a specific vehicle not in stock

12. Unique vehicle reference facility prevents any duplication whatsoever.

13. Caters for internal audit cross referencing

14. Allows users to forward motor vehicle spec sheets to anyone with auto links to your site and the vehicle in question

15. Offsite backup facility

16. Pricing secret coding - Cost protection

17. Internal or unique reference search

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Sales tracking / lead sheets

• Salespeople can view, print and update  their leads online within a chosen time frame

• Management with appropriate security levels may view, print and edit any salespersons lead sheets from anywhere in the world
  (with internet access)
   

Reporting - (Depending on security level)

The backbone of a company offering  insight into prior, present and future speculation with a reasonable probability of accuracy

1. Deals Pending - Vehicles pending sales - with full contact details

2. Sales report - Period selection - with a breakdown of salespeople's sales,  including individual totals and period figures.

3. Users List - List of activated users

4. Recently Added Stock - Within the last 31 days

5. Updated Stock - Within the last 31 days

6. Weekly Added Stock - Within the last 54 weeks

7. Full stock reports - Within a date range - Shows value of vehicle makes sold and on hand, percentage profit and has drill down to view what models of the vehicle have been sold and are still on hand

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General Features

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Client Benefits 

• A showcase area where your vehicles can be viewed
• Five different ways for prospective buyers to search for vehicles
• Whether pre-owned, new or on special - all your vehicles can be showcased
• Up to five photos per vehicle can be displayed
• Detailed information is displayed for each vehicle
• Buyer can send an Enquiry for a specific vehicle from the information page
• Buyer can send a link to a specific vehicle to a friend who may be interested via the information page, resulting in the recipient going directly to the correct vehicle in question.
• Request a specific vehicle not in stock
• Print a vehicle stock sheet with full details

Client Search Options

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Administrative  // Control - Depending on user level (From anywhere in the world with internet access)

1. Add a vehicle for sale on your  website

2. Edit / Change vehicle details on your website

3. Edit / Change pricing

4. Add sellers details (not required But if needed)

5. Select / De-select vehicle specifications by way of a tick box

6. Upload Vehicle pictures (Built in rules apply allowing for quick access)

7. Change vehicle pictures

8. Offsite backups

9. Add/ Remove Users or change login details (password etc)

10. Update / Change users security level

11. Change pricing cost protection code

12. Change site receiving email address

13. Comprehensive online help

 Advanced administrative Duties,  Reporting and Stock Control are standard.
Stock with other participating dealers and branches may be shared.

Facilitating  Multi -User, Multi branch, Remote  vehicle sales management.

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Implementation // Customisation

Car dealers with an existing website:

• You use your existing Internet service provider (ISP). - However hosting features may need to be updated.- (To discuss)
    Note :This website will replace your existing website, however you keep your existing domain name

 Car dealers without an existing website:

•  We are able to assist and setup your  website meeting all necessary conditions. - (To discuss)

Once your ISP conforms to the rule of the carlink dealer base objective - You are ready to load stock.

Note: Your website will look similar to what is shown on our demo site (click here Carlink demo to view) with the following customization.