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| ACCOUNT DESK
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| Also known as Buy Here Pay Here Module.
This module allows you to finance vehicles in house. It
will allow you to record loan and deferred payments. Run
a number of BHPH reports showing individual account status.
Some features include: the ability to print coupon books,
print late notices, apply miscellaneous debits and or
adjustments, view ledger history, pay-off calculator,
and print an amortization sheet. |
| ADDITIONAL PRICE PER MONTH CALCULATION |
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| This feature is scattered around the sales
desk and allows you to view in real time what an accessories,
gap insurance, or warranty would cost your customer per
month. You no longer have to add a gap insurance to see
how much your customers payments will rise. |
| AUTOCHECK* |
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Run a comprehensive vehicle history report
using Experian's AutoCheck, a state of the art vehicle
reporting system. You no longer have to exit your AutoXplorer
program and navigate to Experian's website to run your
reports. From throughout the AutoXplorer software you
can view any cars history report with the click of one
button.
(A active AutoCheck account is required to use
this feature) |
| AUTOSAVE WHOLESALE BUYERS |
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| After completing a wholesale deal your customers
information will automatically be saved in your list of
wholesale dealers for future use. This mean less double
entry and less time to complete future deals with your
wholesalers. |
| BUY A CAR MODULE |
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| AutoXplorer will allow you to purchase a
car from anyone without having to accept the car as a
trade in. You can enter the vehicles purchase amount,
purchase date, and sellers information. Once all the information
is entered you have the option of printing your states
vehicle transfer form and saving the car to your inventory.
This feature eliminates the need to do point of purchase
contracts by hand and double entry into the AutoXplorer
Software. |
| BUYERS GUIDE EDITOR |
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| Buyers guides are a dime a dozen and can
be bought from almost anywhere. If you have a buyers guide
that AutoXplorer does not currently have in its library
you can manually create and edit a buyers guide to line
up with your own buyers guide. |
| CAR PICTURE PREVIEW |
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| From any open dialog screen or the vehicle
status module you can click and hold your left mouse button
down on any car to view a picture for that car. This allows
you to see what car you are selecting before you select
it. In order to see a picture for any car one must be
added for that car in the inventory desk first. If more
than one photo is added for any car only the first image
will show in the picture preview. |
| CASH DOWN PERCENT CALCULATOR
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| Let AutoXplorer do the math for you. With
one click of the mouse you can view how much 5%, 10%,
15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, or any other percent of your sales
price is. And you can use this value as your cash down. |
| CASH DOWN RECEIPT |
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| You can give your customers extra assurance
that their down payments are being accurately recorded
by giving them a receipt for their down payment. |
| CREDIT APPLICATION MODULE |
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| AutoXplorers Credit Application Module will
allow you to do one of three things. First, you can print
a blank credit application and have your customer fill
it out by hand. Second you can fill in all the appropriate
information and have AutoXplorer print out a generic credit
application on plain paper. Finally, you can fill out
the appropriate information and have AutoXplorer print
out on your Pre-Printed LAW Credit Application Form. |
| CREDIT BUREAU MODULE* |
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Have the ability to make financing decisions
on the spot with AutoXplorers Credit Bureau Module.
You can get setup to run credit reports from Experian,
Trans Union, or Equifax. All you need to do is enter
your customers information and with one click and 10
seconds your customers credit report is displayed inside
your AutoXplorer program.
(This feature requires a credit account through
GCS, Inc. Additional fees apply to run credit reports) |
| CHANGABLE COLOR SCHEME |
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| Have the ability to customize your AutoXplorer
program the way you want. You can change the color scheme
of AutoXplorer as often as you like and to any color you
like. |
| CUSTOM COMMISSION CALCULATION
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| You can setup AutoXplorer to give your salesman
different commission amounts based on the cars asking
price. You can give your sales man three different commission
amounts one for each of the following cases: the car is
sold at the asking price, the car is sold over the asking
price, the car is sold below the asking price. You can
use percentages or flat amounts to figure out your salesman's
commission. |
| DATABASE BACKUP |
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| Backup your AutoXplorer data as often as
you like. AutoXplorer allows you to backup your database
to a floppy drive, flash drive, secondary hard drive,
or another folder on your main hard drive. We recommend
backing up your data at the very least once a week. |
| DATABASE RESTORE |
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| If for any reason your computer crashes
or you had to reinstall your AutoXplorer software you
can restore your backed up data into your program. |
| DEFAULT PRINTER SETUP |
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| If you have more then one printer connected
to your computer (one for printing contracts, and one
for printing reports) you can specify which printer you
want used for printing contracts and which printer you
want used for printing reports. This feature allows you
to set it and forget it. You no longer have to preview
a print job in order to select which printer you want
to use. |
| DEFAULT SORTING |
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| AutoXplorer allows you to sort certain screens
by make, model, year, body style, stock no, color, or
vin. Also the next time you open the same screen again
AutoXplorer remembers your previous sort option, so your
screen looks the same as it did before you closed it. |
| DRIVER LICENSE SCANNER* |
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Eliminate the daunting task of enter
your customers information over and over with a drivers
license scanner. All you need to do is swipe your customers
drivers license and AutoXplorer will fill in all the
applicable fields for you.
(This feature requires the purchase of a drivers
license scanner from AutoXplorer) |
| FAXING MODULE |
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AutoXplorer can fax your deal structure
and customers credit report directly to your lenders
with the click of a button. You don't have to print
out numerous sheets of paper and manually walk to the
fax machine to accomplish this simple task. Let AutoXplorer
do it for you so you can spend more time with your customer.
(A fax modem and active phone line to your computer
is required to use this feature) |
| FOLLOW UP MODULE |
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| Have you ever wondered when your customers
birthdays are, or when a given cars anniversary is? Well
with AutoXplorers Follow up Module you can run these reports
and print custom letters for your customers along with
their mailing address on labels. Simply type up your custom
letter, select the customers you want to send letters
to and click print. Then all you have to do is stick the
letter in an envelope and mail them out. |
| FORM PRINTING |
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| AutoXplorer supports forms and contracts
printing for 35 states. You can print all of your states
DMV forms and your lenders sales contracts. For a list
of state forms in AutoXplorers library click
here. |
| HIDE CARS / DEALS |
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| If you are a large dealership that sells
a high volume of cars each and every month then you are
no stranger to having hundreds if not thousands of deals
in your software program. View recent deals or cars can
be a pain if you have to sort through that many deals.
AutoXplorer allows you to "hide" deals or cars
sold before a given date. This means you can set AutoXplorer
to only show you deals or cars for the past year. At any
given time you can remove this filter to view all of your
deals. |
| INTERNET BROWSER |
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| AutoXplorer has a built in web browser for
your convenience. You no longer have to have a bunch of
windows open on your computer or minimize your AutoXplorer
program to use the internet. You can use AutoXplorers
built in web browser to save time. |
| INVENTORY DESK
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| Take control of your inventory and manage
your vehicles like never before. AutoXplorers inventory
desk is loaded with features, here are just a few: add
vehicle cost and recon cost, add options and equipment,
add up to 9 images per car, print buyers guides, and print
window stickers (not available on all versions). Open
and search your inventory with one mouse click. |
| KBB IMPORT WIZARD |
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| AutoXplorer allows you to import your cars
from Kelly Blue Book. This is a useful feature if you
input all of your cars into KBB first to get their book
values and do not want to do double entry. AutoXplorer
will import all the cars specifications into your Inventory
Desk. |
| LETTER EDITOR |
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| AutoXplorers Letter Editor allows you to
create/edit/delete custom letters that can be used in
the Follow Up Module or in your Account Desk. You can
create any number of letters to print for your customers
when you want to do a mail out. |
| MULTIPLE ADDRESS FOR FORMS
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| If you have more then one location for your
dealership and don't want to send your customer across
town to fill out the paper work on a given car you don't
have to. In AutoXplorer you can setup multiple address
for forms and contract printing and select which address
you want to print for any given deal. |
| MULTIPLE PAYMENT OPTIONS |
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| This feature eliminates the need to change
your loan term to find out what your customers payments
will be for that given term. With one click you can view
your customers payments for 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48,
54, and 60 months. |
| NETWORKING* |
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If you have more than one computer at
your dealership AutoXplorer can be networked to share
information with all of your computers. At any given
moment anyone from any computer in your office can open
AutoXplorer and work a deal, look up a car, or simply
browse the software.
(Additional license fees apply) |
| ONLINE DATABASE BACKUP / RESTORE*
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Not only does AutoXplorer give you the
ability to create backups to a floppy drive, flash drive,
or hard drive but you can create backups to our secure
online server. External media can always go bad but
with a secure server you are virtually guaranteed to
have a backup if your AutoXplorer goes down. All you
need is to have an internet connection and you can backup
and restore your data using our online server.
(An additional monthly fee may be required to use
this feature) |
| PAYOFF CALCULATOR |
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| If you have customers in your Account Desk
you can use this feature to calculate how much their payoff
will be after a given period of time. You can always view
their current payoff by opening their account in the Account
Desk. This tool allows you to foreshadow what their payoff
will be after they have made X amount of payments. All
you need to do is fill in a few simple fields and click
calculate to see the results. |
| PROSPECT MODULE |
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| Ever had a customer walk on your lot looking
for a car that you did not have? Well now you have a way
of tracking these high potential leads. Use the Prospect
module to store prospect customers information and the
cars they are interested in. You can also generate a report
matching your prospect leads against your inventory, if
a match is found you can then contact your lead to make
the sale. |
| QUICKBOOKS |
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| AutoXplorer is integrated with QuickBooks
2005 or higher. No more double entry for your accountant
or bookkeeper. AutoXplorer will sync your Vendors and
Vehicles including any payments made for the car to QuickBooks,
these payments include any recon costs and the vehicles
purchase cost. You can then open your QuickBooks to print
checks. |
| QUICK QUOTE CALCULATOR |
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| Use this feature to get an estimate of your
customers payments. You can enter most of the same information
as the Sales Desk except for additional products such
as accessories, gap insurance, service contract, etc.
Using the basic information for any deal this module will
give you a ballpark figure of what your customer can expect
to pay. It takes half the time of doing a complete deal
and gives you a good idea of the customers status. |
| RECAP DEAL
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| Recap your deals by giving your salesman
and F&I managers commission and entering your costs/rates
for any additional products sold such as gap insurance,
accessories, service contracts, etc. You can view your
Commission Gross, Sales Gross, F&I Gross, and your
Net Profit from one screen. When you are ready to transfer
your deal to sold status you can do that from within this
screen. |
| RECURRING BUYERS |
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| You can use this feature to save time on
filling in your customers information if they have previously
bought a car from you. All of your previous customers
are saved in your database and this screen shows you a
searchable list of your past customers. Simply find the
customer you are looking for and click ok and watch as
all of their information is filled in for you. |
| REPORT DESIGNER |
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| If you are in need of a inventory based
report that we do not have pre programmed in our software
then you can use this feature to create your own inventory
based reports. You have the ability to choose which fields
and in what order you want them to be displayed. Along
with the fields you choose you have the ability to sort
and group your report by the fields that you chose. You
can then view or print the report after it has been generated. |
| REPORT PRINTING |
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| Depending on which version of AutoXplorer
you have, there are a number of pre-programmed reports
for you to choose from. Reports are broken down into three
(3) categories: Available Inventory, Sold Inventory, and
Management. Once a report is selected you can filter it
by a date range and sort it by any number of given fields
in ascending or descending order. |
| REPORT SORTING CAPABILITIES
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| All of our reports come with the ability
to sort by any field that is on that given report. For
example if you run an available inventory report that
has the following fields: make, model, year, asking price,
stock no, vin number. You have the ability to choose how
you want the report sorted by any of those fields. |
| RESERVE DISCOUNT CALCULATION |
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| If your lender or financial institution
has a reserve discount applied to your deals then you
can enter this amount into AutoXplorers recap screen.
You also have the option of having your reserve discount
deducted from your gross profit. |
| ROLLBACK PAYMENTS |
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| After you have completed your deal you come
to notice that your customers payments are not what you
had in mind. You can use this feature to set a desired
payment and adjust one of many fields to reach your desired
payment. The fields that you can rollback on are: Price,
Down Payment, Trade Allowance, Interest, and Loan Term. |
| SALES DESK
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| AutoXplorers Sales Desk is packed with features
to help you sell cars. You will use each and every one
of the five tabs to complete your deal. First, the Deal
Worksheet is where you enter all of your deals specifications
on one screen including asking price, cash down, accessories,
trade ins, service contracts, gap insurance, and many
more. Second, the Customer Tab is where you enter your
buyers and co-buyers information along with their current
car insurance information. Third, the Vehicle tab is where
you can run a AutoCheck vehicle history report and enter
the cars ROS number and mileage out. Fourth, the Deal
Structure shows a breakdown of your entire deal. You can
also print a generic purchase order from this tab or use
the faxing module to fax a copy to your lender. Finally,
the Notes tab can be used to store any notes about this
deal or your customer. |
| SECURITY PRIVILEGES |
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| AutoXplorer comes with a set of security
privileges that you can assign to your staff. You can
use Default User, Power User, and Administrator. These
security roles have predefined abilities that cannot be
changed. If you want to give specific tasks to your staff
you can do this using the Security Privileges Module.
With this feature you can have certain people save deals
while others have the ability to delete deals. You can
assign some people to run credit reports whiles others
do not have that ability. Basically the entire program
can be broken up into privileges you assign to certain
people in your staff. |
| VEHICLE STATUS MODULE
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| Use this module to look up the status of
any car in one screen. If the car is available you can
view details about that given car and click "Go To
Inventory" to be taken to the inventory desk for
that car. If the car is sold you can view details about
the car and the sales deal. You can also click on "Go
To Sales Desk" to be taken to the sales desk for
that given deal. This module is also referred to as a
Global Search. |
| VIN DECODER |
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| AutoXplorers VIN decoder will decode any
valid 17 digit vin and filling the following information
for you: year, make, model, body style, fuel type, engine
description, and drive train. |
| WEBXPLORER* |
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WebXplorer is the portal used by AutoXplorer
to get your inventory connected with the world wide
web. Using WebXplorer you can upload cars to your company's
website, AutoTrader, or Cars.com. You have complete
and real time control of what cars you want to advertise
online.
(A valid AutoTrader, Cars.com, or AutoXplorer website
account is required to use this feature. Website Updates
are done in real time, AutoTrader and Cars.com take
24 hours to update.) |
| WINDOW STICKER MODULE |
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| Print black and white or color window stickers
to display vital information on your cars windows. AutoXplorers
window stickers will display the cars year, make, model,
vin number, engine, body style, stock number, mileage,
color, equipment, bluebook value, and asking price. There
are two (2) different layouts to choose from. |
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| *Additional fees may apply to use this feature. |
