Basic Detail Entry

Items such as make, model, style, number of cylinders, transmission, and basic standard equipment will automatically be filled in after you enter a VIN. The Make, Model, Purchase Date, Stock Number, and VIN are required fields. If any of these are missing, the vehicle will not be added to the inventory.

If the information for a particular non-mandatory field (i.e. a field not listed above) is unavailable or unnecessary, simply leave that field blank.

To begin entering a vehicle into your inventory, enter the date you purchased this vehicle into the Purchase Date box. You may use the calendar button to easily select a date from a menu. After you enter a date, a box to the right of the date will display the number of days this particular vehicle has been in your inventory.

If you have already selected the option to generate automatic stock numbers, an automatic stock number will be inserted into the Stock Number field. You may override an automatic stock number if you wish. Otherwise, the Stock Number field will be blank and ready to accept a manually-entered stock number.

Enter the vehicle's VIN into the VIN box. Once you move the cursor to another part of the screen, the software will know that you have completed entering the VIN and will then try to use its built-in VIN decoder to extract standard vehicle information, such as the year, make, and model, and fill in the apporpriate boxes on the screen. You may override any information the software fills in for you.

Enter the vehicle's status into the New or Used box by using the dropdown box to choose from New, Used, Transit, or Wholesale .
Note: if New is selected, additional descriptive fields pertaining only to new vehicles will appear under the Other Information tab.

You may also wish to add options, pictures, and a tag line to your vehicle's listing.