Website and management panel for a used car dealership

The challenge

A dealership's stock changes every week, with cars arriving, being reserved and being sold. If every change depends on writing to whoever built the site, the online catalogue stops matching what is on the forecourt and customers turn up asking about cars that are already gone.

On top of that, what almost every used-car buyer wants to know first is how much they would pay each month, more than the total price. If they have to call to find out, a lot of people never get round to it.

What we built

• A stock panel showing the state of every car: available, reserved, sold, new arrival or coming soon.
• Adding and editing vehicles with photos, year and price, without touching code.
• Filters by state, to see at a glance which cars are available.
• A financing calculator on the site itself: the buyer moves price, deposit and term and sees the estimated monthly payment.
• The panel also works on a phone, which is where the salesperson is when a car arrives.