Everything in Haswent

Haswent is a dealer management system and car dealer website platform for UK dealers. These are all 64 of its features, from stock and pricing to invoicing, finance and marketing. Jump to a section, or follow a link for the full page.

Stock

One record for every car, from the day you buy it to the day it leaves.

Stock management

Every car you own in one list, with price, mileage, status, days in stock and MOT due date. Pick your own columns and filters.

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Add a car by its registration

Enter the registration and mileage, and the make, model, variant and specification are filled in for you.

Search by VIN

Adding an import or a car that is not registered yet? Search by its VIN instead of the registration.

When AutoTrader or vehicle data lookups are switched on.

Stock import

Bring your existing stock across from a spreadsheet. Cars you already have are updated rather than added twice.

Preparation costs and stand-in value

Add MOTs, repairs and valeting from your own list of regular costs. They are added to the purchase price to give the stand-in value of each car.

Keys and location

Record the number of keys, key tag, physical location and V5 status of each car so nothing goes missing.

Sale or return

Mark cars you are selling on behalf of someone else, with the owner recorded and a clear badge in the stock list.

Special offers

Put a car on offer with an offer price and a short description. You are warned if the offer is not lower than the normal price.

Brochures and vehicle packs

Print a brochure for any car, with or without the price, or produce a vehicle pack as a PDF.

Showroom Mode

Switch the stock list to a customer-friendly view to show a buyer the car, its specification and a finance calculator on screen.

MOT history and tax dates

See the MOT history of any car, and keep its MOT and road tax due dates up to date from official DVSA and DVLA records.

Condition and history checks

Record body, interior, mechanical and tyre condition and service records, and run MotorCheck history reports.

MotorCheck reports need a MotorCheck account, and can be shown on your website if you choose.

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Custom fields

Record details that have no place of their own, such as a finance status, and filter your stock list by them.

Pricing & market data

Know where every price sits in the market, and keep a record of every change.

AutoTrader valuations

See retail, trade, part exchange and private valuations and the AutoTrader price indicator rating for each car.

With an AutoTrader connection.

Market comparison and competitor search

Compare a car with similar adverts on AutoTrader: how many there are, their average and lowest prices, and how many are cheaper than yours.

With an AutoTrader connection.

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Pricing screen

Reprice the whole forecourt in one go. A new price is suggested for each car to reach the price band you choose, with your minimum profit and rounding.

With an AutoTrader connection.

Price history

Every price change on a car is kept, including special offer prices, so you can see how it has been priced since it arrived.

CAP HPI valuations

Show live CAP HPI valuations alongside your AutoTrader figures. You do not need your own CAP HPI licence.

Priced separately. Available on request.

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Adverts, photos & video

Write adverts with less typing, and get more from the photos you already take.

AI Sales Pitch and Attention Grabber

Write the headline and description for an advert in a click on the Specifications tab, then edit the wording as you like.

Vehicle highlights and price commentary

Add three highlight lines and a comment on the price that AutoTrader shows on your advert. Write them yourself or let AI draft them.

Photo labels and suggested photo order

Photos sent to AutoTrader come back labelled with what they show. See the photo order AutoTrader recommends, and any missing shots, and apply it in one click.

Suggested order needs your stock managed on AutoTrader through us.

Background replacement

Replace the background of your vehicle photos with one of ours or your own, for a consistent look across your stock.

Pay as you go, charged per image. Available on request.

Smart Videos

Turn the photos of a car into a branded video, using a template our team sets up for you.

Paid add-on. Available on request.

Autos on Show photos

If Autos on Show photographs your stock, the photos can be brought into each car for you.

Set up by our team.

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Sales & CRM

Every enquiry, customer and deal in one place, from first contact to handover.

Enquiries from every source

Enquiries from your website, AutoTrader, CarGurus, Cazoo and your own enquiry email address arrive in one list, without retyping.

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Customer records

A timeline of emails, texts and forms for each customer, with notes, files, linked contacts, enquiries, deals and invoices.

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Deals and sales pipeline

Move each sale through your own pipeline stages, from enquiry to deal to handover, with the car, part exchange, add-ons and payments on one deal.

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Text alerts for new enquiries

Each user can get a text message for every new enquiry, or only for enquiries assigned to them.

Needs a UK mobile number. Texts are charged per message.

Enquiry insights

See where your enquiries come from and which adverts turn into sales, broken down by dealership and department.

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Remote appraisals

Customers send you the details and photos of the car they want to sell or part exchange, so you can value it without seeing it first.

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Sales commission

Set commission policies, and commission is worked out when each deal completes. Run the commission report and mark it paid, and each salesperson sees their own under My Commission.

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Invoicing, VAT & accounting

Invoices raised from the deal, the right VAT on every car, and reports your accountant can use.

Sales and purchase invoices

Complete a deal and the sales invoice is raised for you. Record what you paid on purchase invoices, and every part exchange gets its own.

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Add-ons, products and warranties

Set up warranties, GAP, paint protection and accessories with their own price, VAT and cost, and add them to a deal in a click.

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VAT margin scheme and VAT margin report

Margin scheme and standard VAT cars are handled on every invoice, and the VAT margin report works out the VAT due on your margin for the period.

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Stock book and stock reports

The stock book, stock on date and vehicle holding reports show what you bought, sold and held, what it cost and the profit made.

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Business reports

Profit and loss, payments and transactions reports for the dates you choose.

Deposit receipts

Take a deposit on a deal and give the customer a receipt, printed or sent for e-signing.

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Clear document file names

Saved invoices, order forms, receipts and vehicle packs are named after the document, the registration and the customer, so the right PDF is easy to find.

Xero sync

Send your invoices and payments to Xero without re-keying. You preview every push and confirm it before anything is sent.

For admin users.

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Finance

Finance quotes and applications on your website, and your funded stock under control.

Website finance calculator

Show monthly payments on every vehicle page, from your own rates or your finance provider.

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Online finance applications

Customers apply on their phone, and the application goes to your lenders and lands in the finance hub in your DMS.

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Stock funding

Every funded car in one list, with days left and the true cost of each. Bring in figures from NextGear Capital or enter any other funder yourself.

For admin users.

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Website

A fast car dealer website that runs from your stock and brings enquiries straight into your DMS.

We also build van dealer websites, garage websites, franchise dealer websites and car buying websites.

Car dealer websites

A mobile-friendly website built for your dealership, with your stock updated from the DMS and pages you can edit yourself.

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SEO for car dealers

A page for every search, sitemaps, structured data and your own page titles, so your cars can be found on Google.

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Online reservations

Let customers reserve a car on your website with a deposit, paid by card through Stripe or by bank through Atoa.

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Part exchange and WhatsApp

Part exchange and "we buy your car" forms, and a WhatsApp button so customers can message you from any page.

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Website analytics

See your visitors, traffic sources, campaigns, popular vehicles, searches and visitor locations under Insights.

Marketing

Get your stock in front of more buyers, on the channels they already use.

Social media automation

Post your stock to your Facebook page on a schedule you set, with your own wording and branded images.

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Google Business Profile posts

Each car gets its own post on your Google Business Profile, replaced when the price changes.

Once we connect your profile.

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Google Vehicle Ads

We set up and run Google Vehicle Ads for you: the feed, Merchant Center, campaigns and reporting.

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Video Storyboard

Drone footage and a fully edited, dealership-branded video for your website and social channels.

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Car dealer marketing

How the website, adverts, social media and reviews work together to bring you more buyers.

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Free dealer tools

VAT margin, vehicle profit, start-up cost and Google Vehicle Ads calculators, and a free invoice generator.

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Reviews & reputation

More reviews on the sites buyers read, with less chasing.

Review requests after every sale

When a deal closes, the customer is asked to rate their experience, and happy customers are pointed to Google, AutoTrader, Facebook and more.

Part of Premium Reviews, a paid add-on.

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Every review in one place

See your reviews on one dashboard, send a request for any deal or contact, and print QR posters for your showroom. Reviews from the platforms you set up are imported for you.

Part of Premium Reviews, a paid add-on.

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Team & workflow

Keep your team, your paperwork and your day organised.

Task boards

Boards for vehicle preparation, finance, follow-ups and handovers, with your own columns and a table view.

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Automations

Create tasks for you automatically when a vehicle is added, a contact is created or a deal is created.

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Diary

Book test drives, viewings and handovers in private or shared calendars, and book resources on their own calendars.

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Inspections

Run pre-delivery inspections and health checks from your own templates, with photos and a printable branded report.

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Electronic signatures

Send order forms, invoices and deposit receipts for signing on the customer’s phone, with a record of who opened and signed them.

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Multiple dealerships and departments

Run more than one site from one account. Stock and enquiries sit with a dealership and a department, and you can filter by either.

What’s new, in the DMS

A bar at the top of the DMS tells you about new features as they are released, with the full list a click away.

Integrations & feeds

Connect the advertising sites, data providers and software you already use.

Popular connections include CarGurus, Codeweavers, iVendi, Stripe and NextGear Capital.

AutoTrader

Adverts created and updated from your stock records, sold cars taken off, and valuations and market data in the DMS.

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Data feeds

Send your stock to other portals and partners. Each feed runs in Auto, Assisted or Manual mode, depending on how much control you want over which cars go in.

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Visitor Chat

If you use Visitor Chat on your website, chat leads arrive in your enquiries list with the conversation attached.

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Vehicle data and history

Registration lookups, MotorCheck history reports and CAP HPI valuations, all inside the DMS.

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All integrations

AutoTrader, CarGurus, Google, finance lenders, Xero, Stripe, NextGear Capital and more, in one list.

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Frequently Asked Questions

About Haswent's features.

Stock management, pricing and AutoTrader market data, adverts and photos, enquiries and deals, invoicing with VAT margin scheme handling, finance, stock funding, task boards, inspections and electronic signatures. It also runs your car dealer website, and connects to AutoTrader, Xero, finance lenders and the other services listed on this page.

CAP HPI valuations are priced separately, background replacement is charged per image, and Smart Videos and Premium Reviews are paid add-ons. Text alerts for new enquiries are charged per message. Each one is marked on this page.

Yes. With your AutoTrader account connected, adverts are created and updated from your stock records and sold cars are taken off. You also see AutoTrader valuations, the price indicator rating and how your price compares with similar cars for sale.

Yes. Stock and enquiries sit with a dealership and a department, and you can filter by either.

Yes. Invoices and payments can be sent to Xero without re-keying. You preview every push and confirm it before anything is sent. The Xero sync is for admin users.

See it working with your own stock

Tell us how your dealership runs today and we will show you the parts of Haswent that matter to you. Weighing up other systems? See how Haswent compares with other dealer software.

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