Inventory

Turn every vehicle into a complete, market-ready record your team can price, publish, and track through the sale.

Inventory gives your team one place to manage each vehicle from intake to sale. Keep vehicle facts, asking price, buyer interest, expenses, photos, and listing details together.

DealerSpot vehicle record with VIN, condition, price, and title status

Move a vehicle from intake to listing

A vehicle can start as a blank Draft or with information from a VIN lookup. Add what you know, fill in the rest during preparation, and publish only when it is ready.

Everyone works from the same vehicle:

  • Sales sees the current asking price, listing status, and interested contacts.
  • Inventory staff sees vehicle details, title information, photos, and supporting files.
  • Managers see recorded expenses and related reports.
  • Storefront visitors see only the public information attached to a Listed vehicle in that branch.

Keep the vehicle story together

Activity shows important changes. Notes keep team updates close to the vehicle. Interested contacts and transactions show where the vehicle stands in the sales process.

Use the vehicle tabs

Open any vehicle from Inventory to work across five tabs:

TabWhat you can do
GeneralReview activity, notes, transactions, and interested contacts
DetailsEnter vehicle facts, prices, title, source, and custom values
ListingPrepare the public title, description, website choice, and photos
ExpensesRecord vehicle costs and paid status
DocumentsCreate a Window Sticker and attach non-sensitive files

The vehicle header also keeps status, branch, pin, and other record actions close at hand.

Vehicle statuses

Status controls whether shoppers can see the vehicle.

StatusUse it whenPublic storefront
DraftThe record or vehicle is still being preparedHidden
ListedThe vehicle is ready for shoppersVisible when assigned to the active branch
SoldThe vehicle is no longer availableHidden

Only a Listed vehicle assigned to the storefront's branch appears publicly. Changing a vehicle back to Draft hides it without deleting its record.

Check the vehicle after completing or canceling a deal

When you complete a deal, you can choose whether to mark the vehicle Sold. Canceling a linked deal changes the vehicle to Listed. Make sure the final vehicle status matches what is on your lot.

A practical inventory workflow

  1. Select Add Vehicle and optionally enter a 17-character VIN.
  2. Choose a branch when your dealership has more than one.
  3. Complete the vehicle, price, title, and source details you need.
  4. Record preparation costs in Expenses.
  5. Build the public presentation in Listing, including images and listing copy.
  6. Review the record, assign it to the correct branch, and change its status to Listed.
  7. Follow interest and transaction activity from General.

New vehicles start as Draft and do not appear on the storefront.

Keep sensitive files out of Documents

Uploaded files do not appear on the storefront, but anyone with a file's direct link may be able to open it. Upload only non-sensitive vehicle material.

Find and organize inventory

The inventory list supports search, filters, sorting, branches, pins, and actions for several vehicles at once. Search by vehicle title, VIN, stock number, make, or model. You can also filter by status, branch, vehicle details, source, and custom values.

Use pins for vehicles that need quick attention. Use the bulk actions carefully when moving or deleting more than one record.

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