eCars comes standard equipped with cool features for the key players of a car sale Transaction.
There are 4 types of players in the system. The administrator or dealership owner, the agent who works with the dealership, the seller who can simply pay the dealer to advertise his car on his web site and finally the prospective buyer who we call buyer throughout the documentation.
1. Administrative Features
Secure content management interface to setup the site
Setup price rates to charge sellers who list their cars – integrated with paypal (and ur own custom Gateway)
Manage Makes, Models and Types of cars offered
Manage the different users of the site
Manage the car listings or ads (add, approve, suspend, edit and delete listings)
Add sponsor banners to the system
Send news updates to interested users
Add rotating news to the main areas informing users of your new deals.
2. Sellers/ Agent Features - (The main difference Between sellers and sales agents is that sales agents list ads for free after they are approved by the admin)
Easy to use Registration Form
List new or used cars
List ads describing your car with additional 5 photos
Secure content management area to manage and renew listings
Messaging system to read messages from prospective buyers and contact them
Quick stats or reports to see the number of times listings have been viewed
3. Buyer Features
5 different search methods to search for the right car
Model click search e.g. Acura, BMW
Model and make form search e.g. search for Acura CL
Types click search e.g. coupes, sedans, luxury
New or used click search
Advanced search with other criteria
Compare up to 3 listings within search criteria
Clip favorite listing for quick future access
Contact sellers online using internal messaging system
Print Brochures
Check carfax.com reports on used cars
Forward Ads to Friends
Finance Calculator to calculate payments
