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.
One record for every car, from the day you buy it to the day it leaves.
Every car you own in one list, with price, mileage, status, days in stock and MOT due date. Pick your own columns and filters.
More on Stock managementEnter the registration and mileage, and the make, model, variant and specification are filled in for you.
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.
Bring your existing stock across from a spreadsheet. Cars you already have are updated rather than added twice.
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.
Record the number of keys, key tag, physical location and V5 status of each car so nothing goes missing.
Mark cars you are selling on behalf of someone else, with the owner recorded and a clear badge in the stock list.
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.
Print a brochure for any car, with or without the price, or produce a vehicle pack as a PDF.
Switch the stock list to a customer-friendly view to show a buyer the car, its specification and a finance calculator on screen.
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.
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.
More on Condition and history checksRecord details that have no place of their own, such as a finance status, and filter your stock list by them.
Know where every price sits in the market, and keep a record of every change.
See retail, trade, part exchange and private valuations and the AutoTrader price indicator rating for each car.
With an AutoTrader connection.
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.
More on Market comparison and competitor searchReprice 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.
Every price change on a car is kept, including special offer prices, so you can see how it has been priced since it arrived.
Show live CAP HPI valuations alongside your AutoTrader figures. You do not need your own CAP HPI licence.
Priced separately. Available on request.
More on CAP HPI valuationsWrite adverts with less typing, and get more from the photos you already take.
Write the headline and description for an advert in a click on the Specifications tab, then edit the wording as you like.
Add three highlight lines and a comment on the price that AutoTrader shows on your advert. Write them yourself or let AI draft them.
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.
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.
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.
If Autos on Show photographs your stock, the photos can be brought into each car for you.
Set up by our team.
More on Autos on Show photosEvery enquiry, customer and deal in one place, from first contact to handover.
Enquiries from your website, AutoTrader, CarGurus, Cazoo and your own enquiry email address arrive in one list, without retyping.
More on Enquiries from every sourceA timeline of emails, texts and forms for each customer, with notes, files, linked contacts, enquiries, deals and invoices.
More on Customer recordsMove 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.
More on Deals and sales pipelineEach 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.
See where your enquiries come from and which adverts turn into sales, broken down by dealership and department.
More on Enquiry insightsCustomers 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.
More on Remote appraisalsSet 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.
More on Sales commissionInvoices raised from the deal, the right VAT on every car, and reports your accountant can use.
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.
More on Sales and purchase invoicesSet up warranties, GAP, paint protection and accessories with their own price, VAT and cost, and add them to a deal in a click.
More on Add-ons, products and warrantiesMargin 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.
More on VAT margin scheme and VAT margin reportThe stock book, stock on date and vehicle holding reports show what you bought, sold and held, what it cost and the profit made.
More on Stock book and stock reportsProfit and loss, payments and transactions reports for the dates you choose.
Take a deposit on a deal and give the customer a receipt, printed or sent for e-signing.
More on Deposit receiptsSaved 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.
Send your invoices and payments to Xero without re-keying. You preview every push and confirm it before anything is sent.
For admin users.
More on Xero syncFinance quotes and applications on your website, and your funded stock under control.
Show monthly payments on every vehicle page, from your own rates or your finance provider.
More on Website finance calculatorCustomers apply on their phone, and the application goes to your lenders and lands in the finance hub in your DMS.
More on Online finance applicationsEvery 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.
More on Stock fundingA 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.
A mobile-friendly website built for your dealership, with your stock updated from the DMS and pages you can edit yourself.
More on Car dealer websitesA page for every search, sitemaps, structured data and your own page titles, so your cars can be found on Google.
More on SEO for car dealersLet customers reserve a car on your website with a deposit, paid by card through Stripe or by bank through Atoa.
More on Online reservationsPart exchange and "we buy your car" forms, and a WhatsApp button so customers can message you from any page.
More on Part exchange and WhatsAppSee your visitors, traffic sources, campaigns, popular vehicles, searches and visitor locations under Insights.
Get your stock in front of more buyers, on the channels they already use.
Post your stock to your Facebook page on a schedule you set, with your own wording and branded images.
More on Social media automationEach car gets its own post on your Google Business Profile, replaced when the price changes.
Once we connect your profile.
More on Google Business Profile postsWe set up and run Google Vehicle Ads for you: the feed, Merchant Center, campaigns and reporting.
More on Google Vehicle AdsDrone footage and a fully edited, dealership-branded video for your website and social channels.
More on Video StoryboardHow the website, adverts, social media and reviews work together to bring you more buyers.
More on Car dealer marketingVAT margin, vehicle profit, start-up cost and Google Vehicle Ads calculators, and a free invoice generator.
More on Free dealer toolsMore reviews on the sites buyers read, with less chasing.
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.
More on Review requests after every saleSee 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.
More on Every review in one placeKeep your team, your paperwork and your day organised.
Boards for vehicle preparation, finance, follow-ups and handovers, with your own columns and a table view.
More on Task boardsCreate tasks for you automatically when a vehicle is added, a contact is created or a deal is created.
More on AutomationsBook test drives, viewings and handovers in private or shared calendars, and book resources on their own calendars.
More on DiaryRun pre-delivery inspections and health checks from your own templates, with photos and a printable branded report.
More on InspectionsSend order forms, invoices and deposit receipts for signing on the customer’s phone, with a record of who opened and signed them.
More on Electronic signaturesRun more than one site from one account. Stock and enquiries sit with a dealership and a department, and you can filter by either.
A bar at the top of the DMS tells you about new features as they are released, with the full list a click away.
Connect the advertising sites, data providers and software you already use.
Popular connections include CarGurus, Codeweavers, iVendi, Stripe and NextGear Capital.
Adverts created and updated from your stock records, sold cars taken off, and valuations and market data in the DMS.
More on AutoTraderSend 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.
More on Data feedsIf you use Visitor Chat on your website, chat leads arrive in your enquiries list with the conversation attached.
More on Visitor ChatRegistration lookups, MotorCheck history reports and CAP HPI valuations, all inside the DMS.
More on Vehicle data and historyAutoTrader, CarGurus, Google, finance lenders, Xero, Stripe, NextGear Capital and more, in one list.
More on All integrationsAbout 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.
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