Vehicle Look Ups Within The Appraisal Form
AutoPlayAuto.com makes completing Appraisals easy. Of course you can manually enter all your vehicle details but with built in Vehicle Lookups it is much easier to lookup using one of the existing services.
NZ DEALERS
If you are a NZ dealer we have a built in lookup from the NZTA which is free of charge. This lookup is the FuelSaver/RightCar lookup and can be run by entering one of the VIN, Chassis or Registration Number, and clicking the green 'NEW' button. If the vehicle is available in the Rightcar database the vehicles details will automatically be populated in the relevant fields. As this data is from a third party source we recommend double checking the data returned.
If you pay Carjam, MotorCentral or MotorWeb you can use their services to run a paid lookup. You do not need to run a free lookup first as all 3 of the paid services also return vehicle information to the relevant fields. Once you have run a lookup you will also be able to view a PDF which is stored against that Appraisal and will open in a new tab. You can view this at any time using the green 'VIEW' button.
All 3 paid look-up services are visible to all users by default. However if the relevant role is not turned on it will only prompt you to get in touch with the provider to set up. If the role is enabled but the user is not then a message will prompt to request set up with your manager. If you need the service to be completely hidden you can request this via support@autoplay.co.nz.
To find out more about setting up the CarJam, MotorCentral and MotorWeb lookups click HERE.
Once you have run a lookup you will also be able to view a PDF which is stored against that Appraisal and will open in a new tab.
You can view this at any time using the green 'VIEW' button.
All 3 paid look-up services are visible to all users by default. However if the relevant role is not turned on it will only prompt you to get in touch with the provider to set up. If the role is enabled but the user is not then a message will prompt to request set up with your manager. If you need the service to be completely hidden you can request this via support@autoplay.co.nz.
To find out more about setting up the CarJam, MotorCentral and MotorWeb lookups click HERE.
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AUSTRALIAN DEALERS
Australian Dealerships do not have access to a free Appraisal Vehicle Lookup. However they do have access to paid lookups via MotorWeb, as well as the ability to run PPSR reports or Redbook lookups.
You do not need to have a paid relationship with MotorWeb AU bill AutoPlay directly. To run a MotorWeb lookup you must enter either a Rego + State, or VIN + State. The cost is $0.64AUD+ GST for a successful transaction and $0.15AUD for each failed transaction. The MotorWeb AU report does not store a PDF, but populates the fields outlined below.
- Registration
- VIN
- Make
- Model
- Variant
- Fuel Type
- Transmission
- Year
PPSR lookups can only be run with a combination of VIN + State. As such it may make sense to enable the PPSR lookup in conjunction with the MotorWeb AU lookup. Unlike the MotorWeb AU lookup, PPSR's do return a PDF which is stored against the Appraisal Form.
All paid look-up services are visible to all users by default. However if the relevant role is not turned on it will only prompt you to get in touch to request set up. If the role is enabled but the user is not then a message will prompt to request set up with your manager. If you need the service to be completely hidden you can request this via support@autoplay.co.nz.
To find out more about setting up the MotorWeb lookup, or running PPSR's click HERE. Click HERE to find out more about setting up and running Redbook lookups
Australian dealerships also have the ability to complete RedBook lookups on their Appraisal Forms from within AutoPlay. This is not available by default - please contact support@autoplay.com.au to request access. The functionality is controlled by a role called 'Redbook Australia'. Role works at the YARD level with the yard determined by whatever yard the lead is on. Role also works at USER level. The Redbook button is always visible unless disabled by either marking the API record as inactive, or by adding a Dealer API record for Redbook and marking that record as Inactive.
To provision the Redbook Lookup you must not only set up the role management, but also add an API record for 'Redbook Australia' and set as Active. Note - this is something that the AutoPlay team will take care of. If you wish to start using this service contact support@autoplay.com.au
If you have done the Licence Plate OCR it flows nicely to complete a Redbook lookup - for which you require a REGO + STATE. Redbook lookups can be completed via the 'NEW' button next to the Redbook icon in the Vehicle Appraisal Form. Redbook Lookups cost AU $0.65 for each transaction and you will be billed via AutoPlay.
From time to time the Redbook lookup will return multiple results. When this occurs you will be presented with a popup to select which vehicle details you wish to use. AutoPlayAuto.com now presents the best match only on the initial results screen. You can click on the 'MORE RESULTS' button to view the other records returned in the Redbook query. As with existing functionality, click on the SELECT button to apply that Redbook data to your Appraisal Form.
When the Redbook lookup is completed it will return the following information;
- Redbook Code - mapped to new Redbook Code field
- Make - mapped to Make
- Model - mapped to Model
- ManufacturedYear - mapped to Year
- Colour - mapped to Colour
- VIN - mapped to VIN
- Description - mapped to Variant
There is also some simple parsing of the description which looks for common terms.
For transmission, the code translates the below and then appends the number of gears e.g. "4sp" is appended as "4 Speed".
man -> Manual
auto -> Automatic
cvt -> CVT
Body Type is parsed according to existing rules we have when importing a listing e.g. "s/w" translates to "Station Wagon". Several values all translate to "RV/SUV", these being "suv", "4x4", "rv", etc
If the description contains "Diesel" or a word ends with "dt" or "td" then we translate to "Diesel". If a word is numeric and ends with an "i" we translate to "Petrol" (e.g. 3.5i)
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