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Product · Team and roles

Give everyone at the dealership the access their job needs.

Invite your staff by email, give each person one of five roles, and Motorvar shows them the screens and numbers that role allows.

Settings / PeopleExample
Invite a memberInvite user

Members

Dana Whitfielddana@example.com
Owner admin
Luis Ortegaluis@example.com
Manager
Keisha Grantkeisha@example.com
Salesperson
Tom Beckertom@example.com
Recon
Priya Shahpriya@example.com
Office

Pending invitations

rob.diaz@example.comExpired

Each person gets access that fits their job.

  • Choose from five team roles

    Give each person Owner admin, Manager, Salesperson, Recon or Office access.

  • Invite people by email

    Enter their email and role, and they receive a link to join your dealership.

  • Keep your team list current

    Change roles, deactivate people who leave and reactivate them when they return.

  • Start with your own tasks

    My day brings assigned recon work and due lead follow-ups into one list.

  • Choose the notices you receive

    Each person chooses which work notices appear in their bell and whether assignment emails arrive.

  • Move between your dealership rooftops

    People who work at more than one rooftop can switch lots from the sidebar.

Pick the role that matches each person's job.

Owner admins can do everything, including changing dealership settings and lender programs and adding rooftops.

Managers see gross, assign leads, close deals, manage the team and export records. Only an owner admin can change dealership settings or manage another owner admin.

Salespeople work leads, customers and deals and read the inbox, but they don't see gross.

Recon staff update a car's status, its recon stage and its recon tasks.

Office staff work the readiness and deal checklists, handle documents and read the inbox.

Your dealership / InventoryExample
WorkspaceMy dayInventoryReconInboxLeadsDealsReports
#4417In Recon
2019 Silverado 1500 LT

42,180 miles · 18 days in stock

Asking price
$26,900
Recon
4 of 5 complete
Acquisition cost
$22,400
Invested cost
$25,219

Available actions

  • Edit vehicle
  • Move status and recon stage
  • Work recon tasks
  • Work readiness checklist
  • Upload documents
  • Create deal

Owner admin can manage inventory, recon and deals.

Example
Viewing as
What each role can do (example of the permissions in Motorvar)
CapabilityOwner adminManagerSalespersonReconOffice
See gross and what each car costYesYesNoNoNo
Add, edit and publish carsYesYesNoNoNo
Move a car's status and recon stageYesYesNoYes (not into or out of Pending sale or Sold)No
Work recon tasksYesYesNoYesNo
Archive or wholesale a carYesYesNoNoNo
Work leads and customersYesYesYesNoNo
Assign leadsYesYesClaim unassignedNoNo
Create and work dealsYesYesYesNoNo
Set deal creditYesYesNoNoNo
Close or cancel dealsYesYesNoNoNo
Work readiness and deal checklistsYesYesNoNoYes
Upload documentsYesYesNoNoYes
Read documents and the inboxYesYesYesNoYes
Export CSVsYesYesNoNoNo
Manage the teamYesYes (not owner admins)NoNoNo
Edit checklist templatesYesYesNoNoNo
Change dealership settings, lender programs and rooftopsYesNoNoNoNo

Gross stays with owners and managers.

On each car and deal, gross and what you paid for the car are removed on the server for every other role, so those figures never reach that person's browser.

Inventory / #4389 · OwnerExample

Projected gross

$2,373

Holding cost so far $287 · burning $8.45/day

Acquisition
$12,600
Recon spend
$640
List price
$15,900
Days in stock
34d
30-day threshold34 / 30d · stuck
Inventory / #4389 · SalespersonExample

Vehicle status

Inventory snapshot

List price
$15,900
Days in stock
34d

Removed on the server for Salesperson, Recon and Office

Invite your staff by email.

Enter an email address and a role, and Motorvar sends an invitation that lasts 7 days. The person signs in with that address.

Change someone's role, deactivate them when they leave so they can't sign in, or bring them back later. Only an owner admin can add or change an owner admin, and a dealership always keeps at least one.

InvitationExample

To: keisha@example.com

You're invited to Your dealership

You have been invited to join Your dealership as a Salesperson.

Sign in using the email address this invitation was sent to.

Sign in
Member controlsExample
Keisha GrantSalesperson
Save roleDeactivate

Each person starts the day with their own list.

The My day page shows your assigned recon tasks and the lead follow-ups that are overdue, due today or coming up. Owners and managers can switch it to a teammate or to everyone.

My dayExample
My dayAssignee: Mine

Assigned recon

Interior detail2019 Silverado 1500 LT
Brakes2020 F-150 XLT
OverdueRob Kim
TodayDana Ellis, Joe Park
UpcomingAna Ruiz

People hear about the work that's theirs.

The bell collects assignments, blocked recon, closed deals, unanswered leads, leads that went cold and new website leads. Each person chooses which ones they see, and assignment notices also arrive by email unless they turn that off. A daily email lists overdue follow-ups and leads waiting for a first reply.

Notification preferencesExample
NotificationsIn appEmail
Recon task assignmentsOnOn
Lead assignmentsOnOn
Blocked recon tasksOnIn-app only
Closed dealsOnIn-app only
Unanswered leadsOnIn-app only
Escalated unanswered leadsOnIn-app only
Leads that went coldOnIn-app only
New website leadsOnIn-app only
Website lead emails that failedOnIn-app only

Run more than one lot from one sign-in.

An owner admin can add another rooftop from Settings with its own name and time zone, and becomes its owner admin. Each rooftop has its own cars, storefront, team and reports, and anyone who works at more than one switches between them from the sidebar.

Your dealershipsExample
Your dealership

Current dealership

Your dealership North

Add a rooftopExample
Add a rooftop

You become the owner admin of the new rooftop.

NameYour dealership North
Time zoneAmerica/New_York
Create rooftop

Sign in with an emailed link instead of a password.

People sign in with a link sent to their email, so there are no passwords to share or forget. Only people with an active membership or an open invitation can get a link.

Owner admins can see the team's recent sign-ins, and everyone can see their own on their profile.

MotorvarExample
Sign in

Enter your email and we will send a secure sign-in link.

Emailkeisha@example.com
Send sign-in link
Member sign-in activityExample

Member sign-in activity

MemberEventWhen
keisha@example.comChrome on WindowsSigned inOct 5, 6:55 PM
luis@example.comSafari on iPhoneSigned inOct 5, 5:40 PM
dana@example.comChrome on MacSigned inOct 5, 8:05 AM

Questions dealers ask us.

Can my manager invite staff?

Yes. Managers can manage the team, while adding or changing an owner admin stays with an owner admin.

What happens when someone leaves?

Deactivate their membership. They lose access to that dealership, and you can reactivate them if they return.

Can the same person work at two lots?

Yes. Give them membership at each rooftop and they can switch between them with one sign-in.

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