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Updates and new features

August 9, 2017July 7, 2015 by diarmuid

As always we are busy working on customer requests, and have a fresh batch of updates available is response for extras wanted in our auto repair shop software.

New features in this release include easier document management, with an improved estimate editor, and the ability to delete estimates from the system. You can now also delete Repair Orders too. You will be warned before deleting a document, but it is irreversible once you do, this feature has been added for ease of use when mistakes are made, a document can be deleted and a replacement document created.

Previously the client dashboard did not display the vehicle year, this has been corrected, and you can now also edit and update the car year.

Thanks to the users who took the time to send us their feedback, suggestions and comments, we always appreciate some constructive criticism!

We hope to bring you Service History Reports for our Northern American customers in the next week or two, we are finalizing details with our data partner.

Foreign currency support

August 9, 2017July 2, 2015 by diarmuid

We are happy to announce that all world currencies as listed on xe.com/symbols have now been implemented in our auto repair invoice software.

The full list is as follows:

Country and Currency	Currency Code	Graphic Image	Font: Code2000	Font: Arial Unicode MS	Unicode: Decimal	Unicode: Hex
Albania Lek	ALL		Lek	Lek	76, 101, 107	4c, 65, 6b
Afghanistan Afghani	AFN		؋	؋	1547	60b
Argentina Peso	ARS		$	$	36	24	info
Aruba Guilder	AWG		ƒ	ƒ	402	192
Australia Dollar	AUD		$	$	36	24
Azerbaijan New Manat	AZN		ман	ман	1084, 1072, 1085	43c, 430, 43d
Bahamas Dollar	BSD		$	$	36	24
Barbados Dollar	BBD		$	$	36	24
Belarus Ruble	BYR		p.	p.	112, 46	70, 2e
Belize Dollar	BZD		BZ$	BZ$	66, 90, 36	42, 5a, 24
Bermuda Dollar	BMD		$	$	36	24
Bolivia Boliviano	BOB		$b	$b	36, 98	24, 62
Bosnia and Herzegovina Convertible Marka	BAM		KM	KM	75, 77	4b, 4d
Botswana Pula	BWP		P	P	80	50
Bulgaria Lev	BGN		лв	лв	1083, 1074	43b, 432
Brazil Real	BRL		R$	R$	82, 36	52, 24	info
Brunei Darussalam Dollar	BND		$	$	36	24
Cambodia Riel	KHR		៛	៛	6107	17db
Canada Dollar	CAD		$	$	36	24
Cayman Islands Dollar	KYD		$	$	36	24
Chile Peso	CLP		$	$	36	24	info
China Yuan Renminbi	CNY		¥	¥	165	a5	info
Colombia Peso	COP		$	$	36	24
Costa Rica Colon	CRC		₡	₡	8353	20a1
Croatia Kuna	HRK		kn	kn	107, 110	6b, 6e
Cuba Peso	CUP		₱	₱	8369	20b1
Czech Republic Koruna	CZK		Kč	Kč	75, 269	4b, 10d
Denmark Krone	DKK		kr	kr	107, 114	6b, 72	info
Dominican Republic Peso	DOP		RD$	RD$	82, 68, 36	52, 44, 24
East Caribbean Dollar	XCD		$	$	36	24
Egypt Pound	EGP		£	£	163	a3
El Salvador Colon	SVC		$	$	36	24
Estonia Kroon	EEK		kr	kr	107, 114	6b, 72
Euro Member Countries	EUR		€	€	8364	20ac
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Pound	FKP		£	£	163	a3
Fiji Dollar	FJD		$	$	36	24
Ghana Cedi	GHC		¢	¢	162	a2
Gibraltar Pound	GIP		£	£	163	a3
Guatemala Quetzal	GTQ		Q	Q	81	51
Guernsey Pound	GGP		£	£	163	a3
Guyana Dollar	GYD		$	$	36	24
Honduras Lempira	HNL		L	L	76	4c
Hong Kong Dollar	HKD		$	$	36	24	info
Hungary Forint	HUF		Ft	Ft	70, 116	46, 74
Iceland Krona	ISK		kr	kr	107, 114	6b, 72
India Rupee	INR						info
Indonesia Rupiah	IDR		Rp	Rp	82, 112	52, 70
Iran Rial	IRR		﷼	﷼	65020	fdfc
Isle of Man Pound	IMP		£	£	163	a3
Israel Shekel	ILS		₪	₪	8362	20aa
Jamaica Dollar	JMD		J$	J$	74, 36	4a, 24
Japan Yen	JPY		¥	¥	165	a5	info
Jersey Pound	JEP		£	£	163	a3
Kazakhstan Tenge	KZT		лв	лв	1083, 1074	43b, 432
Korea (North) Won	KPW		₩	₩	8361	20a9
Korea (South) Won	KRW		₩	₩	8361	20a9
Kyrgyzstan Som	KGS		лв	лв	1083, 1074	43b, 432
Laos Kip	LAK		₭	₭	8365	20ad
Latvia Lat	LVL		Ls	Ls	76, 115	4c, 73
Lebanon Pound	LBP		£	£	163	a3
Liberia Dollar	LRD		$	$	36	24
Lithuania Litas	LTL		Lt	Lt	76, 116	4c, 74
Macedonia Denar	MKD		ден	ден	1076, 1077, 1085	434, 435, 43d
Malaysia Ringgit	MYR		RM	RM	82, 77	52, 4d
Mauritius Rupee	MUR		₨	₨	8360	20a8
Mexico Peso	MXN		$	$	36	24	info
Mongolia Tughrik	MNT		₮	₮	8366	20ae
Mozambique Metical	MZN		MT	MT	77, 84	4d, 54
Namibia Dollar	NAD		$	$	36	24
Nepal Rupee	NPR		₨	₨	8360	20a8
Netherlands Antilles Guilder	ANG		ƒ	ƒ	402	192
New Zealand Dollar	NZD		$	$	36	24
Nicaragua Cordoba	NIO		C$	C$	67, 36	43, 24
Nigeria Naira	NGN		₦	₦	8358	20a6
Korea (North) Won	KPW		₩	₩	8361	20a9
Norway Krone	NOK		kr	kr	107, 114	6b, 72
Oman Rial	OMR		﷼	﷼	65020	fdfc
Pakistan Rupee	PKR		₨	₨	8360	20a8
Panama Balboa	PAB		B/.	B/.	66, 47, 46	42, 2f, 2e
Paraguay Guarani	PYG		Gs	Gs	71, 115	47, 73
Peru Nuevo Sol	PEN		S/.	S/.	83, 47, 46	53, 2f, 2e	info
Philippines Peso	PHP		₱	₱	8369	20b1
Poland Zloty	PLN		zł	zł	122, 322	7a, 142
Qatar Riyal	QAR		﷼	﷼	65020	fdfc
Romania New Leu	RON		lei	lei	108, 101, 105	6c, 65, 69
Russia Ruble	RUB		руб	руб	1088, 1091, 1073	440, 443, 431	info
Saint Helena Pound	SHP		£	£	163	a3
Saudi Arabia Riyal	SAR		﷼	﷼	65020	fdfc
Serbia Dinar	RSD		Дин.	Дин.	1044, 1080, 1085, 46	414, 438, 43d, 2e
Seychelles Rupee	SCR		₨	₨	8360	20a8
Singapore Dollar	SGD		$	$	36	24
Solomon Islands Dollar	SBD		$	$	36	24
Somalia Shilling	SOS		S	S	83	53
South Africa Rand	ZAR		R	R	82	52
Korea (South) Won	KRW		₩	₩	8361	20a9
Sri Lanka Rupee	LKR		₨	₨	8360	20a8
Sweden Krona	SEK		kr	kr	107, 114	6b, 72	info
Switzerland Franc	CHF		CHF	CHF	67, 72, 70	43, 48, 46
Suriname Dollar	SRD		$	$	36	24
Syria Pound	SYP		£	£	163	a3
Taiwan New Dollar	TWD		NT$	NT$	78, 84, 36	4e, 54, 24	info
Thailand Baht	THB		฿	฿	3647	e3f
Trinidad and Tobago Dollar	TTD		TT$	TT$	84, 84, 36	54, 54, 24
Turkey Lira	TRY						info
Turkey Lira	TRL		₤	₤	8356	20a4
Tuvalu Dollar	TVD		$	$	36	24
Ukraine Hryvnia	UAH		₴	₴	8372	20b4
United Kingdom Pound	GBP		£	£	163	a3
United States Dollar	USD		$	$	36	24
Uruguay Peso	UYU		$U	$U	36, 85	24, 55
Uzbekistan Som	UZS		лв	лв	1083, 1074	43b, 432
Venezuela Bolivar	VEF		Bs	Bs	66, 115	42, 73
Viet Nam Dong	VND		₫	₫	8363	20ab
Yemen Rial	YER		﷼	﷼	65020	fdfc
Zimbabwe Dollar	ZWD		Z$	Z$	90, 36	5a, 24

CARFAX integration coming soon

August 9, 2017June 5, 2015 by diarmuid

Many customers have expressed an interest in integration with other services. We are happy to announce in the coming weeks we will be implementing this, after talking with the guys at Carfax, we hope to be up and running by the end of the month.

Existing customers and new customers will have the option of choosing whether or not to participate in the program, to access service history records you will need to make your completed work orders available to Carfax to feed back into their systems, this will not affect how you use the software, only the terms and conditions will be updated, and if you are not using Carfax, you will be able to have the option of opting out from this service.

We believe this will be a valuable addition to our auto repair shop invoice software, and look forward to any other suggestions our users have for us!

Support for more currencies

August 9, 2017June 4, 2015 by diarmuid

Due to many user requests for different currencies, we are currently working on implementing the full list of currencies, as maintained by xe.com.

The currencies we will be including, with appropriate symbol, the following list below. Most Unicode fonts will be compatible with your browser regardless of OS locale settings.

We aim to have this new feature in our auto repair shop software ready towards the end of June.

Introducing Pay As You Go and TopUps

August 9, 2017May 15, 2015 by diarmuid

We have been working on this for some time, and have completely rewritten our payment handling system, we were kind of forced to when PayPal updated their systems interface without letting developers know about it! Crazy surely, but rest assured we had our eye on the ball and no-one’s account was affected, and the several signups that did not activate were followed up by our customer support team.

This crisis also presented an opportunity, and we are delighted to introduce the option of signing up for an auto repair bill account without a subscription, by opting for a Pay As You Go service, as you may do with your cell provider or phone company. This frees you from any monthly commitment to our service, and gives you great flexibility, to use for a month, and come back later at any time with full access to all your data, unlike many other online services, we will not terminate your login or delete your account at any time once an account has been created. So, you can buy a PrePay bundle voucher to fully unlock your account, also allowing you to create any other type of documents on the auto repair system, such as Estimates, RO’s, and Bookings.

Pay As You Go pricing:

$9.99/ 10 invoices
$19.99 / 25 invoices
$39.99 / 50 invoices

* PrePay Bundles unlock your account for 30 days, you must use your Bundle in this time, unused invoices do not carry forward.

TopUps for subscription users:

Are you an existing customer on a subscription plan? If so, you may find on occasion that you may run low on invoices towards the end of your monthly cycle, and you may not wish to upgrade your subscription plan. Well, good news, you now have the freedom to topup your invoice limit to get you by until the next renewal on your account, for example if you are using the basic $7.99 package and use your allocated 25 invoices with a week left to renew, no more anxiously waiting for the renewal cycle to tick over, you can simply purchase a top-up bundle to tide you over until your next renewal, and for subscription users, your top-up is carried forward to the next month. This gives users of our automotive repair software great flexibility in controlling the cost of running your day to day business, giving you the little bit extra you need on a busy month without forcing an upgrade.

All users can access additional TopUps from the My Account tab on the top menu.

Introducing TopUp bundles

August 9, 2017May 13, 2015 by diarmuid

We have added the option of purchasing TopUp Bundles for those of you who may find you are running short of invoices towards the end of your monthly cycle, to make life easier we have introduced TopUp Bundles, which will allow you to purchase 10, 25 or 50 invoices to get you by until your next subscription cycle.

You can purchase additional invoices without the need to upgrade your subscription service, giving you on-demand access to extra invoicing as and when you need it, it is as easy and flexible as that!

To purchase a TopUp, click on My Account in the top menu of our auto repair invoice software.

Pricing for Bundles:

$9.99 / 10 invoices
$19.99 / 25 invoices
$39.99 / 50 invoices

This is paving the way for our soon to be introduced Pay As You Go service, where a subscription will not be required to use the software, we are very excited about this as there are no other auto repair invoicing services that offer this option, so as always folks, stay tuned!

Coming soon: Pay As You Go

August 9, 2017May 10, 2015 by diarmuid

We appreciate that many people would like an invoicing product for their auto repair shops, but may not wish to commit to a subscription service, and we wish to make life a little easier for those who only have an occasional need to produce invoices, or simply may wish to fully evaluate our product before taking up a monthly or annual subscription.

There will be three packages to choose from, invoices will be sold in prepay bundles of 10, 25 or 50 invoices, valid for 30 days from date of purchase. Also, purchasing an invoice bundle will also unlock the rest of the software to create any type of other document for free, this includes Estimates, Booking and Repair Orders. Prepay bundles will start from $9.99 for 10 invoices.

Prepay bundles can be used by subscription customers when they run out of invoices in their monthly allowance. This means when you run out before the end of the month, you can top-up with 10,25 or 50 invoices, without the need to upgrade the package you are signed up for. We think this gives our auto repair invoice software customers a great deal of flexibility to manage their invoicing needs in a fair and cost effective way.

NEW! Retain access to your data with an inactive account

August 9, 2017May 3, 2015 by diarmuid

We never want to lose our financial data, or access to it, and many other online services cut you off completely after non-payment, we don’t agree with this. From now on, even after your account has expired, you can still login, view and download your data and documents. If you decide you wish to have full access to your account again, you can simply go the Billing page and select a new payment plan to re-activate the rest of your account.

With an inactive account, you will see a message letting you know and a link to the Billing page to re-activate, please note you cannot create any new documents such as invoices, quotes, bookings, or repair orders until you make payment on your account with a renewed subscription to our auto repair invoice software.

New: VIN Decoder for Northern America

August 9, 2017April 6, 2015 by diarmuid

We are happy to once again bow to user requests, and add support for VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) decoding. Using this is a simple process, when you are entering a new client record you can specify the VIN number, you can leave blank of course when you do not have this information to hand at the time, and use the update client link to add the VIN at a later time.

We anticipate that many of you may wish to see this in a print-friendly format, we working on a PDF document that can be printed and this is planned for sometime this week, as always, stay tuned for more!

New: Order parts from your local motor factor

August 9, 2017April 4, 2015 by diarmuid

You can now order parts directly from our auto repair invoice software, the parts you have used will appear on the Inventory screen, to get started you need to create one or more vendor profiles. You can then set stock levels, and set the threshold for ordering new parts. You simply enter the Re-order amount, make any required changes to part name, and an email will be sent to the vendor for you to pick up parts at a later arranged time. When sending email for parts order to the motor factors, you will also receive a CC of the email sent for your own records, or for printing.