Features
Everything Trailer MMS does
From the shopper who builds a trailer on your website to the payment QuickBooks reads back, here’s what’s included.
Your website
A fast, phone-friendly website in your name, built from the same catalog as everything else, so your models and specs are always current.
- A trailer builderShoppers pick a size, color, and options, then send a build sheet. It goes to the nearest dealers, to you, and to the shopper.
- Lineup and model pagesSpecs, photos, and common questions answered from each model’s own specs.
- Spec sheets and comparisonsSpec sheet PDFs, a comparison page, and packages with their own photos.
- Find a dealerA map of your dealers, a page for each state, and an application for new dealers.
- A website assistantAnswers shoppers from your public information and never quotes prices. You see what people ask, without names or emails.
- Your wordsAbout, FAQ, how it’s built, warranty, and your own privacy policy and terms.
- Old links keep workingYour old website’s addresses go to the matching new pages.
- Spam stays outEvery public form is protected from bots.
Dealer portal
Each dealer signs in on your website and sees only their own business. No more emailing price lists or answering “where’s my trailer?”
- Orders and statusDealers order at their price with the options that fit, and see where every order stands.
- Their lot and your stockTheir own inventory, plus the stock trailers you have available.
- Leads and quotesBuild sheets from your website, quoted at the dealer’s own prices, emailed or texted, with every version kept exactly as sent.
- Price lists by tierCost for owners and managers, retail for salespeople, as a page, a PDF, or a spreadsheet.
- Window stickersA sell sheet for every trailer, carrying the dealer’s own branding.
- WarrantyRegister each sale and its warranty, and file claims.
- Their own teamOwners invite their people, choose what each can see, and can limit salespeople to one store.
- Tier standingMonthly orders, and what the next quarterly review will look at.
Catalog and pricing
One catalog runs your website, your dealers’ ordering, your price lists, and your paperwork.
- Enclosed and open linesCargo, utility, flatbed and deckover, dump, gooseneck, and car haulers, each with its own specs and its own rear door, ramps, or gate.
- Models and colorsSizes, axles, and specs for each model; colors limited to the lines that offer them.
- Options that fitWhich options fit which models, what each one requires, and what it costs.
- Dealer tiersA price list for each tier, and a quarterly tier review that changes nothing until you approve it.
- Suggested retailA retail price for dealers to start from, or their own markup.
- Photos and drawingsModel photos, and a side-view drawing for enclosed builds.
- Checked VINsVINs are checked as they’re entered, check digit included.
Production and the shop floor
Orders land on the schedule and move station by station, with your shop working from iPads instead of paper.
- A schedule that fills itselfBuilds go on the next day with room, up to your daily capacity, with holidays and short days.
- Your stationsName your build stages and their order. The QA/QC checklist sits at the stage you choose.
- Shop iPadsEach station sees what’s next, and a floor board shows the whole shop.
- English or SpanishEvery shop screen switches language for each person.
- Build photos and QA/QCProgress and finished photos, and checklist results with who checked them, kept with each trailer.
- Work ordersOne page per trailer, laid out like the paper form your shop knows.
- “It’s finished” emailsWhen a trailer comes off the line, its dealer hears right away, with the finished photo.
- Nothing sits unnoticedOrders and loads waiting on your team are flagged where you’ll see them.
Parts and purchasing
Know what you have, what each build uses, and what to order before the line runs out.
- Parts inventoryCounts, reorder points, and a history of every change.
- Bills of materialsWhat each model uses, part by part.
- Spreadsheets read for youParts lists and build-outs in whatever layout you have, checked row by row and saved only after you review them.
- What to reorderParts below their reorder point, plus what scheduled builds will run short of.
- Purchase ordersDrafted by vendor, sent through QuickBooks after review, and received into stock.
- Nothing sent by surpriseNo purchase order goes to QuickBooks or a vendor until someone clicks Send.
Loads and delivery
Put several dealers’ trailers on one load, send the driver a link, and know when each stop is delivered.
- Build a loadFill it to your deck length and trailer count, with stops for several dealers.
- Carriers and driversKept on file, with dealer pickups and dealer-arranged freight handled too.
- Paperwork for every stopBills of lading and window stickers, ready to print.
- A driver linkOn the driver’s phone, in English or Spanish: inspect at pickup, mark any damage on trailer drawings, and get a signature at each stop.
- Dealers kept informedDealers hear when their load ships and when it’s delivered.
- Freight your wayCharged by each dealer’s setting, or set on the load.
Invoicing and QuickBooks
The prices on the order are the prices on the invoice. Nothing is typed twice.
- See it before it shipsWhat each dealer stop owes: trailers at their locked-in order price, options, freight, and any extra lines.
- QuickBooks Online invoicesOne per dealer stop on every shipped load.
- Payments come backInvoices show as paid once QuickBooks says they are.
- Purchase orders tooVendor purchase orders go through the same QuickBooks connection.
Warranty
Your warranty terms, written once and used on every registration, certificate, and claim.
- Registered at the saleDealers register each sale with the customer and the warranty start date.
- Certificates and emailsIn your name, with your warranty wording.
- ClaimsFiled by dealers, reviewed and tracked by your team.
- ExportsEvery registration in a spreadsheet when you need it.
Texting
Texts go out under your company’s name, and only to people who agreed to them.
- One inboxTwo-way texts from your own number, with an email to you when someone texts in.
- Quotes by textDealers can text a quote to a customer as a link.
- Only people who agreedDrivers, dealer team members, and people who signed up or texted you first. STOP and HELP are handled for you.
- Registered in your nameYour number is registered for business texting in your company’s name.
Reports
The numbers you check every day, without building a spreadsheet.
- The end-of-day emailFinished builds and invoiced VINs, in your inbox each evening.
- Sales and loadsSales by month, loads shipped, and freight.
- Dealer lotsWhat’s on each dealer’s lot and how long it’s been there.
- Tier standingMonthly dealer orders against each tier.
- Excel exportsReports, leads, price lists, parts, and warranties download as spreadsheets.
AI, with you in charge
AI does the reading and the typing. People make the decisions.
- A portal assistantAnswers questions from your data, limited to what the person asking is allowed to see.
- Approve or not nowWhen it suggests a change, nothing happens until that person clicks Approve.
- Imports from any spreadsheetParts lists, bills of materials, and trailer inventory, matched and checked before anything is saved.
- Dealer brandingEach dealer’s logo, color, and contact details suggested from their own website.
- A website assistantAnswers shoppers from your public information only, and never quotes prices.
Your team
Everyone gets their own login and sees what their job needs.
- Roles and invitesOffice, shop, and manager roles, invited by email.
- Google sign-inOptional, for teams that use Google accounts.
- SearchFind orders, trailers, dealers, and more from one box.
- An activity logWho changed what, and when.
- An undo for big mistakesDeleted trailers and loads can be restored for 15 days.
- Nothing to installWorks in the browser on phones, tablets, and computers.
Want to see it on your trailers?
We’ll walk you through Trailer MMS with your lineup, your dealers, and your shop in mind.