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Website administration |
| The insideAuto.NET member administration facility is an advanced easy to use content and contact management system. Ability to control almost every aspect of your website is an important feature when looking for the right solution. This facility allows you to control all aspects of your membership including secure bookings management. FREE members are restricted from some aspects of the administration that are provided only to Gold members. |
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Listing on insideAuto.NET |
| As a member of insideAuto.NET your details will be listed on insideAuto.NET dealership directory for those interested to find, this listing will increase your search engine results and help produce visitors to your website. Gold members receive a higher and highlighted listing, FREE member will appear directly below gold members and free listings will be displayed at the very bottom without any premium features. |
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Statistics and support |
Each time someone visits your website standard data is collected for your viewing. This allows you to see more then just the number of visits you website has achieved but a range of details including:
- browser type
- IP address (their address on the internet, which can provide a general geographic location of the visitor)
- pages being viewed
- and where the visitor came from, did they link to your from another website, search engine or did they type your address in themselves.
FREE members statistics are stored for TWO months back and TWELVE months back for Gold members. |
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Select from html or flash introductions |
| Gold members can select one of several html (standard page) or flash (animated page) introductions for visitors to their website to view prior to entering the main portion of their website. Each introduction maybe edited easily to include your own text and some allow custom images. |
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Your own professionally designed website |
| Our website designers will create a website designed specifically to meet your needs, and it will be editable from within the administration facility. Gold members receive a professionally designed website when they setup their membership. This option gives dealerships the option of having a website tailored to their business and still taking advantage of the additional features available to insideAuto.NET members. |
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Website design selection (template based) |
| Members are able to select a design and change between designs almost instantly. The selection of designs is expanding each week to ensure there will be a design to suit your property. All members have access to the insideAuto.NET template design gallery and existing website content is automatically transferred over when members switch between designs. This is no additional charge to update or change your selected design. |
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Your own .insideAuto.NET website address |
Included with membership is a insideAuto.NET sub-domain name allowing you to have an address like the following examples:
http://demo.insideAuto.net
http://example.insideAuto.net
http://youraccount.insideAuto.net
Having an address such as this will assist in generating traffic from search engines.
Also see Attach custom domain names, which allows you to use additional custom domain names. |
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Matching insideAuto.NET email redirection |
Included with membership is a insideAuto.NET email address redirection matching your included sub-domain name, examples of emails included are below:
http://demo.insideAuto.net will also receive the email address demo@insideAuto.net
http://example.insideAuto.net also receives the email address example@insideAuto.net http://youraccount.insideAuto.net also receives the email address youraccount.insideAuto.net
These email addresses are short and easy to relate back to your website. The insideAuto.NET email addresses will forward emails to the email address you specify, allowing you to hide email addresses like Youraccountname@bigpond.com or Youraccountname@yourinternetprovider |
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Newsletter management |
| Visitors to your website may have the option to register to receive periodical emails that you may send from within your insideAuto.NET administration facility. You may view newsletter members send individual emails and group emails directly from within the administration area, this feature may also be enabled / disabled. FREE members may have 200 members within their newsletter and Gold members may have 500 members. |
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Photo gallery/hosting |
| Adding photos to your website is almost an essential element of your typical website, using the insideAuto.NET administration area your can upload your images with ease and select them to be displayed on one or more pages of your website. In addition to displaying them on your website you may select an option to make them available to insideCity.NET, an online community based system that would with your permission place your image on several other websites in exchange for a link back to your website, so when people search for your local area and wish to view photos of the area you can be the one to provide it along with a link back to your website. FREE members may have 60 photos on their website and Gold members may have an unlimited number of photos on their website. Multiple listings of the same photo will be removed from display on insideCity.NET and priority is given on a first come first served basis so get a membership today and start attracting visitors to your website. |
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Vehicle listings |
Promoting your stock online is one of the most import aspects of your website. Membership allows you to upload the vehicles you have available including several pictures where available. These listings maybe displayed on any page of your website and each vehicle listing includes an email a friend button, printable brochure facility, and an email dealer feature providing all you need to get your stock seen and for visitors to easily contact you from within your website.
In addition to displaying your vehicles on your website you can select to also allow each listing to be displayed on several other websites run by insideAuto.NET and insideCity.NET allowing you to receive maximum online exposure. |
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Attach custom domain names |
If you have your own domain name(s) then you can attach them to your insideAuto.NET website without a lot of hassle, and if you are having trouble we will assist you ourselves.
FREE members may attach two custom domain names and Gold members may attach unlimited custom domain names. |
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insideAuto.NET / insideCity.NET dealership profile |
Within the administration area members have the option to create a profile on their dealership for display on insideAuto.NET, insideCity.NET and it's member sites. This allows you to participate in online marketing without having to leave your administration area.
Dealerships profiles maybe included alongside listings, and photos you have uploaded and maybe visible on several other websites providing you with the opportunity to receive additional website visitors.
Some providers charge around $200 for a service such as this, but with insideAuto.NET membership it is an in-build and included feature.
Gold members receive additional premium listings on partner websites. |
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Seven (7) Standard website pages |
Several standard pages are included with your insideAuto.NET website with each built into the main portion of the menus. These pages include the following:
1. Home
2. About us
3. New Vehicles
4. Used Vehicles
5. Services
6. Parts
7. Contact
Additionally websites also have a newsletter and disclaimer page and the option to add several custom pages, also see Custom website pages. |
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Custom website pages |
If you wish to add pages to you website in addition to your seven standard then you can.
FREE members may have up to ten custom website pages and Gold members may have up to fifteen custom website pages.
These pages maybe used to display specific photos, vehicles, features with photos, and forms such as event registrations and more. |
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Meta-tag control |
| Meta-tag's are used as a basic way for third parties such as search engines to index (place in a category) your website. Members have the ability to control these Meta-tag's allowing maximum control over the direction of your website. insideAuto.NET does provide recommendations alongside each Meta-tag element to give the website novice a helping hand. |
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Custom email download files |
Allowing your visitors to download files from your website is a good idea, typical downloads could include specials lists, brochures, and maps.
Using the Custom email download files service you can collect your visitors contact email address in the same process. Visitors to your website may enter their website for a link to be sent to the specified email. Members may create two custom email downloads and the contact details collected maybe viewed and managed from within the administration area including the ability to directly email contacts. |
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Custom graphics |
| Elements of your websites design maybe altered to suit your property. The header of your website maybe interchanged between designs and the images within may also be custom to your property. In addition to custom header graphics most designs allow one or more custom images to be built into the designs structure. Using the insideAuto.NET administration facility it is possible for you to easily upload your own custom graphics to give your website that final touch. |
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Fast content uploading |
| The insideAuto.NET member administration area has been designed to load fast even on a standard dial-up connection. The insideAuto.NET web-servers are housed in high-speed data centers with several backbone connections to the Internet and hours of backup power for in the event of a blackout. Backbone connections are in simple terms the highways of the Internet ensuring the fastest connection to our server's possible. |
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Show / Hide almost any element of your website |
| From within the administration area many of the features and pages of your website maybe marked active or inactive. This allows you to manage a website most relevant to your property. While insideAuto.NET has many features built-in, you many only require several and so you many disable / hide the elements don't require. |
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Form creator |
Create forms for your visitors to complete and send on your website. These forms are perfect for event registrations, special offers, and more. You have the ability to create the forms from within the insideAuto.NET administration facility and easily view the data collected.
Both Gold and FREE members may have unlimited forms. |
If you would like a insideAuto.NET consultant to call you and walk you threw the insideAuto.NET system please email us at support@insideauto.net with tourguide as the subject and your contact details within the message body. insideAuto.NET would like to ensure it's dealership websites are user friendly for both visitor and dealer.
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