Get The Wheels Spinning with ARI

A comprehensive guide to getting your auto repair business setup and running.

Fast & Easy: Getting your ARI profile setup and running should not take more than a few minutes.
Intuitive: Most of ARI’s features are based on mechanics and shop owners’ feedback. You will find out that most settings are intuitive and creating your first invoice is a breeze.
Powerful: Our aim is to take the complexity out of your shop and automate it with this auto repair software.

We’re very excited to show you around

Welcome to ARI

ARI comes with a lot of features, all meant to help you run a successful auto repair business. Here we will show you how to set up your business profile, add your first client, enter your first vehicle and send your first invoice. You will also learn how to use other features of the app as well.

Profile Setup

Start with setting up your company details

In this section, you will learn more about how to set up your auto repair company in the ARI profile. This is an important step of the process as many of the settings here will actually affect the way your invoices look.

Company Details

Here you can upload your company’s logo, your signature, as well as your contact details and address. These will all show up on your invoices

Labor Rates

You can pre-define 4 types of labor rates which you’ll be able to select when building your invoices

Parts Markup

This is useful when you keep your own stock inventory and want to calculate the sale price automatically based on the part’s cost and markup

Tax Setup

You can edit the names, values, and availability of 3 different types of taxes. You can also choose to make your Parts and/or Labor taxable by default or not.

Payment and Disclosure

Here you can add your bank account info and other notes and disclosures. They will be visible at the bottom of your invoices

Employees

If you’re working with a team, then add them to this section. You can then later on log in Salary expenses for each of your team members

Vendors

Add the suppliers and vendors you work with. You can then select them when creating Purchases or Expenses in your Accounting section of ARI

Quick Notes

Useful when you need to take a note for yourself without having to leave the app. These notes are visible only for you.

Discount Coupons

Supercharge your sales with a discount campaign. Offer your clients coupons which they can use with your services. ARI handles all the work for you, including sending the coupons to your client!

Labels

Here you can manage your labels. They can be attached to any vehicle, client or Invoice for easy tracking.

User Roles

Do you want to allow access to other members of your team? You can set up specific access rules for each role and then attach that role to a user.

Users

Users will get their own passcode and will be able to access only the parts of the app you allow them to via their Roles.

Enter your first customer in ARI

Here we’ll show you how to create a new client entry. Once added and saved, clients can then be easily used to create invoices.

Go to Clients page and then click the + button to add a new client

input client’s full name (you can also import from your contacts by clicking the Import button)
add client’s address
input notes
record client’s GPS location (useful when you provide take-off and drop-off services)

After Save, click on the new client to open the client’s page. In here you can: add a vehicle, create a new invoice or estimate, generate billing statements for that client

First Vehicle

Add your first car in ARI

It’s very important that you keeping track of all the vehicles that pass through your auto repair shop. This way, you can offer a much more complete service and experience to your returning customers.

Vehicles are the backbone of any auto repair business and so we’ve put a lot of effort into offering you the best features on the market. Here’s what you can do with ARI

scan VIN barcodes with your phone’s camera
decode any VIN
scan and decode license plates
get service history reports (powered by CarFax)
extract detailed vehicle info from NHTSA database
check upcoming maintenance and potential costs
attach pictures
bind to client owners
record service reminders

First Invoice

Add your first car in ARI

A JobCard is like a work order. It allows you to add a client, vehicle, and then generate invoices and estimates for them. Although you can create an Estimate or Invoice separately from the Inv/Est page, we strongly recommend you build JobCards instead as they offer much more options. Every JobCard will contain the respective Estimate and Invoice so you get the best of both worlds.

Log in and go to JobCards. Click the + button to start a new jobcard:

Before Save

select the client and vehicle you’ve created in the previous sections
add parts and labor from your inventory, our list of pre-defined items, or import form PartsTech directly
insert diagnose items to your jobcard
log client’s reported issues
generate vehicle inspections
setup discounts
check profit

After Save

authorize labor items
mark services as recommended (upsell)
log customer payment
take customer signature
sync to QuickBooks
customize your invoice template
send invoice via email, SMS or Print
add QR code to your invoices so clients can pay them online (Stripe integration)