Every customer's full history, in one place.
Ask five shops how they track customer history and you'll get five answers — a notebook, a spreadsheet, the advisor's memory, whatever the last system left behind. ShopOS keeps one record per customer and vehicle, so the full history is there the moment they walk in, not reconstructed from memory while they're standing at the counter.
One record, every customer, every vehicle.
A customer's history shouldn't be scattered across old invoices, a separate spreadsheet, and whatever the advisor remembers from last time. Every repair, every vehicle, every visit lives in one place.
- Full repair history tied to the customer and the vehicle, not a loose stack of invoices
- Advisors see the full picture the moment a customer's on the phone or at the counter
- Nothing lost between visits, even if it's a different advisor each time
Switching software doesn't mean losing your history.
One of the biggest reasons shops stay on a system they've outgrown is fear of losing years of customer history in the move. That history is the whole point of a CRM — it shouldn't be the thing holding a shop back from switching to something better.
- Customer and vehicle history comes with you, not left behind in the old system
- No starting over from a blank slate on day one with ShopOS
An alternative to running the shop from memory and spreadsheets.
A spreadsheet works until it doesn't — a column someone forgot to update, a file only one person knows how to find. A shared, structured customer record doesn't depend on one person's memory or one file staying organized.
- One shared system instead of a spreadsheet only one person maintains
- Nothing depends on a specific advisor remembering a specific customer
- Consistent record-keeping regardless of who's working the counter that day
Frequently asked questions
What is auto repair CRM software?
It keeps one record per customer and per vehicle: who they are, what they drive, and every repair the shop has done on it. Instead of reconstructing a customer's history from old invoices, a spreadsheet and whatever the advisor remembers, the full picture is already there when they call or walk in.
What happens to our existing customer data when we switch to ShopOS?
It comes with you — customer and vehicle history isn't left behind in the old system. There's no starting over from a blank slate on day one.
Can every advisor see the same customer record, or just the one who worked with them last?
Every advisor sees the full picture the moment a customer's on the phone or at the counter — full repair history tied to the customer and vehicle, not whatever one advisor happens to remember.
What happens if the advisor who knows a customer isn't working that day?
Nothing's lost between visits, even if it's a different advisor each time — that's the specific gap a shared customer record closes.