The WheelHouse Auto

Your Game Plan

Your yard and your workshop, on one system that runs itself

Here is your new website, what it does for you on Google, a look inside the system behind it, and three ways we can go, with the costs.

Open your new website
Prepared forDaniel and Chloe, The WheelHouse Auto
Prepared byRichard, C.E.A Smith
DateNovember 2026

You asked

  1. How to upload your cars for sale onto the website.
  2. The password for your staff login. That is in my email, not on this page, so it stays private.

Your new website

Two doors: the Yard and the Workshop

Your yard and your workshop are two sides of one business, so the site treats them like two brands teaming up. The first thing people see is two doors, joined by your wheel logo: the Yard in red and the Workshop in white. Tap one and it opens into its own world.

Your cars for sale come first, each with its own page: all the photos, price, kilometres, your description, a call button and an Ask about this car form.

When you post a car on Facebook, it comes onto the website with its photos. When you comment "This is now SOLD", it moves to the sold cars. You never type a car in twice.

Sold cars sit small at the bottom, each saying "Sold, view our stock". Someone who searches Google for a car you have sold can still find you, and lands on what you have now. Everyone who comes to look at your cars also sees your workshop.

Why your cars belong on your website

Every car you list brings people to both sides

  1. Every car gets found on Google

    Each car has its own page with its make, model, year and price. When someone in Christchurch searches for that car, your page can come up, not just a Facebook post.

  2. Sold cars keep working

    A sold car stays up as its own page. Someone searching for a 2005 Nissan Skyline 350GT, like the one you sold, still finds you and is sent straight to the cars you have now. Every car you list adds another way in.

  3. Facebook posts slide away, your website stays

    On Facebook a car slides down the feed in a few days. On your website every car keeps its page, and Google is given the full list of them automatically.

  4. Car buyers see your workshop

    Everyone who comes to look at a car also sees the Workshop door. One visit, two businesses. The more people look at the yard, the more people know where to bring their car.

  5. It is yours

    Facebook decides who sees your posts. Your website is yours, on your own address, with your own customer list behind it.

Three ways to go

Pick the one that fits

1

The new website

$599

one-off setup

$79 a month

the same as you pay now

The website above, with your cars on it.

  • A page for every car, with photos, price, kilometres and your description
  • Cars added from your Facebook posts by themselves, and moved to sold when you comment "This is now SOLD"
  • A CIN card on every car's page
  • Workshop bookings online, as you have now
What I recommend2

The yard and workshop system

$1,999

one-off setup

$149 a month

Everything in option 1, plus a place behind the scenes to run both sides.

The yard

  • Every buyer and every car you have sold, kept for the six years a dealer has to keep sale records
  • A link you text or email to a buyer, so they fill in their own details
  • The sale agreement and CIN card printed, ready to sign

The workshop

  • Every customer and their car saved the moment they book, with the history of every job
  • Walk-ins added in a few seconds
  • Emails that go out by themselves when a service is due

Both together

  • When you sell a car, the buyer becomes a workshop customer
  • Two weeks later they get a "How is the car going?" email
  • Later, a reminder to book their first service with you
The full level up3

The WheelHouse system

$4,500

one-off setup

$249 a month

Everything in option 2, plus the whole business in one place: the workshop office, your customers, your emails and your Facebook and Instagram.

Run the workshop

  • Job cards on your phone, with photos and notes
  • Quotes sent as a link the customer approves before you start extra work
  • Invoices and payments, connected to your accounts
  • Every job saved to the customer's car, so you see its full history

Keep customers coming back

  • One page for every customer: their cars, every job, every car they bought, every email they got
  • Emails that run themselves: booking confirmed, the day-before reminder, job done, service due, WOF due
  • Text reminders for services and WOF repairs
  • A reward for customers who keep coming back, set the way you want it
  • After each job, a friendly ask for a Google review

Facebook and Instagram from one place

  • Write a post once and it goes to Facebook and Instagram
  • A new car gets a ready-made post with its photos, ready for you to send
  • Sold cars and workshop specials ready to post in one tap
  • A calendar of what is going out and when

See how the business is going

  • What the workshop and the yard brought in this month
  • Cars sold and how long each took to sell
  • How many customers came back

Start with option 2 and the $1,999 counts toward this later.

All prices plus GST.

Inside your system

How you would run it, from your phone

Tap through the screens. This is a demo with sample data: the customers, cars and numbers are made up. The tag on each screen shows which option has it.

The WheelHouse Auto

Demo with sample data

Monday's workshop

Option 2 and 3
  • 8:00
    Service, 2012 Toyota CorollaAroha, booked onlineConfirmed
  • 10:30
    WOF repairs, 2010 Mazda DemioBen, failed on a tyre and wipersBooked
  • 1:00
    Brakes, 2011 Honda FitMere, came from the yardYard buyer

Bookings from the website land here by themselves, with the car already filled in.

See option 2 work

One car, from Facebook to its first service

Press Play to watch one car go through the system. This is a demo with sample data: the car and the buyer are made up.

One car, from Facebook to its first serviceDemo with sample data

    Your Game Plan

    Week by week

    After you say goStarts the day you say go

    How option 2 gets built

    1. Week 1

      Your new website goes live

      We build
      • The new website replaces the current one, on your same address
      • Your cars, the sold cars and a CIN card on every car's page
      From you
      Add C.E.A Smith as a partner on your Facebook Page, so your posts come across. I can walk you through it in two minutes.
    2. Week 2

      The yard and the workshop behind the scenes

      We build
      • Your buyer list, sale records and the buyer details link
      • Your sale agreement and CIN card ready to print
      • Workshop customers saved from bookings, and the follow-up emails switched on
      From you
      Send me a copy of the sale agreement you use now, so yours looks like yours.

    Your questions

    How do I put cars on the website?

    You post them on Facebook like you do now. With any of the three options, they come onto the website by themselves.

    Do I have to type my customers in?

    No. Anyone who books online is saved with their car. Walk-ins take a few seconds. Car buyers are added when you sell.

    Can I start small?

    Yes. Start with option 1 or 2 and move up when the workshop is busy. What you paid for option 2 counts toward option 3.

    Is there a contract?

    No. The monthly fee covers hosting, looking after it and your changes, and you can stop any month.

    Three quick questions for you

    • Do you use a program for the workshop yet, for job cards and invoices? If not, that is something we can build you.

    • How do you do your sale agreements and CIN cards at the moment?

    • Do you use Xero or another accounts program?

    Tell me which one

    Reply to my email with 1, 2 or 3, or give me a ring. These prices hold for 14 days from the day I sent this. Your current website stays exactly as it is until you say go.

    03 567 1600 [email protected]