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Tire Storage and Seasonal Tracking

Photo records, shelf codes and labels for tire storage. Track summer and winter seasons, collections and automatic WhatsApp reminders one month before expiry.

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From intake to collection

Which tires, on which shelf, until when?

Find a record by customer name or phone. Keep tire details, shelf location, four photos and storage dates together. Review the history of collected sets when the next season arrives.

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Tire workspaceIllustrative preview

In storage

24

Expired

03

Collected this month

08

Winter tire setIn storage

205/55 R16 · 4 tires · Shelf A-12

4 photos · Linked to the customer record

Illustrative data. Your records and totals reflect your own business activity.

Your tire business in one workspace

01

Quick plate and customer lookup

From two characters, see matching plates, customer names, phones and vehicles. Select a record to fill the work order. Choose the right owner when a plate has several customers.

02

Work orders and shop queue

Combine changes, repairs, balancing, storage and sales in one work order. Track daily queue numbers, staff and Waiting / In progress / Ready / Delivered stages.

03

Changes, repairs and pricing

Choose a brand and model from your catalog, and summer, winter or all-season tires from a list. Define service prices and record each change or repair with its date, customer, fee and notes.

04

Digital tire storage

Keep contact details, tires, shelf locations, dates and fees together. Complete intake even when the model is unknown; a missing-model notice marks the record, which you can edit later to add the details. You can copy contact and plate details from your own car wash records into a separate tire customer.

05

Seasonal income and expenses

Review daily, monthly, seasonal or custom date ranges for income, expenses and their difference. Record each expense with a date, category, amount and note.

06

Automatic WhatsApp updates

Enable information messages for automatic service and appointment notices. Send storage reminders one calendar month before expiry and an expiry notice. Edit each tire message template in WhatsApp integration settings.

07

Four photos per set

Upload up to four photos per set from a phone or computer. Images are automatically compressed and kept with the storage record.

08

Separate accounts, staff and stock

Manage tire customers, balances, collections, staff and product stock in their own workspace. Mixed business profiles keep them separate from other operations.

09

Appointments and online booking

Book with a date, time, service, price and deposit. Set opening hours, service durations and vehicle capacity. Share your online booking link; transfer the arriving customer’s details and deposit to the work order.

10

Intake receipts and storage labels

Create labels with customer, phone, plate, tire size, brand, intake date and a large shelf code. Print on 100 × 70 mm thermal labels or A4; share the customer receipt as a PDF and through WhatsApp.

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Summer, winter and past seasons

Name periods and choose dates for your business. Filter stored sets by season and collection status, and revisit earlier sets, fees and collection records.

12

One place for services and catalog settings

Manage services, prices, brands and models as lists. Add or remove your own tire models. Access storage terms, label text, appointment settings and message templates in one place.

13

Services tailored to your business

Add your own service names and prices, edit them or deactivate services you no longer offer. Select saved services in a work order or add one-off jobs manually. Prices already agreed on existing work orders stay unchanged.

14

Additional product sales and stock tracking

Sell tires, oil, wipers or valves. Add products when creating a work order or before completing it; open a separate sale linked to a completed job. Track purchases, stock movements and low-stock products in the tire workspace.

15

The features and pages you use

With a tire-only business profile, choose the services you offer and the pages you use. Turn repairs off if you do not offer them, and turn them back on when needed. Keep your past records while simplifying everyday screens.

Paperless tire storage

Four steps from intake to retained history

  1. 1

    Record the customer

    Add contact and tire details, the shelf location and any notes.

  2. 2

    Plan the storage period

    Enter start and end dates, the storage fee and the amount collected.

  3. 3

    Photograph and inform

    Attach the photos and review the notice. With information messages enabled, the intake message is queued automatically.

  4. 4

    Complete collection

    Mark the set as collected. Keep customer and transaction history for future visits.

In storage Expired Collected

Plan the seasonal rush

Keep your appointments and work queue connected.

Add phone bookings yourself or send customers your online booking link. Available times reflect your opening hours, selected service duration and vehicle capacity.

  • Service durations and simultaneous vehicle capacity
  • Track arrived, no-show and cancelled appointments
  • Turn an arrival into a work order with its details
  • Track the price, deposit received and remaining balance together

Today’s appointment plan

Illustrative preview

09:00

Tire change · 45 min

Example customer

Booked
10:30

Tire change · 45 min

Example customer

Booked
14:00

Tire change · 45 min

Example customer

Booked

Vehicle arrived → work order

Digital records, readable labels

Find the right tires on the right shelf.

Record tire size, brand, shelf / label code and label quantity at intake. Clear customer names and shelf codes help identify sets. The QR opens the authorised record screen.

  • 100 × 70 mm thermal labels or cut-out labels on A4
  • Choose copies per set and select the relevant work order item
  • Intake / storage receipt: printing, PDF and WhatsApp sharing

EXAMPLE CUSTOMER

05•• ••• •• ••
12.10.2026

34 ABC 123
205/55 R16
EXAMPLE BRAND

A/12

Customise the label note to match your storage terms.

Illustrative storage label · 100 × 70 mm

Keep previous seasons available.

A season does not have to mean winter. Name summer, winter or custom periods and retain earlier storage records as a new period starts. Use the season filter to revisit sets and collection history.

Summer periodWinter periodPast records

A workflow for your business, with separate records

Tire shop only

The homepage and menus follow the tire shop workflow. Services, storage and additional product sales all contribute to tire revenue. Turn unused services and pages off in settings and enable them again when needed.

Alongside a car wash, PPF or towing business

The Tire menu opens a separate workspace. Additional product sales, purchase expenses and stock movements stay in the tire workspace and do not add to car wash revenue. Tire customers, accounts and staff are also managed separately. Your existing mixed-profile menu stays unchanged.

Understand the season through your records

See services, storage and additional product sales together in tire revenue. Record product purchases as incoming stock and tire expenses. Collect full or partial payment, or charge a customer account. Revenue and collections are tracked separately, so settling an existing balance does not count as another sale. Income minus expenses reflects records for the selected period; it is not a net profit calculation for each product.

Total income
Completed services + storage + additional product sales
Total expenses
Product purchases + other tire workspace expenses
Income minus expenses
Total income − recorded expenses
Frequently Asked Questions

Your questions answered

Will customer details appear while I type a plate?

Yes. Matching records appear from two characters. Selecting a customer fills the full plate, name, phone and vehicle brand/model. Choose between different owners for the same plate. Authorised mixed businesses can also reuse contact details from their own car wash records.

Can appointments become work orders?

An arrived appointment can enter the daily queue with its customer and service details. Record the price and deposit received; the deposit transfers to the work order and is deducted from the remaining balance. Enable online booking in settings and share the link. Available times reflect opening hours, service duration and simultaneous vehicle capacity.

Can I charge an account and print a receipt or label?

Alongside full and partial payment, you can charge an existing customer account or create one. Download intake receipts as PDFs, print them or share them through WhatsApp. Storage labels include customer, phone, plate, size, brand, date and shelf code on 100 × 70 mm labels or A4.

Are tire and car wash records kept separate?

With mixed business profiles, Tire is a separate workspace. Customers, balances, turnover, income, expenses, staff, products and stock stay separate from other profiles. With only Tire Shop selected, the homepage and main menus use these same tire records.

How are expired and collected sets tracked?

Records show In storage, Expired or Collected. Search by name or phone number. Collected sets remain available in the customer and transaction history.

How do automatic WhatsApp messages work?

With “Send information message” enabled on the record, the module queues intake information, a reminder one calendar month before expiry and an expiry notice. Templates include tire details, dates and the recycling notice. An active business WhatsApp connection, queue worker and scheduler are required. Collected sets and superseded dates are rechecked before sending.

Can old season photos be removed?

Up to four photos per set are stored with automatic compression. An administrator can confirm bulk cleanup of photos from collected sets in past seasons. Photos belonging to active storage records are protected, and customer and transaction records remain.

How are records and access protected?

Daily operation permissions are separate from administrator permissions. Authorised administrators control editing, deletion, prices and settings. Tire data and private photos are included in the system backup scope.

Can I define brands and models and reuse car wash customers?

Common tire brands are listed automatically. An administrator can add brands and models in Tire; staff select them during intake or a service. Summer, winter and all-season are fixed choices. Authorised users can search the same business’s car wash records and copy contact and plate details. Balances and transactions stay separate.

Will the business receive approaching collection alerts?

Enable business alerts and enter the recipient phone in Tire settings. A WhatsApp alert is queued during the month before storage ends, alongside the approaching collections shown in the tire overview. Notification history distinguishes queued, API-accepted and failed messages.

Can I add my own services and prices?

Yes. In Settings, open Services & prices to define each service’s name, category and price. You can edit services or make them active or inactive. Select saved services in a work order or add a one-off service manually. Later catalog price changes do not alter prices already agreed on existing work orders.

Can I sell additional products after completing a job?

Yes. Add products when creating a work order or before completing an open job. For ready or delivered jobs, Additional product sale creates a separate sale linked to the original job. The original receipt and total stay unchanged. Completing the additional sale records its own stock deduction, revenue and any payment received. It can be cancelled separately from the original job.

Where are additional product purchases, stock and revenue tracked?

Use Products & Stock in the tire workspace to track products, purchases, stock movements and low stock. A product purchase adds incoming stock and a tire expense; a completed sale reduces stock and adds to tire revenue. This also applies to mixed business profiles: products sold in the tire workspace do not mix with car wash revenue or stock.

Can I turn off services I do not offer and pages I do not use?

Businesses with only Tire Shop selected can turn services and pages on or off under Settings → Features and Pages. For example, if you do not offer repairs, hide repair selection for new jobs and the related page. Turning a feature off does not delete past records; you can complete existing jobs and enable it again later. Home, Work Orders and Settings remain accessible.

Can I accept tires for storage when the model is unknown?

Yes. You can complete storage intake without selecting the tire model. A missing-model notice appears on the record so you can edit it later to add the model. Manage your brand and model lists in Settings.

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