exstoDomain · exsto.Sales

From stock to customer, one connected sales journey.

exsto.Sales starts with the vehicle — stock, pricing and video merchandising — and carries on through enquiry, engagement, retail activity and hand-over, inside the same connected platform as service and ownership.

Vehicle · Stock MasterMerchandising
ModelVolkswagen ID.7
ContentStock video · published
Available
Customer · EnquiryDemand
CustomerJ. Carter
EnquiryVehicle enquiry
New
exsto.SalesConnected workflow
CustomerJ. Carter
InterestVolkswagen ID.7
SourceWebsite enquiry
Next sales activitySend VIDEO1st

The sales journey

From stock to ownership, in one connected workflow.

The sales journey starts before demand arrives — with the vehicle. exsto.Sales keeps stock, content, the enquiry and the customer together, whichever route the journey takes.

Stock Master · vehicle record

VehicleVolkswagen ID.7 Pro
RegistrationXSTO 002
Price£44,995 · AutoPrice where relevant
Ready to merchandise

Handled by

exsto.Sales · Stock Master

See this stage

Representative, not prescriptive — the stages involved depend on the vehicle, the enquiry and the retailer.

In the showroomThe sales journey stays connected from enquiry to handover.
Sales executive and customer reviewing a tablet beside a car in a UK showroom on a wet evening.

Stock Master

Know the stock. Understand the opportunity.

Stock Master brings vehicle stock and its associated information together — vehicle details, days in stock, run rate and margin — so the opportunity is visible alongside the vehicle.

Stock MasterVehicle stock
  • Volkswagen ID.7 ProXSTO 002Days · 12£44,995Margin · HealthyAvailable
  • Volkswagen ID.4 LifeESTX 003Days · 47£31,450Margin · ReviewAvailable
  • Volkswagen Golf StyleEXS7 004Days · 68£21,990Margin · ReviewAvailable
  • Volkswagen Tiguan R-LineXST5 005Days · 9£36,250Margin · HealthyIn preparation

Representative, fictional stock data.

Connected automotive data

Auto Trader Connect

Stock Master can use connected automotive data to enrich the vehicle and stock information available to sales teams.

Auto Trader Connect — Connected automotive data supporting relevant vehicle and stock information within Stock Master.

Auto Trader Connect → Explore our integration approach

Stock information

Vehicle information from connected sources.

Stock Master can bring together vehicle information from connected data sources into a single vehicle record.

Connected data sources

  • DVLA
  • DVSA
  • CAP
  • HPI
  • Auto Trader Connect

Stock Master

exsto.Sales

Vehicle record

Volkswagen ID.7 · XSTO 002

  • Days in stock12
  • Price£44,995
  • MarginHealthy
  • Vehicle dataVerified
  • Recall / Service Campaign1 open campaign
  • Stock statusAvailable

Connected manufacturer information such as recall or service campaign status can also form part of the vehicle context where supported — so the information appears where people actually work.

Representative, fictional data. Available data sources depend on the integrations and agreements in each deployment.

AutoPrice

Keep pricing connected to the stock decision.

AutoPrice is part of the vehicle pricing workflow within exsto.Sales — keeping the price of each vehicle connected to its stock context.

VehicleCurrent
VehicleVolkswagen ID.4 Life
Current price£31,450
Days in stock47

AutoPrice

Pricing workflow

Pricing actionNext step
VehicleVolkswagen ID.4 Life
ActionReview price
Pricing updated

Illustrative workflow. How pricing actions are applied depends on each retailer’s process.

Stock context

More than whether the vehicle exists.

Days in stock, run rate and margin sit alongside the vehicle, so salespeople and managers understand the commercial context behind each conversation.

  1. Vehicle

    Volkswagen Golf Style

  2. Days in stock

    68

  3. Run rate

    Model run rate

  4. Margin

    Margin position

VIDEO1st Sales · stock video

Show the vehicle before anyone asks.

Before an enquiry arrives, VIDEO1st Sales can be used to create stock and merchandising video for the vehicle — ready to present on the retailer’s website.

Stock MasterVehicle
VehicleVolkswagen ID.7
RegXSTO 002
Stock video · Volkswagen ID.7VIDEO1st Sales
Glovebox.StudioWebsite merchandising
Vehicle pageVolkswagen ID.7
ContentStock video

exsto.Sales and Glovebox.Studio

Publish the vehicle. Receive the enquiry.

Glovebox.Studio powers dealer and OEM websites in the Customer Experience layer. It is a separate product with a two-way relationship: vehicle and merchandising content goes out to the website, and vehicle enquiries come back into exsto.Sales.

Outbound · merchandising

  • Stock Master · vehicle data
  • Pricing · AutoPrice where relevant
  • VIDEO1st Sales · stock video

Glovebox.Studio

Public vehicle presentation · Volkswagen ID.7

Inbound · demand

Vehicle enquiry → exsto.Sales · Enquiries

New enquiry · J. Carter

Publishing depends on the website and integrations configured in each deployment.

Enquiries · Lead Inbox

One place for incoming sales demand.

Customer sales leads from multiple sources arrive in the Lead Inbox within Enquiries — with the customer, their vehicle interest, the source and the status visible together, alongside connected customer activity.

Lead Inboxexsto.Sales · Enquiries
  • J. CarterVolkswagen ID.7Website enquiryNewUnassigned · contact customer
  • S. AhmedVolkswagen ID.4Dealer websiteIn progressR. Lewis · send video
  • L. BrooksUsed SUV interestCampaignIn progressR. Lewis · call back
  • D. MorganVolkswagen GolfOther connected sourceContactedA. Shah · follow up
  • P. EvansVolkswagen Passat Estateexsto.ai · purchase intentNewUnassigned · contact customer

Representative example data. Lead sources depend on the integrations in each deployment.

exsto.aiPurchase Intent Detection

Fewer missed opportunities.

exsto.ai can recognise genuine purchase intent within supported customer conversations and create a sales enquiry where one has not already been captured — helping reduce missed opportunities. The sales team still owns the conversation and every decision that follows.

  1. Inbound customer conversation

    Supported customer conversations

  2. Purchase Intent Detection

    Genuine vehicle-purchase intent recognised

  3. Enquiry created

    Where one has not already been captured

  4. Lead Inbox

    exsto.Sales · Enquiries

Not every conversation becomes an enquiry — only genuine purchase intent is surfaced. Availability depends on each deployment.

Where enquiries come from

Demand arrives from across the platform.

Sales enquiries can come from connected websites, campaigns and other integrated sources. Each one is routed to the workflow that owns it.

Glovebox.Studio

Vehicle enquiry submitted through a dealer or OEM website

Campaign Manager

A sales campaign generates a lead — campaigns can also be information-only

exsto.ai · Purchase Intent Detection

Genuine purchase intent recognised in a supported customer conversation

Other connected sources

Can contribute where integrations exist

exsto.Sales

Enquiries · Lead Inbox

Not every website form is a sales enquiry

VIDEO1st Sales · personalised engagement

Make the vehicle personal before the customer arrives.

After the enquiry, VIDEO1st Sales is used again — this time for a personalised walkaround of the vehicle this customer is interested in, sent within the same connected workflow.

EnquiryCustomer · vehicle
CustomerJ. Carter
VehicleVolkswagen ID.7
0:42
Vehicle video · Volkswagen ID.7VIDEO1st Sales
Customer engagementJourney
VIDEO1stSent
NextSales conversation

Customer + enquiry + vehicle

One record, three kinds of context.

Connected sales record

Customer
J. Carter
Interested in
Volkswagen ID.7
Enquiry source
Dealer website
Vehicle
Available
VIDEO1st
Sent

The wider relationship is available through Customer Insights.

Conceptual connected record — fields shown are representative.

Retailing

Keep the sales activity connected.

Through the retail journey, the enquiry, the vehicle, customer activity, video and each sales interaction stay together — so nobody has to piece the story back together.

  1. 01

    Enquiry

  2. 02

    Vehicle

  3. 03

    Customer activity

  4. 04

    VIDEO1st

  5. 05

    Sales interaction

From decision to hand-over

Keep the sale connected after the customer says yes.

The enquiry does not disappear into disconnected administration once the customer decides to buy. Offers, authorisation, documents, payment activity and delivery preparation can remain connected to the same sales journey through to hand-over.

J. Carter · Volkswagen ID.7 Proexsto.Sales · Sale progress
  1. 01

    Offer

    Offer accepted

  2. 02

    Authorised

    Sale authorised

  3. 03

    Documents

    Documents complete

  4. 04

    Payment

    Deposit received · balance outstanding

    via exstoPay

  5. 05

    Ready for delivery

    Admin complete

  6. 06

    Hand-over

    Ready for hand-over

Representative, fictional example. Steps and documents depend on each retailer’s process and deployment.

Hand-over

The sale is not where the customer journey ends.

At hand-over the customer moves from sales activity into ownership — and the relationship continues across the wider exsto platform.

exsto.Sales

Hand-over · J. Carter · Volkswagen ID.7

Ownership relationship

The customer relationship continues

Glovebox

Customer experience

exsto.CRM

Ongoing engagement

Customer Insights

Connected customer view

Conceptual — how ownership services are set up depends on each deployment.

Customer Insights · Shared platform capability

See the customer beyond the enquiry.

From the customer record, Sales users can open Customer Insights — a shared platform capability, not part of exsto.Sales — for a wider view of the relationship across exsto.

  • Sales / enquiry activity
  • Workshop visits
  • CRM contacts
  • Messages
  • Payments
  • Plans
  • Surveys
  • History

Explore Customer Insights

exsto.Sales and exsto.CRM

Two Domains, one relationship.

exsto.CRM runs campaigns and wider engagement. Where a campaign generates a sales lead, it flows into exsto.Sales Enquiries — not every campaign does. After the sale, the relationship can continue in exsto.CRM.

exsto.CRM

Campaign / customer engagement

exsto.Sales

Enquiries · sales workflow

exsto.CRM

Ongoing relationship, where appropriate

Sales lead where applicable → sales workflow → ongoing relationship.

exsto.Sales and exsto.Commerce

Part of the same wider journey.

exsto.Sales and exsto.Commerce are separate Domains that can both take part in the customer’s wider journey with the retailer, connected by the same platform.

exsto.Sales and exsto.Insights

Sales information from across the domain.

exsto.Insights doesn’t just receive a few isolated Sales events. Connected Sales activity — from merchandising through enquiry to hand-over — can feed the wider dashboarding and reporting across the platform.

  • Enquiries / Lead Inbox
  • Stock Master
  • Pricing / AutoPrice
  • VIDEO1st Sales
  • Retail activity
  • Hand-over

exsto.Insights

Dashboarding & reporting

Available Sales data depends on the modules and integrations in each deployment.

exsto.Insights

Wider dashboarding and reporting across the business.

Customer Insights

An individual customer view — relevant sales activity can contribute to it. A separate shared capability, not part of exsto.Insights.

Dealer groups & OEMs

Connected sales journeys, from one site to a network.

Retailers

Connected enquiry and stock workflows.

Dealer groups

Consistency across multiple sales operations and sites.

OEMs & national programmes

Connected customer journeys and shared standards across participating networks.

See the connected sales journey from stock to ownership.

Follow the vehicle from merchandising and publishing, through enquiry and personalised engagement, to hand-over and the wider ownership relationship.