For the attention of: THE DEALER PRINCIPAL & PARTS MANAGER

One of the most regular questions which we get asked is:

"How many enquiries do you get?"

This happens so often that we thought we would use it as the subject of a special "Traffic Report" Newsletter.
We set out below a number of reports taken from both the information provided by the server logs and from our own administration system:

Key Reports:

Part Searches.
In the past year (up to 25th March 2008) there have been a total of 632,408 Individual searches on 36 different manufacturers. If you want to see the actual searches as they happen go to the site and select the RSS link on the page header or click here on the RSS Link. This page includes a real-time feed showing details of the latest 100 searches. It is updated once an hour and includes a count of the total number of searches made in the last 24 hours.

This Newsletter includes two variations of this data:

Parts by Manufacturer.
Parts by Period (Monthly/Weekly).

Individual Dealer Results.
If you are a registered Dealer/Seller you will have your own copy of this report available as part of the "Dealer Dashpanel". This is the area from which you can manage all aspects of your use of the system. An example of this individual report is shown below.

Site Visits.
This report shows the number of visits to the Partspool site. Each visit may result in multiple page views and the initiation of a number of individual parts searches.

Location.
This report is a pie chart showing where our site visitors come from. An increasingly international clientele.

Current Traffic Summary

ANALYSIS OF USER SEARCHES WITHIN THE LAST YEAR
BY MANUFACTURER.
As at: 25th March 2008 @ 14:36:45

Part Searches per Week.

This graph shows the same results for the above parts searches but on a weekly basis for all manufacturers.

Individual Dealer Report (example).

For Registered Subscribers a specific version of this report is available from within the Dealer Administration Area which shows similar information related to searches for those manufacturers' parts held on the database by that Dealer. This report shows all searches since the Dealer joined the Partspool service plus the number and value of all successful matches for the Dealer.

Note: This Dealer only has 25 parts records on the site.

Site Visits.

This graph shows the number of site visits (analysed by week) for the year to 31st March 2008.

This graph shows the same figures on a Monthly basis.

Geographic Sources.

This report shows where our site visitors are located and is based on the average for the past year.

What's under Development?

Gateway Version

This proposed version will be accessed via a a specific URL “gateway”. For example:

xyz-dealer-group.partspool.com
or
xyz-car-club.partspool.com

and will take the user to a specific welcome page. This page will include an option to select whether to view just those parts belonging to other members of the Dealer Group or Car Club or all parts on the Partspool Database.
The system will also include an RSS Newsfeed displaying all parts added by Group/Club members during a specific period .The aim of the new version is to enable Groups and Car Clubs to offer a special"parts intranet" to its members.
If you would like more information about this proposed system please let us know.
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New User Manual

Yes, just like everyone else, it is a constant struggle just to think about updating the User Manual!
The problem, of course, is that we would much rather put all our development efforts into adding new features to the system. However we have finally put someone on the job!
So if there is anything that the existing manual doesn't explain as clearly as you would like, please let us know and we will do our best to make sure we address the problem.
And if there is a feature that the existing system does not include which you think should be added, just let us know and we will have a look. No promises mind!
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