IdeaRoom offers three service levels:
Standard: Qualified Leads, Rapid Quotes, Faster Sales
Professional: Accurate Invoice, Complete Order, Online Checkout
Enterprise: Integrate, Differentiate, Customize
The following videos provide a general demonstration of the software for suppliers and dealers:
Below is an outline of each service level and its most important capabilities. Review the IdeaRoom for Carports Feature Sheet for a more detailed comparison checklist.
IdeaRoom Standard
Standard includes the basic capabilities needed to design, price, and quote a carport. The standard service is designed to generate more qualified leads through a website and make salespeople and dealers more productive at rapidly generating high-quality quotes.
IdeaRoom Pro
Pro adds capabilities for generating invoices, completing orders, checking out, and supporting dealer networks. Below is a summary list of the capabilities that are typically most important:
Floor Plan: 2D floor plan with measurements.
Sales Tool: Quoting tools for customizing line items, discounts, and deposits.
Order Format: Configurable invoice with signature block and your contract terms.
Checkout: Payment integrations for Stripe, Authorize.net, and some financing providers.
Dealer Network: Dealer network support included with no additional cost per dealer.
Client Protection Features: Protected or hidden pricing, image watermarking, etc.
Standard Integrations: Integration with HubSpot, SharpSpring, or Zapier.
Priority Support: Prioritized resolution for support issues.
Floor Plan
Below is an example of a 2D floor plan generated by IdeaRoom Pro. The size and resolution of the images are configurable. The combination of 3D renderings with floor plans prevents miscommunication in the purchasing process and errors in the fulfillment process.
Sales Tools
Sales Tools allows a salesperson to login and access capabilities to customize a quote or finalize an order:
Add line items to adjust the pricing or add custom options
Add dealer, manufacturer, or other special discounts
Set or modify sales taxes to finalize an order for payment
Print a quote directly from the web browser
Print an order in the supplier-specified format
Order Format
IdeaRoom Pro can generate an order format with a signature block, customizable terms and conditions pages, and configurable content blocks. Many suppliers accept this format as an official order or use it as their primary order form.
To capture a signature, the customer or salesperson prints the order to PDF format to upload and use with digital signature services such as PandaDoc or prints to paper for an in-person physical signature. IdeaRoom does not yet integrate digital signatures directly into the software workflow.
The following PDF is an example of the standard order format:
Online Checkout
IdeaRoom Pro includes online checkout. See IdeaRoom Checkout for a detailed overview.
Dealer Network Support
IdeaRoom Pro includes dealer network support. These capabilities are outlined on the Carport Dealer Network page, which outlines multiple ways in which we work with suppliers to support dealers. Some dealers use the dealer network capabilities included in IdeaRoom Pro to track activity from multiple physical lots, sales locations, or individual salespeople.
Standard Integrations
IdeaRoom Pro includes standard integrations with several 3rd party software services.
CRM, Sales & Marketing
IdeaRoom integrates with HubSpot and SharpSpring CRM’s. IdeaRoom’s integration will automatically create contact and deal/opportunity records in the CRM for each save, quote, or order submitted.
HubSpot: Marketing, Sales, and Service Software
SharpSpring: Sales & Marketing Automation
Integration Automation
IdeaRoom integrates with the Zapier online automation service. Zapier provides powerful tools for automating the integration of disparate software platforms online. Using Zapier, our customers have successfully integrated IdeaRoom with many additional software platforms such as Zoho CRM. For this integration. IdeaRoom points our API for your IdeaRoom site at a Zapier service URL you provide to us. Zapier is a separate service with its own subscription and pricing. We do not provide specific help with the setup, configuration, or use of Zapier.
IdeaRoom Enterprise
IdeaRoom Enterprise is targeted at growing carport companies with enterprise-level requirements. These companies typically have additional CRM, ERP, or accounting systems and want to integrate those systems to enable more efficient processes. Other requirements we encounter include enabling a premium or differentiated customer experience, or individual dealer access to manage leads.
The following is a list of Enterprise capabilities with more detailed descriptions below.
Developer Access: Access to the IdeaRoom API for developing custom integrations.
Developer Support: Technical developer support for custom integration projects.
White Label: Hide the IdeaRoom logo in the front-end user interface.
Identity Package: Customization of the user interface to make your IdeaRoom unique.
Premium User Interface: Premium user interface templates including 3D backgrounds.
Dealer Lead Management: Dealer access to query and manage leads on the backend.
Developer Access
Developer Access enables access to our API for developing custom integrations with 3rd party systems like SalesForce or NetSuite. When a save, quote, or order is submitted in IdeaRoom, the API pushes data to your web service. You consume the data to create records in your CRM or ERP system like contacts, opportunities, and sales orders. You may work with your own development team or an IdeaRoom partner developer already familiar with the IdeaRoom platform.
Developer Support
Developer support is technical support from IdeaRoom for a custom integration or extension project. When working with a partner, developer support may not be required depending on scope.
Access to technical customer support for the subscription period.
Technical support has direct access to IdeaRoom’s engineering team.
Typically a 6-12 month subscription for a specified project.
Includes a minimum block of technical support hours: ~20 hours
Extend for another 3-6 months or month-to-month.
Purchase additional blocks of support at a discounted rate.
Details negotiated in a proposal specific to a project.
Enterprise Add-ons
Additional set up and/or subscription apply to the following enterprise services:
Premium User Interface
Premium user interface is an upgraded, more flexible user interface and set of configurable templates (similar to premium WordPress themes). This feature is currently in design and development. If you choose this option, we will work with you to finalize the design. Adaptable features include:
Configurable layout options
UI control style templates
Premium icon sets
3D scene backgrounds
Identity Package
The identity package differentiates your user interface, 3D rendering, and overall customer experience to make your IdeaRoom designer unique in the industry. This includes full customization and requires a software development fee for designing and developing your template. IdeaRoom prepares design mockups for review and approval prior to implementation. Adaptable features include:
Chrome Customizations: Customize the configurator “chrome” and general appearance by changing colors, fonts, images, and element sizes.
Control Customizations: Customize the selection controls used to specify building style, size, door/windows/options, colors, flooring/interior.
Scene Customizations: Customize the 3D rendering scene floor, horizon, and lighting to change the overall appearance of the rendered structures.