Car Wash Management Features

Everything you need to manage your carwash operations with complete visibility and control.

Core Operations

Capture every wash with speed and accuracy

Wash Capture

Quick transaction entry with customer, vehicle, and product selection. Real-time status tracking through each wash stage.

Vehicle Scanner

Point your phone at a vehicle's rear to read the plate, make, and model with AI vision. Instantly search for existing customers or pre-fill details when adding new ones.

Customer Quick Search

Find existing customers instantly by name, phone, or registration — or scan a plate to search. Create new profiles on the spot.

Vehicle Management

Track customer vehicles with make, model, and registration. Scan to add new vehicles, manage history, and mark sold vehicles.

Payment Recording

Record cash, card, account, and redemption payments. Track every transaction method for accurate reconciliation.

Account Payments

Bill fleet customers, dealerships, and corporate clients on account. Capture washes now, send branded statements with PDF and email later.

Tip Collection

Generate secure WhatsApp-shareable tip links with PayFast integration. Staff get tips directly.

Customer Ratings

Collect 5-star service ratings after each wash. Monitor service quality in real-time.

Wash Station & Vehicle Queue

Track vehicles in the queue and monitor wash progress in real-time. Know exactly where each vehicle is in the process.

OTP Collection Codes

Each wash generates a unique 4-digit code sent to the customer via WhatsApp, SMS, and push. Staff verify the code before handing over keys — preventing vehicle theft and wrong-car handovers.

Duplicate Capture Prevention

The system detects when the same vehicle has already been captured today. Staff see the time of the existing wash and must confirm before proceeding — no more accidental double charges.

Sale Image Capture

Photograph vehicles, rugs, or items from the 3-dot menu. Photos are linked to the sale for reference anytime.

Open Products

Create products with a custom name and price at capture time for ad-hoc services or once-off items.

CCTV Fraud Detection

Compare CCTV vehicle counts against recorded transactions. Flag discrepancies and investigate potential revenue leakage.

Dashboards & Analytics

Real-time visibility into your operations

Admin Dashboard

Key metrics at a glance: total sales, average transaction value, customer count, and venue performance.

Revenue Charts

Visual revenue tracking over time. Identify trends and patterns in your business.

Product Performance

See which services sell best. Analyze product mix and optimize your offerings.

Ratings Display

Real-time rating card showing service quality across all locations.

Customer Analytics

Track new vs returning customers, average visits, and retention rate. Segment customers by visit frequency.

Peak Hours & Day Analysis

Identify busiest hours and days of the week. Optimize staffing based on actual traffic patterns.

Top Wash Types

See your top 10 wash packages by volume with revenue breakdown. Know what services drive your business.

Average Basket Trend

Track weekly average spend per wash. Measure the impact of upselling and pricing changes.

Reporting

Comprehensive reports for complete oversight

Transactions Report

Complete transaction history with date filters, payment method breakdown, sale items, and tips reporting.

Operations Report

Daily openings and cashups, cash handling summaries, float tracking, expenses, and wages distribution.

Personnel Report

Attendance records, staff shifts, clock-in/out tracking, and monthly attendance summaries.

Variance Tracking

Identify discrepancies between expected and actual totals. Spot issues before they become problems.

Complete Profit Visibility

See your true Net profit: Sales minus daily expenses, overhead costs, and personnel. Negative values highlighted in red. Mobile summary shows Income, Expenses, and Net at a glance.

Customer Management

Build lasting customer relationships

Customer Database

Full customer records with contact info, search and filter, and profile management.

Vehicle Tracking

Track customer vehicles per location. View complete wash history per vehicle.

Loyalty Program

Track customer visits and rewards. Automated free wash redemption for loyal customers. See loyalty status at a glance in customer lists.

Customer Retention

Monitor visit frequency and identify at-risk customers. Segment by active/inactive status.

Top Customers Report

View your top 100 customers ranked by visits and spend. Identify and reward your most valuable customers.

Fleet & Credit Accounts

Set up fleet customers, dealerships, and corporate clients with dedicated credit accounts. Manage account balances and wash-on-account seamlessly.

Credit Limits

Set and enforce credit limits per customer account. Operators are warned when accounts approach or exceed their limit.

Invoice Generation

Generate and send branded invoices to account customers via email. Track outstanding balances and payment history.

Account Top-Up

Accept payments against customer accounts to top up their balance. Record cash, card, or EFT payments with full audit trail.

Online Bookings

Let customers book ahead, reduce wait times

Customer Self-Service Booking

Customers book wash time slots online via your branded entity page or QR code. Choose which products are bookable and set optional booking prices.

Per-Day Business Hours

Set opening and closing times for each day of the week. Closed days show no slots. Customers only see available times.

Booking Notifications

Push notifications and emails to staff on new bookings. SMS and push to customers on confirmation, cancellation, and no-shows. All SMS logged for billing.

Wash Station Integration

Today's bookings appear in the Wash Station grouped by time slot. Tap 'Start' to open the Capture Wash flow pre-filled with booking details. View all upcoming bookings from the overflow menu.

Entity Page & QR Code

Each entity gets a public page where new customers register and existing customers access their account via SMS. Download a QR code from settings to print and display.

Smart Duplicate Prevention

Same vehicle can't be booked twice for the same slot. SMS rate limiting prevents abuse. Missed bookings auto-expire as no-shows.

Financial Management

Complete control over daily cash flow

Daily Opening

Record opening float and starting cash positions. Set up each day with accountability.

Daily Cashup

Complete end-of-day reconciliation. Track cash, card totals, expenses, wages, and float.

AI Cashup Analysis

AI reviews every cashup before closing. Flags missing payouts, unexplained variances, and note contradictions. Shows a balancing summary and verdict — fix issues before they become problems.

Payment Reconciliation

Match system totals against actual payments. Verify cash and card transactions.

Tips Management

Track declared vs. system-recorded tips. Complete transparency on tip handling.

Account Statements

Generate branded account statements for fleet and dealer customers. Add banking details and payment terms. Download as PDF or email directly.

Overhead Expenses

Record monthly overheads like rent, electricity, insurance, and utilities. Track all business costs in one place. See true profitability with expenses factored into your Net profit calculation.

Receipt Scanning

Capture receipts and slips for expenses and payouts. Vendor, amount, and date are read from the image automatically. Have an audit-ready profitability report with supporting documents in minutes.

Deferred Payment Products

Flag products like rug washes as deferred payment. Unpaid sales for these products won't require OTP approval at cash-up, while still showing in the summary.

Personnel Management

Optional staff tracking per location

Staff Roster

Manage employee records with contact details and assignment to locations.

Attendance Tracking

Real-time clock-in/clock-out. Track who's working and when.

Shift Management

Track staff shifts and schedules. Generate attendance documentation.

Hours Calculation

Automatic work hours tracking and monthly summaries.

Multi-Location Management

Scale from one location to many

Entity Management

Manage multiple carwash locations from one account. Configure settings per location.

Group Management

Organize locations into franchise groups. Assign group administrators.

Role-Based Access

4-tier permission system: System Admin, Group Admin, Entity Admin, and Staff roles.

Per-Location Settings

Enable/disable personnel tracking, tips, ratings, and other features per location.

Integrations & Mobile

Works where your team works

Progressive Web App

Install on any device like a native app. Works on mobile, tablet, and desktop.

SMS & WhatsApp Notifications

Send wash completion notifications with your carwash name prominently displayed. Includes rating links and tip requests.

PayFast Integration

Secure payment processing for tips. Staff receive tips directly to their accounts.

Push & Email Notifications

Instant push notifications for start of day, end of day, low customer ratings, voids, returns, unpaid sales, and service bottlenecks — even when the app is in the background. Just enable notifications when prompted. Plus automated email reports and alerts.

Security & Compliance

Enterprise-grade data protection

Row-Level Security

Database-level data isolation. Each location only sees their own data.

Multi-Tenant Isolation

Complete data separation between organizations. Your data stays yours.

Secure Authentication

JWT token validation, session management, and protected routes.

Role-Based Protection

Users only access features appropriate to their role. No unauthorised access.

Ready to take control of your carwash?

Get started with WashBase and see the difference complete visibility makes.