Sharing a car container between dealers

Two possible roles

	Renter	Guest
Who rents the container	You	Another dealer
What you pay	Rent and shared fees	The agreed price of your places
What you collect	The price of places sold to others	—
Cost per car	Calculated after deducting places sold	The price of your place

In Showroom213 you choose the role when creating the container: "I rent this container" or "I'm a guest".

Selling places to other dealers

For each place sold, record:

• the dealer and their phone number;
• the car and its VIN;
• the number of places and the agreed price;
• the amount already received.

Each payment is recorded as it comes in; the place shows as paid or unpaid, with an alert if a dealer pays more than agreed. A place map shows your cars, the places sold and the places still free.

Calculating each car's share

Share per car = (rent + shared fees − price of places sold)
                ÷ number of your non-cancelled cars

Example: rent 600,000 DA, shared fees 60,000 DA, one place sold for 150,000 DA, 3 of your cars: (600,000 + 60,000 − 150,000) ÷ 3 = 170,000 DA per car. Showroom213 writes this share into each car's freight, which adds to its landed cost.

If the places sold cover more than the rent and fees, your cars' share drops to zero and Showroom213 shows the gain on the trip.

Filling the container without mistakes

• Cars can only join the container while it is loading.
• Boarding closes automatically when every place is taken.
• The container number is checked (ISO 6346 check digit) and the shipping line recognised.
• You can add every car awaiting shipment in one go.

Closing

When every car has left the port, Showroom213 suggests closing the container. A checklist appears, then the shares are frozen: each car's landed cost no longer moves. Other dealers' payments can still be recorded after closing.

To track the container to the port, read Tracking car import containers.