Can I bring my Excel file into Showroom213?

Yes. The import wizard accepts Excel and CSV for stock, leads and clients; columns are detected automatically and the mapping is saved for next time.

Can my team keep using WhatsApp?

Yes, to talk to clients. But orders, payments and follow-ups live in Showroom213, and the team gets important alerts on Telegram (Pro and Business plans).

How much does Showroom213 cost compared with Excel?

Excel is often already paid for, but its mistakes cost sales. Showroom213 starts at 990 DA per month on the Starter plan, and the 14-day trial is free with no bank card.

Showroom213 vs Excel and WhatsApp: which should your showroom use?

The comparison in one table

Need	Notebook, Excel and WhatsApp	Showroom213
Know what is in stock	An up-to-date file… if someone updated it	Live status: available, reserved, sold
Follow up a lead	Memory or a phone reminder	Scheduled follow-ups in a 5-step pipeline
Know who paid what	Cross-check messages and receipts	Balance and status calculated automatically
Landed cost of an import	Calculated by hand, often roughly	Price, rate, freight, customs and fees added up
Sales contract	A Word template copied over	Generated contract, RC/NIF, amount in words
Several salespeople	One shared file everyone edits	Roles and access per branch
Backup	The file on one PC	Automatic backups every day
History	Lost in chat threads	Full history per client and per car

When Excel and WhatsApp are enough

To be honest: if you work alone, sell a few cars a month, don't import and get paid in one go, a well-kept spreadsheet can be enough.

When they become a risk

Problems start as soon as one of these is true:

You import. The landed cost depends on an exchange rate, freight, customs, port fees and sometimes a shared container. A mistake here means a wrong margin on every car. See how to calculate the landed cost.
Payments are spread out. Deposit, instalments, balance due: without automatic calculation, an overpayment or a missed payment goes unnoticed.
Several people sell. Two salespeople promising the same car, an overwritten file, a follow-up each thought the other had done.
You have several branches. Merging several files takes hours.

Moving from Excel to Showroom213

Export your stock, leads or clients to Excel or CSV.
Import them: columns are detected automatically and the import runs in the background.
Invite your team by email; each person gets access according to their role and branch.

Your data stays yours: you can export it at any time, and read access stays open even if the subscription expires.

To see what sets a complete system apart from plain software, read What is a car showroom operating system?.