VIN Scanner for Workshops
Type the VIN once: make, model, year, fuel and transmission auto-fill
Just need to check or decode a VIN for a vehicle you're buying or selling? The free OneBookPlus VIN decoder gives you the full make, model, year and engine details online, no sign-up needed.
Open the free VIN check and decoder toolKey takeaways
4- The VIN auto-fills make, model, year, fuel and transmission
- New Zealand register match covers the AU-delivered vehicles NHTSA does not hold
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- Cuts errors on quotes and job cards
- Free, included with every plan
About this app
Removes the 30-second typing step from every new-customer intake. Put the VIN on the vehicle record and make, model, year, fuel type and transmission fill themselves. Three sources, in order: the NHTSA vPIC database, which covers US and most European-delivered vehicles; our copy of the New Zealand Motor Vehicle Register for the right-hand-drive stock vPIC does not hold, which is most of the Australian fleet (Australia and New Zealand are supplied largely from the same Thai and Japanese plants, so the VIN prefixes overlap heavily); and the VIN itself, which yields a make and a model year but never a model. The app names which source answered, so nobody saves a half-filled record thinking it is complete, and where it cannot pin the build year it leaves the year blank and asks you to read the build plate rather than writing a guess into a customer's file. It will not cover a variant sold only in Australia. Cuts wrong-model service quotes (the silent margin killer) to near-zero. New Zealand register data is sourced from the NZ Transport Agency under a CC BY 4.0 licence.
How it works
- 1
Open the new-vehicle form on your phone
- 2
Put in the 17-character VIN from the door jamb or windscreen
- 3
Make, model, year, fuel and transmission populate automatically, with the source named
- 4
Save the vehicle, it's linked to the customer and ready to quote against
Who it's for
- Front-of-house staff capturing a new customer in under 30 seconds
- Mobile mechanics quoting on-site without the typing on a phone keyboard
- Workshops that want to stop quoting the wrong engine/spec by accident
Features included
- Make / model / year auto-fill from the VIN
- Fuel type + transmission auto-fill
- Auto-fill on new vehicle form
- NHTSA vPIC decode for US and European deliveries
- New Zealand register match for right-hand-drive models vPIC misses
- Names the source, and leaves the year blank rather than guess it
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About OneBookPlus apps
How VIN Scanner for Workshops fits into the rest of OneBookPlus
Most OneBookPlus apps are not external integrations wired up between separate products. They are native modules installed inside the same platform you already use for invoicing, bookings, CRM, and accounting. That means VIN Scanner for Workshops reads from and writes to the same customer records, financial entries, and calendar events as every other module, with no scheduled sync delays and no risk of data drift between systems.
Because the marketplace runs inside OneBookPlus, billing is consolidated. VIN Scanner for Workshops is included free with every plan, so installation just enables the feature in your dashboard. Cancellation is one click and never reaches into your data. Uninstalling an app removes the feature from the UI but preserves the underlying customer, invoice, and booking records, so reinstalling later picks up exactly where you left off.
Every app in the marketplace is built specifically for the Australian small and medium business context: GST and ABN handling are first-class concerns, dates render as DD/MM/YYYY, currency defaults to AUD, and the underlying compliance plumbing (BAS summaries, ATO-friendly records, AHPRA / NDIS / Fair Work checkpoints where relevant) is shared across modules.
For a side-by-side of which features ship as core modules versus which require an installed app, see the features page. For pricing across plans and which apps are bundled at each tier, see the pricing page.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about VIN Scanner for Workshops and the OneBookPlus app marketplace.
How do I install VIN Scanner for Workshops?
Open your OneBookPlus dashboard, go to App Marketplace, and click Install on VIN Scanner for Workshops. It appears in your dashboard straight away, with no separate account to create and nothing to pay twice for.
What does VIN Scanner for Workshops cost?
Yes, this app is included free with every OneBookPlus plan.
Will VIN Scanner for Workshops work with the rest of my OneBookPlus setup?
Every app in the marketplace is built into the same platform, so VIN Scanner for Workshops reads and writes the same contacts, invoices, bookings, and accounting data as the rest of OneBookPlus. No separate logins, no manual sync, no double-entry.
Every app in the marketplace
These answers are the same whichever app you install.
- Can I cancel anytime?
- Yes. There are no lock-in contracts on any OneBookPlus app. Uninstall from your dashboard at any time and billing stops at the end of the current period.
- Is my data secure?
- Yes. Encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest (AES-256), with each business's data isolated at the database layer, hosted in Australia in line with the Privacy Act 1988. We never sell or share your business data with third parties, and the full practices are documented on the OneBookPlus security page at onebookplus.com.au/security.
- Is OneBookPlus built for Australian businesses?
- Yes. OneBookPlus is Australian-owned, built in Melbourne, with GST, ABN validation and ATO-ready BAS reporting as the foundation, not an afterthought.
Australian Owned
Built in Melbourne, AU
GST Compliant
ATO-ready from day one
Encrypted & Isolated
TLS in transit, AES-256 at rest, tenant isolation at the database layer, read the security page
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About the author
Bishal Shrestha
Founder & CEO, OneBookPlus
Bishal spent a decade running digital projects for Australian small businesses before founding OneBookPlus. This app sits inside the OneBookPlus marketplace, designed and maintained for Australian small to medium businesses. VIN Scanner for Workshops is part of a single platform that connects invoicing, bookings, CRM, accounting, and marketing, so installing apps adds capability without adding logins.
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Reviewed by Bishal Shrestha
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