Software that understands a golf-cart bay

Most "shop management software" was built for car dealerships or general repair shops and retrofitted for anything with a serial number. Shop1 took a different path: purpose-built for small-vehicle dealers, with a golf-car workflow that recognizes the difference between a factory Club Car Precedent service ticket, an E-Z-GO RXV lithium conversion, and a full custom LSV build. If your shop sells, services, converts, or refurbishes Club Car, E-Z-GO, Yamaha, ICON, Bintelli, Star EV, EPIC, Advanced EV, or any of the custom builders — Shop1 fits.

That fit means service tickets that capture a controller swap as cleanly as a full lithium build, parts inventory that tracks batteries, chargers, controllers, and lift kits by bin, customer records tied to specific carts by serial (with our built-in Club Car / E-Z-GO / Yamaha serial-number decoder), and DOT/LSV compliance paperwork that lives on the unit record.

Workflows the golf-cart bay actually uses

A few examples of how Shop1 fits the rhythm of a golf-car shop.

Lithium conversions

Full lithium retrofits from lead-acid platforms. Track the battery pack serial, BMS, voltage (48V, 72V), and warranty terms per unit. Attach install photos, the pre-existing controller model, and the new charger. When the customer comes back in 18 months for a BMS reflash, the whole build spec is on the unit record.

Lift kits & wheel/tire packages

Add lift kit + tire & wheel package as parts lines, capture install labor, and stamp the unit with its new lifted status so a returning customer's cart shows up already knowing what's on it. Photo-attach the before / after — useful when the neighbor asks the customer "who did that?"

Street-legal LSV builds

Low-Speed Vehicle conversions with DOT-compliant lighting, seatbelts, mirrors, VIN assignment, and state-title paperwork. Shop1 stores each required inspection item as a checklist on the unit; sale invoice pulls the VIN, MCO or MSO, and buyer info in one pass so the DMV package prints without re-keying.

Custom builds & refurbs

Buy a used Club Car, tear it down, add lithium + lift + audio + custom paint + tops, sell it at a premium. Shop1's unit + parts + service integration captures the full build cost so your used-cart margin isn't a guess — every part and labor hour against that stock number is right there on the P&L.

HOA / community fleet accounts

Golf communities, HOA neighborhoods, and 55+ resorts run big cart fleets. Tag those customers as commercial, run monthly net-30 billing, keep every cart's service history per-unit, and produce a fleet-wide report on batteries approaching end-of-life so you're the shop that calls the property manager BEFORE the failure.

Snowbird / seasonal storage

Storage tickets for snowbird customers heading north each summer — intake date, stored location in the warehouse, pre-return prep (trickle-charge, tire pressure, battery voltage check) auto-added when pickup gets scheduled. Recurring monthly bill if you charge for it.

New & used cart sales, trade-ins

Track new (Club Car, E-Z-GO, Yamaha, ICON, Bintelli) and used inventory by stock number with floor plan source, aging, MSRP vs. build cost. Move a unit from inventory to sold to delivered without re-keying anywhere. Trade-ins land in the same unit table and start a fresh build sheet.

Serial-number auto-decode

Type or scan the cart's serial number and Shop1 auto-detects brand, model line, and year from the manufacturer scheme — Club Car's PH/PG/AQ prefixes, E-Z-GO's last- two-digit year rule, Yamaha's J-prefix table. One click fills the year, make, and model on the ticket so the counter staff moves faster.

Pickup & delivery

Trailer pickups, home deliveries in the neighborhood, drop-offs at the golf course. Schedule on the work order, capture mileage or flat fee, and surface a pickup roster the truck driver can work off in the morning. No clipboard.

2-passenger, 6-passenger, utility, LSV — all in one system

2 / 4 / 6-passenger carts

Standard neighborhood and course carts from Club Car (DS, Precedent, Onward), E-Z-GO (TXT, RXV, Freedom), Yamaha (DRIVE2), and the aftermarket builders. Track seat configuration and drivetrain (gas / 36V / 48V / 72V lithium).

Utility / Cargo carts

Carryall, ST Sport, UMAX, and utility platforms for turf-care, groundskeeping, resort maintenance, and event-venue operations. Track bed condition, hitch specs, and duty-cycle service intervals.

Street-legal LSVs

Low-Speed Vehicles with real VINs, titled and registered. Shop1 keeps the DOT compliance checklist, MCO/MSO document, and state-specific title paperwork on the unit record so re-sales, warranty claims, and DMV interactions run smoothly.