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Trade photo — damaged vehicle panel in daylight

Intake for auto body shops

The estimate starts in their driveway.

Damage from four angles, the VIN and the insurance card, from their driveway.

14 days free · No card · Starter damage-intake form included

The walk-in

A shop visit to take four photos

Half a day off work for four photos anyone could take.

The gap

Texted photos are useless to an adjuster

Compressed, cropped and missing the VIN.

With Intake

A first estimate the same morning

Damage, VIN and policy details arrive together.

An estimate, end to end.

The auto-body setup ships with two forms

Step 01 · The call

Text the damage form

One tap · your logo · no account

Step 02 · The customer

Four angles and a VIN

Each corner · the VIN plate · the insurance card

Steps 03–04 · Estimate & repair

Written from real photos

Full resolution · shared with the adjuster · parts ordered early

What your customer sees

Your business, not ours

The header is your logo. The buttons are your color. The send button says your company’s name. The only thing of ours on the page is one line of small print at the bottom.

Open a sample form →
Bayview Auto Body

Send us the damage

Four angles of the damage, the VIN plate and your insurance card. Takes about four minutes.

Year, make and model

e.g. 2019 Ford F-150

Date of the accident

M
D
Y

Is it drivable

YesNoNot sure
Photos of the damage 3 more required
Take a photo From library
Send to Bayview Auto Body

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What body shops get out of it.

Estimates written before the car arrives

The first number goes out the same morning, which is usually the shop that gets the car.

Files the adjuster accepts

Full-resolution originals with the VIN in frame, downloadable as one zip.

Bays booked accurately

The scale of the job is known before it is scheduled, so a two-day repair does not take a week-long slot.

Questions shops ask

Questions shops ask

Can customers photograph a VIN properly?

The form shows them where it is and what a usable shot looks like. Anything unreadable is obvious in the gallery.

Can I share the file with the insurer?

Send the read-only gallery link, or download the originals as a zip. Neither needs an account.

Does this replace a teardown estimate?

No. It gets a first number out fast and tells you which cars need to come in.

Also set up for

Insurance adjustersRestorationRoofingMoving & storageJunk removal

Estimate the next car
before it arrives.