ARI: Announces upgrades to its award-winning powersports dealer website platform

MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 13, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ARI Network
Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARIS) announced today that it has upgraded its
award-winning powersports dealer website platform.

“ARI’s development team is focused on delivering enriched product
offerings that fuel our organic growth strategy and further our
commitment to the continuous innovation of our market-leading
technology solutions,” said Brad Smith, ARI Vice President of Product
Management. “With this release, our team has reimagined major unit
shopping to create an engaging user experience that funnels shoppers
from image-rich OEM product descriptions to exploring a dealer’s
available inventory and ultimately submitting the leads that fuel a
dealer’s primary profit centers – new and used major unit inventory
sales.”

Highlights of the upgrade include:

Inventory Showcase: Driven by fully SEO-optimized, action-oriented
lifestyle images, ARI’s new OEM Showcase automatically loads current
model year units to the dealer’s website and makes it simple for
shoppers to browse entire OEM catalogs and see what units the dealer
has in stock.

Enhanced Search: ARI’s faster Smart Search Bar auto-fills as the
visitor types, suggesting potential matches across in-stock unit
inventory, available OEM units not in stock or the website’s parts,
garments and accessories content.

Real-Time Quotes: With ARI’s new “Best Price” feature, customers simply
fill out a form, and the dealer’s website generates an automatic email
response delivering the dealer’s pre-populated best price for the unit.
The “Make Offer” lead type additionally allows site visitors to open a
price negotiation via an easy-to-use form.

Simplified Inventory Management: Auto-fill search helps the dealer
select the vehicle, and once selected, Command Center automatically
populates all fields with OEM information and images.