Creating a link to your eTurboRater website is a simple process.
First you need the url of your eTurboRater website. This can be found in the “Other” tab of your
eTurboRater Agency Site Customization page.
There are two optional parameters that you can send to the eTurboRater.
These two values can be passed on the url of your eTurboRater site, and they can also be part of a form post.
- mode – This parameter has two values, “new” and “returning”. A value of “new”,
which is the default value when this parameter is not passed,
will tell the eTurboRater that the customer is a new one, not a returning customer.
The first page that the user will see is the welcome page where they will be
asked for their zipcode. A value of “returning” tells the eTurboRater that this
is a user who already has a saved policy on the eTurboRater, so it will load
the welcome page and ask the user for their ID and password to load their
existing policy. Sample URL:
https://b6e16b82-004c-4fcb-895f-f2ee68029eab.autoquote.iwantinsurance.com/welcome.aspx?mode=returning
- zipcode – In this parameter, you can pass a pre-set zip code for the customer.
If for example you have an entry on your own website for the user to enter a zip
code and you don’t want the user to have to re-enter it in the eTurboRater,
you can pass the zip code into the eTurboRater with this parameter. The
eTurboRater will take the user to the first step in rating, bypassing the
welcome screen. Note that this parameter, when used, will force the eTurboRater
to assume that the user is a new user, not a returning user. Sample URL:
https://b6e16b82-004c-4fcb-895f-f2ee68029eab.autoquote.iwantinsurance.com/welcome.aspx?zipcode=75006
Here are a few sample links you can use in your website, along with the HTML
code necessary to create them. If you wish to use one of these buttons, simply
save the button image "GetAQuoteButton.png" to your server and copy and paste the code shown into your
web page. Then change the "href" attribute to point to your eTurboRater site url from the "other" tab of your site's customization page.
Note: only replace the actual address portion of the url; if using a parameter such as "mode=returning", leave the "?mode=returning"
portion as it is.
For example, in the following link, the address portion of the site url is highlighted:
https://b6e16b82-004c-4fcb-895f-f2ee68029eab.autoquote.iwantinsurance.com/welcome.aspx?mode=returning
Replace this section with the url of your site. If the url of your site was https://123abc12-3abc-123a-bc123abc123ab.autoquote.iwantinsurance.com/welcome.aspx, then
the "href" attribute would read as:
https://123abc12-3abc-123a-bc123abc123ab.autoquote.iwantinsurance.com/welcome.aspx?mode=returning
This button is a standard link to a Consumer eTurboRater
This button opens a Consumer eTurboRater in a new window
This button links in a returning customer to a Consumer eTurboRater
This button links to a Consumer eTurboRater with a default zip code of 75006
Embedding the rater in another page using an iframe
To embed the eTurboRater site within another site, use an iframe tag. An example is shown in the code below.
Note that the url in the "src" attribute of the iframe must be the url of your eTurboRater site. If you want the frame to be wider or taller, adjust the
pixel values in the "style" attribute. In the customization page of your site, the Site Theme should be set to "no theme" and the Header Section Visible option should be set to "no".
