The Acquisition Engine · Add-on to the Revenue Engine

More inventory,
bought for $750 less — each.

The first buyer to reach a private seller usually wins the car. The Acquisition Engine contacts sellers within seconds of listing discovery, follows up automatically, and books the appraisal in your calendar. More cars acquired, lower buy cost, none of the chasing.

The market shifted

The dealers winning today aren't buying at the auction.

< 60 sec
from listing discovery to first seller contact
$800–$1,500
saved per car vs. the lane
+36%
auction costs since 2019
10% → 33%
sourcing now done private-party
How it works

An acquisition department. Not an alert tool.

Alert tools hand you a list and say good luck. The engine sources, engages, qualifies, follows up, and books — the work of a full-time acquisition team, running around the clock. The only thing you touch is the appraisal.

01

Instant Seller Engagement

First in line wins the car.

Sellers are contacted within seconds of listing discovery — then followed up with automatically until they respond. The first buyer to reach a private seller usually buys the car. With the engine on, that buyer is you.

02

Appraisals Booked For You

Your calendar fills itself.

Every responsive seller is qualified against your buy-box — mileage, title, condition, asking price — and the appraisal is booked straight into your calendar. No chasing, no phone tag. You show up and make the offer.

03

Always-On Market Coverage

Nothing in your buy-box slips past.

Major private-party marketplaces monitored continuously — plus the sellers already hiding in your own database: positive-equity customers, lease-ends, old trade-in inquiries. The cheapest cars you'll ever buy.

What you actually receive

A booked appraisal, on your calendar.

Not a feed to scroll. Not a list to work. The output of the engine is a qualified seller, with the vehicle and asking price attached, booked to a time slot — like the example here. Your team walks in, appraises, and makes the offer.

See it live on a call
Booked appraisalExample card

2021 Toyota Tacoma SR5

48,000 miles · Private seller
Asking price
$28,900
Seller contacted in
42 seconds
Appointment
Tomorrow · 3:00 PM
Acquisition Score
87 / 100
Qualified against your buy-box — title status, mileage, and condition confirmed in conversation before the slot was booked.
Acquisition intelligence

Know which cars are worth buying.

Most acquisition tools tell you a vehicle was listed. The engine tells you whether it's worth acquiring — every opportunity arrives scored, valued, and ranked, so your team spends its time on the buys that move the P&L.

Acquisition Score

One number that ranks every opportunity by deal depth, fit, and distance — so your team works the best buy first.

Market Value Estimate

Each asking price compared against live retail comps, so you know the real spread before you ever call.

Estimated Acquisition Spread

Asking price vs. market value — the margin you'd bake in at the buy, calculated per unit.

Local Demand Score

How fast this make and model is moving in your market — buy what your buyers are already searching for.

Expected Days to Sell

A turn estimate per vehicle, so you can weigh velocity against spread instead of guessing.

Estimated Front-End Gross

Projected gross at retail for your market, attached to the opportunity before you commit a dollar.

Run your own numbers

Profit is won at the buy.

Slide the inputs to match your store. The math is your numbers against the market benchmarks below — live, no email required, and we re-run it against your real books on the call.

$800–$1,500
typical per-unit savings vs. the auction lane — buy fees and lane markup eliminated
< 60 sec
from listing discovery to first seller contact — the engine's build standard
+2 turns / yr
conservative velocity assumption (8 → 10 annual turns) used below
Inputs

Tell us about your buying.

15
$750
$150,000
$1,668
Your gross-profit lift

With the Acquisition Engine.

Buy cheaper — the spreadThe win
$11,250
/ mo
15 carssourced off-market / mo
$750saved each — no buy fees, no markup
= Margin baked in at the buy, every year$135,000
Buy faster — same capital, more flips
Velocity bonus
13 cars on your floor turning 810× a year ≈ +25 extra flips
$41,700
/ yr
Added gross · Year 1
$176,700
Profit won at the buy — same floor plan, same lot, no extra ad spend required.
Book a call to turn this on

Per-car savings slider reflects the $800–$1,500/unit market range for private-party vs. lane (buy fees + markup eliminated); default shown below mid-range. Velocity assumes a conservative +2 turns/yr at ~$12,000/unit. Your real numbers are confirmed against your books on the call.

Qualification

Is your store a fit?

We only turn the engine on where we can deliver cars you can actually buy. Here's the floor — if you're close, book a call and we'll work it out together.

Apply to turn it on
  • Licensed dealership or buy-center
  • Floor plan or buying capital in place
  • Acquiring 6+ vehicles / month (or ready to)
  • A defined buy-box — or willing to set one
  • Able to make an offer on booked appraisals same-day
  • A local market with private-seller volume
The Guarantee

Motivated sellers at your door in 30 days. In writing.

We put a set number of qualified, booked seller appraisals in front of you every month — or we keep working, for free, until we do. You only ever pay for cars the engine lands.

01
We engage & book
Major private-party marketplaces monitored continuously, sellers contacted within seconds of discovery, appraisals booked to your calendar.
02
You appraise & buy
You make the offer on cars that fit your buy-box. Every saved dollar tracked vs. the auction comp.
03
We hit the number
Or we don't stop until we do. You only pay per car we put on your lot — never a wasted dollar.
Book a call

Pick a time. We'll be there.

30-minute call. We'll map the sourcing engine to your buy-box and run the real math on what buying cheaper does to your gross.

Stop funding the auction. Build your own buy-center.

Most tools tell you a car was listed. The Acquisition Engine finds the opportunity, engages the seller, books the appraisal, and tells you which cars are worth buying — more inventory, less effort, lower buy cost. Guaranteed, or we work free.