Frequently Asked Questions

If you’re a used car dealer today, you work in a fiercely competitive market. Time is precious, profits are always at risk, and there’s no margin for error. You need a data-driven strategy that gives you a precise understanding of your market — and how to manage your inventory to stay ahead.

Provision is the first step in harnessing data to drive profits. It gives you industry-leading information — virtually 100% of the data you need — to price and appraise more accurately. It begins the shift from simply managing inventory to managing investments, what vAuto calls the Investment Value Method.

No, Provision is a core product and can be used on its own.

Provision uses live market data to deliver precise appraisals and pricing recommendations, helping dealers avoid costly mistakes and maximize profit.

Provision connects seamlessly with Stockwave, and iRecon to support end-to-end inventory management from acquisition to reconditioning.

Yes. Provision supports automated listing syndication and photo management, reducing manual effort and speeding time-to-market.

Conquest™ uses live market data to provide unparalleled competitive insight into your entire new car market. vAuto’s unique new car inventory management and pricing tool goes beyond your OEM system so you can optimize and price inventory to create demand and drive sales.

Conquest can support your dealership in many ways, including:

• Stock for your market with exclusive competitive insight.

• Price precisely with discounts, incentives and rebates factored in.
• Optimize inventory through trades or options.
• Manage third-party listings seamlessly and accurately.

Technically no, Conquest could be used on its own for your new car inventory management however we highly suggest this product be included with ProfitTime GPS for a full inventory management solution.

Conquest is vAuto’s solution for managing new car inventory, helping dealers optimize pricing and availability based on market trends.

Conquest supports rich media merchandising and scalable promotions, improving transparency and consumer trust.

Conquest remains a valuable tool for dealers navigating inventory shortages.

AI enables dynamic content generation and promotion strategies that adapt to market shifts in real time.

Sourcing mistakes drain profits and compress margins. Stockwave helps you stop making these costly errors. It searches auctions across the country to find the vehicles you need, then shows you exactly what to pay for them. You quickly and easily avoid the losers and focus only on high-grossing winners.

A lot of things:

• Instant access to vehicles at 300+ auctions across the country, online and in-lane
• A ranked, customized list of vehicles that will gross, based on your business plan
• Specific profit potential and a recommended max bid for every vehicle, ensuring you make your gross on every car

No, Stockwave can be purchased on its own.

Stockwave provides access to 300+ auctions and over 300K vehicles, offering unmatched wholesale sourcing capabilities.

It integrates with ProfitTime GPS’s Global Search to deliver deeper insights into vehicle value and market fit.

Yes. Dealers using Stockwave have 40% greater inventory levels than non-users.

Stockwave’s AI engine scans 300+ auctions to identify vehicles that match dealer preferences and market opportunities.

vAuto offers 2 dealership merchandising products, SnapLot 360 and Intelligent Promotion. Intelligent Promotion makes it easy for you to add your dealership’s branding and create bold, vehicle‑specific stories. With content that makes shoppers take notice, you can drive engagement and turn your VDPs into powerful selling tools. Deliver on the transparency shoppers demand by giving them the full 360-degree picture of any vehicle they’re considering. Using the SnapLot 360, you can easily create and manage an immersive digital experience that makes your listings stand out, boosts shopper engagement and increases your dealership’s visibility.

SnapLot 360 is dependent on either vAuto core products ProfitTime GPS or Provision as well as vAuto Syndication

It’s an AI-powered solution that generates compelling vehicle listings to engage online shoppers and improve the customer experience.

No. It automates listing creation, acting as an easy button with no manual input for dealers.

It uses generative AI to write compelling vehicle descriptions that boost shopper engagement and trust.

Intelligent Promotion uses data science to create scalable, high-quality promotions across inventory groups, saving time and boosting engagement.

Dealers using Intelligent Promotion and ProfitTime GPS see 62% more VDPs per car than those who don’t.

Yes. It enables early merchandising even while vehicles are still in reconditioning.

Intelligent Promotion uses AI to automate and scale inventory promotions, targeting the right shoppers with the right message.

iRecon streamlines your reconditioning process. Each additional day that one of your used vehicles sits in service or waits on a vendor, you lose out on profit. And multiple cars stalled in the process means multiple hits to your bottom line. By eliminating inefficiencies, iRecon helps you communicate with partners, reduce holding costs and get vehicles in front of customers sooner. Because the sooner they see them, the sooner you can sell them.

iRecon is dependent on other vAuto core products ProfitTime GPS or Provision

iRecon helps dealers manage reconditioning workflows efficiently, using live market data to prioritize tasks and reduce time-to-retail.

iRecon is built directly into Provision and ProfitTime GPS, enabling seamless data sharing and faster decision-making.

AI helps prioritize recon tasks based on vehicle value, market demand, and time-to-retail goals.

With Kelley Blue Book Instant Cash Offer and Upside, you have a profitable exit if you retail or wholesale the car.

Build customer trust with a transparent offer

Your exit strategy starts with appraisals you can trust from vAuto and Kelley Blue Book.

Be confident you have a profitable exit strategy

You know your numbers whether you take the vehicle into inventory from the Kelley Blue Book Instant Cash Offer or decide to wholesale it with Upside.

You take the Upside, we’ll take the risk

When you wholesale with Upside, you get a guaranteed minimum price on every vehicle so you never risk a loss. Upside takes the responsibility of selling your cars directly from your lot to our vibrant digital marketplace.

Upside delivers combined profit share to sellers by optimizing wholesale transactions through data-driven pricing.

Yes. Upside complements other vAuto tools like Stockwave for a full-spectrum inventory strategy.

Upside uses AI to predict optimal sale timing and pricing, maximizing seller returns through data-driven insights.

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