Set your buying profile
Location, radius, budget, age, mileage, preferred makes, and target margin, configured once and refined over time.
Dealer Suite
DealerScout AI / Vehicle sourcing, step 1 of the suite
Early access
Know what to buy before your competitors do.
DealerScout AI watches marketplaces, auctions, and private sellers across your radius all night, then hands you a short list of vehicles worth buying, each one priced, costed, and risk-scored before your first coffee.
Instead of manually combing Facebook Marketplace, Kijiji, AutoTrader, and auction results, your team opens a ranked list of maybe fifteen real opportunities, already screened for margin and risk.
// THE PROBLEM
Sourcing the right vehicles is slow, manual, and easy to get wrong.
Good inventory decisions depend on catching the right listing at the right price before another dealer does, across dozens of marketplaces, auctions, and private sellers.
01
Thousands of listings, no time
Manually scanning Facebook Marketplace, Kijiji, AutoTrader, and auctions every day is not realistic for a lean buying team.
02
Margin math happens too late
By the time recon costs and comparable sales are worked out by hand, the best deals are already gone.
03
Risk is easy to miss
Rebuilt titles, suspicious pricing, and missing VINs slip through when you are moving fast on volume.
04
Buying stays reactive
Without a structured buying profile, sourcing decisions depend on whoever happens to see a listing first.
// WHAT DEALERSCOUT DOES
Turns thousands of messy listings into a short, ranked buy list.
You set a buying profile once: location, radius, budget, max age and mileage, preferred makes, minimum gross margin, and target days-in-inventory. DealerScout can also learn from your DealerAutomation sales history to sharpen that profile over time.
Normalized listings
Unstructured listings from marketplaces, auctions, and private sellers are parsed into structured data: year, make, model, trim, mileage, condition, and price.
Price & recon estimate
Each vehicle gets a comparables-based retail and wholesale price range, plus an estimated reconditioning cost breakdown.
Opportunity Score
A 0 to 100 score weighs margin, expected sell speed, local demand, comparables, listing quality, and fit with your strategy, then discounts for risk.
Risk flags
Rebuilt or salvage status, extreme mileage, missing VIN, and suspicious pricing are flagged before you spend time on a listing.
// HOW IT WORKS
From thousands of listings to your morning shortlist.
DealerScout scans overnight
Marketplaces, auctions, and private-seller listings across your radius are pulled in and normalized continuously.
Every vehicle gets scored
Price, recon cost, comparables, demand, and risk are combined into a single 0 to 100 Opportunity Score.
You get a ranked shortlist
Wake up to roughly fifteen ranked opportunities instead of scrolling thousands of raw listings.
// KEY FEATURES
Built for how independent dealers actually buy inventory.
Multi-source scanning
Covers marketplaces, auction results, and private-seller postings, not just one channel.
Configurable buying profile
Location, radius, budget, age, mileage, makes, minimum margin, and target days-in-inventory.
Learns from your sales history
Connects with DealerAutomation sales data to sharpen what "a good buy" means for your lot specifically.
Opportunity Score ranking
A single 0 to 100 score to compare vehicles at a glance instead of reviewing raw listings one by one.
Recon cost estimates
A cost breakdown estimate for each vehicle, not just a purchase price.
Risk discounting
Opportunity Scores are automatically discounted for rebuilt status, suspicious pricing, and other red flags.
// BUSINESS BENEFITS
Buy faster, buy smarter, and buy before the competition.
01
Buy first
Catch strong listings overnight instead of finding them a day too late.
02
Buy on margin
See estimated margin and recon cost before you spend time on a vehicle.
03
Reduce risk
Catch rebuilt titles, missing VINs, and suspicious pricing before you commit.
04
Free up buyer time
Review a ranked shortlist instead of scrolling every marketplace by hand.
// WHO DEALERSCOUT IS FOR
Independent and mid-sized Canadian used-car dealers.
Independent used-car dealerships
Teams sourcing inventory without a dedicated buying department.
20 to 60 vehicle inventories
Enough volume to need structure, not enough staff for constant manual scanning.
Multi-channel buyers
Dealers already sourcing from marketplaces, auctions, and private sellers who want it centralized.
// WHY IT MATTERS
The best inventory decisions happen before you buy it.
Every vehicle that comes onto your lot underpriced, over-reconned, or hard to sell was a decision made at the sourcing stage. DealerScout moves that decision from gut feel to a ranked, repeatable process.
- Part of the AutoFlow Dealer Suite, connects with DealerAutomation sales data.
- A ranked shortlist instead of an unmanageable feed of raw listings.
- Risk-aware scoring that protects margin, not just speed.
// FAQ
DealerScout questions for car dealers.
What is DealerScout AI?
DealerScout AI is an AI vehicle-sourcing tool for used-car dealers. It scans marketplaces, auctions, and private sellers across your radius, then ranks the vehicles worth buying with an Opportunity Score based on margin, sell speed, and risk.
Where does DealerScout find vehicles?
DealerScout watches public marketplace listings, auction results, and private-seller postings across the radius and sources you configure for your dealership.
How does the Opportunity Score work?
Each vehicle is scored 0 to 100 based on estimated margin, expected sell speed, local demand, comparable sales, listing quality, and fit with your buying profile, then discounted for risk factors like rebuilt status, extreme mileage, or missing VIN.
Is DealerScout available now?
DealerScout is in early access. Reach out to join the waitlist and help shape the product for your dealership's buying profile.
Does DealerScout replace my buyer's judgment?
No. DealerScout narrows thousands of listings down to a short, ranked list. Your team still makes the final call on every purchase.
// FINAL CTA
Know what to buy before your competitors do.
DealerScout is in early access. Request access and we'll set up your buying profile together.