Buying and profitability
Evaluate what to buy and what to bid, grade your stock, price and age it, read customer demand, control purchasing authority and see true unit profit.
Decide what to buy and what it is worth, then follow each unit through to its real contribution. Start with the Smart Buying Desk and maximum bids, and set up purchasing controls before anyone buys through MotoDealerHQ. These tools prepare numbers and recommendations. People make every purchase, bid, approval and price change. The AI never does.
Topics in this section
- Smart Buying Desk and maximum bidsOne queue of auction listings, trade-ins, private-party prospects and customer requests, with a worksheet, three maximum bids and purchase to inventory.
- Inventory grades: opportunity, profitability and riskHow MotoDealerHQ grades units, trade-ins and auction listings from A+ to F, scores risk separately, and keeps the grades up to date.
- Pricing and agingPricing strategies, the price simulator, time-to-sell forecasts, aging alerts, manager-approved price changes and the Inventory Aging Autopilot.
- Customer demand, Buzz Score and request matchingTake vehicle requests from your website and by phone, match them to stock automatically, and read customer demand and the Buzz Score.
- Purchasing controls and approvalsSet purchasing limits and budgets per person, role, department and rooftop, require independent approvals, and see what the AI and the system can never do.
- Profitability Command CenterUnit-level landed cost, gross profit and net contribution for sold units, expected versus actual, with advertising rules and a reconciliation to your books.