Guide

Inventory analytics software for car dealers

VinAssessment Inventory Analytics is inventory analytics software for car dealers: every vehicle on the lot ranked against the comparable listings around the store, a target price for each one, and a store-wide rule that says where you want to land. This guide walks the whole app in the order a dealer meets it — the lot dashboard first, then one vehicle, then the rules that price everything.

Each chapter below follows the in-app tour step by step. If you are comparing car dealer inventory management software, or already use one and want to see what the numbers mean, start with Your lot, then open Overview. Every page carries the narrated audio from the tour and its transcript.

12 chapters 83 steps About 28 min of narration
Watch the two-minute overview What the platform does for your lot, from the first screen to the weekly price list
01

Your lot: the dealer inventory dashboard

The Your lot dashboard shows how many cars are priced right, which ones to cut, raise or hold, and how fresh the market prices behind every number are.

5 steps 2 min listen
02

Inventory table: the market position of every vehicle

The inventory table gives every VIN a price rank, a target price and a comparison count, with columns you choose and row actions to edit, watch, sell or remove.

7 steps 3 min listen
03

Vehicle view: appraise a used car against local comps

Open one vehicle, set radius, trim match, model year, condition and odometer filters, and see exactly which comparable listings the appraisal is built from.

9 steps 3 min listen
04

Overview: local market rank for a VIN

The Overview tab shows where one vehicle ranks among nearby listings, how many competitors your price beats, and a simulator to try a price before you commit.

9 steps 3 min listen
05

Competitors: every competing listing near your dealership

See each competing listing as a card and on a map, sort by price, miles or days on market, and check the cross-shop alternatives buyers weigh against your car.

7 steps 3 min listen
06

Market Now: where your price sits in the market right now

Market Now lets you try a price before you change it and shows your position on each website — Cars.com, Autotrader, CarGurus — against live listings near you.

8 steps 3 min listen
07

Market History: used car market analysis for dealers

Vehicles like yours that sold or were delisted in a period you pick: typical last asking price, days listed, busy price bands and the dealers who moved them.

10 steps 4 min listen
08

Find cars: search and filter your inventory

The Find cars drawer looks a vehicle up by VIN, year, make, model or trim, keeps only one price group, hides cars without photos and never reprices anything.

5 steps 2 min listen
09

How we price: a used car pricing strategy for the whole store

Pick a Top 3, 5, 10 or 20 target, cap the biggest cut, ease up on fresh arrivals and set who counts as a competitor — then save one rule for every vehicle.

6 steps 2 min listen
10

Price Intel: the repricing tool for car dealers

Price Intel turns your pricing rule into a to-do list: which cars to cut, raise or hold today, what each tier costs, and a CSV with targets for Top 3 to Top 20.

5 steps 2 min listen
11

Watchlist, Sold and Deleted: tracking watched, sold and removed vehicles

Watch any VIN with the same rank and price advice, review what sold and when, marked by your team or detected by us, and restore removed cars with their notes.

9 steps 3 min listen
12

Add vehicles: add inventory by VIN, in bulk or from a file

Add one car by VIN with a decoded preview, paste up to 500 VINs at once, or upload a CSV or Excel export. Analytics only; your website is never touched.

3 steps 1 min listen

See it on your own inventory

A demo runs on your live listings, not a sample lot: your cars, the competitors around your store, and the target price for each one.