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Pricing Scout

Elasticity-priced VINs, daily.

Pricing Scout runs a live elasticity model on every VIN, benchmarks the market, and recommends the price that maximizes gross without killing conversion — with the writeback baked in.

Free 14-day pilot · No DMS switch · Live in a week.

Pricing agent
+$412
Avg gross per unit
+18%
Lead lift vs. baseline
Daily
Reprice cadence
3 DMS
CDK · Tekion · Dealertrack
Latest signal · Agent finished its run and posted to your Command Center.
Runs live inside
CDK GlobalTekionDealertrackReynolds & ReynoldsPBS
How it runs

A repeatable loop, not a one-off script.

  1. 1

    Model

    Pull VIN cost, days-in-stock, market comps, and channel elasticity into a live gross curve.

  2. 2

    Recommend

    Propose a new price with projected gross Δ and lead-lift over the next 14 and 30 days.

  3. 3

    Review

    Routes to your approval queue with reasoning, market signals, and one-tap accept or edit.

  4. 4

    Writeback

    Pushes the new price to your DMS and every syndicated feed. Every change is logged.

Anatomy of the agent

What it reads, how it thinks, what it ships.

Inputs
  • VIN cost, pack, and holdback from your DMS
  • Days-in-stock, age buckets, and stocking cost
  • Live market comps within 250mi + national floor
  • Your own 90-day price → lead conversion history
  • Channel elasticity per source (AutoTrader, Cars, Meta, org.)
Reasoning
  • Fits an elasticity curve per VIN, not a flat rule
  • Weights recent comps 3× over 30-day comps
  • Penalizes moves that historically killed your set-rate
  • Respects the guardrails you set per make and bucket
  • Scores each option on projected 14 & 30-day gross
Outputs
  • Recommended price with $ delta and % delta
  • Projected gross Δ and lead-lift (14 / 30 day)
  • Ranked market comps with links
  • Branded PDF rationale for the UCD
  • Approved changes written back to DMS + feeds
What lands in your inbox

A real recommendation, not a dashboard to hunt through.

Every run posts a decision-ready card to your Command Center — with the math shown, the writeback pre-wired, and a one-tap path to approve, edit, or hold.

Pricing Scout · Recommendation
Just now
Reprice 2022 RAV4 XLE AWD · VIN ••••8721
Aged 62 days · $1,240 back of book · 3 open leads
Current price
$29,995
Recommended
$28,450
Delta
−$1,545 (−5.2%)
Projected gross Δ (30d)
+$612 / unit
Projected lead lift (14d)
+38%
Market position
P42 → P18 in 250mi
Two closer comps at $28,690 and $28,795 both moved in under 9 days. Curve suggests we clear this VIN inside 11 days at the new price.
Playbooks it runs

Named plays, on a schedule you set.

Add your own · edit any of these · pause per rooftop.
01
Playbook

Aged inventory sweep

When
Every Monday 7am, VINs > 45 days
Does
Reprices to clear before month-end; requires approval > 4% delta
Outcome
Median 11-day exit at breakeven or better
02
Playbook

Fresh-air pricing

When
New VIN lands in DMS
Does
Sets a launch price against live comps within 30 minutes
Outcome
First-week VDP → lead rate up 24%
03
Playbook

Weekend market defense

When
Friday 4pm intraday
Does
Detects a comp undercut you and matches within your floor
Outcome
Holds P25 or better across the weekend
04
Playbook

Month-end push

When
Last 5 days of month
Does
Coordinates with Chief of Staff to hit unit + gross targets
Outcome
Avg $412/unit gross recovered vs. blind clearance
Pitlane+

Connect your DMS, pick the fleet, and Pricing Scout starts recommending inside an hour. Free 14-day pilot.

Elasticity model per VIN

Not a rule — a live curve trained on your rooftop's own conversion behavior.

Scenario mode

Compare two prices side-by-side with projected gross and leads over 14–30 days.

Downloadable rationale

Each recommendation comes with a branded PDF you can send to your used-car director.

Guardrails you set

Cap max delta per day, per bucket, per make. Nothing goes out of bounds.

We ran Pricing Scout on 40 aged units. Two weeks later we'd moved 22 of them at better gross than my UCD forecast.
A
Alicia Nguyen
Used Car Director, Coastline Motors
One-pager PDF

Grab the Pricing Scout one-pager.

A single page you can forward to your GM, dealer principal, or ops lead — the workflow, the math, and the outcomes on one sheet.

  • Inputs, reasoning, outputs
  • Sample recommendation card
  • Named playbooks & outcomes

We'll email a copy and (rarely) reach out about your pilot. No spam.

Answers

The questions dealers ask us first.

Does it price new cars?+

Pricing Scout is optimized for pre-owned today. New-car MSRP and incentive stacking are on the roadmap.

What if I don't want auto-writeback?+

Approvals are on by default. You can auto-approve inside a delta band and require review outside it — per store.

How does it handle stale market data?+

Comps refresh every night; volatile markets get intraday refreshes. Every recommendation shows the freshness stamp.

Can we A/B test it?+

Yes — run Scenario Mode on a control group of VINs and export the impact report.

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