001·VEHICLE SOURCING

Better vehicle sourcing starts with seeing more of the market.

Raptor helps dealers and operators monitor fragmented open-market vehicle supply, reduce manual search work, and turn scattered listings into a cleaner acquisition queue. Instead of jumping between tabs, your team gets a more organized view of where potential inventory is appearing, how it compares to market, and which units may be worth pursuing.

STATUSLIMITED BETA
AUDIENCEDEALER / RENTAL / OPERATOR
VERSION0.1 · 22 APR 2026
§ 01 · MARKET REALITY

The shape of the opportunity.

Used-vehicle supply is no longer concentrated in one place. Buyers, sellers, dealers, and private owners all move across a mix of consumer marketplaces, local listing environments, social channels, auctions, trade-ins, and direct relationships. That fragmentation creates real opportunity, but it also creates noise.

77%

of used-vehicle buyers shop multiple third-party sites during a single search

COX AUTOMOTIVE · 2025
4.8

sites visited on average by each used-vehicle buyer before purchase

COX AUTOMOTIVE · 2025
$6,173

price spread between the highest and lowest-cost metros for identical vehicles

ISEECARS · 2025
+3.3%

YoY increase in used-vehicle retail sales pace as of January 2026

COX AUTOMOTIVE · JAN 2026
§ 02 · SOURCING PROBLEM

Good inventory is hard to see consistently.

Private-party and open-market supply can be valuable, but it is rarely clean, centralized, or easy to work manually. Listings appear, change, disappear, relist, and move across different environments. The challenge is not just finding more vehicles. It is knowing which ones are worth attention.

01DISTRIBUTION

Supply is distributed, not centralized.

Useful inventory can surface across a mix of consumer listing sites, local classifieds, social marketplaces, niche communities, and regional seller channels. No single view captures it all, which is why disciplined coverage matters.

02CONSISTENCY

Manual search is hard to repeat.

Saved searches, browser tabs, screenshots, spreadsheets, and messages can work for one person for a while. They break down when the market moves quickly, when multiple people are involved, or when you are trying to compare opportunities across regions.

03SIGNAL

The real work is separating signal from noise.

Many listings are stale, duplicated, miscategorized, overpriced, already dealer-owned, or outside your economics. Raptor helps narrow the field so operators can spend less time sorting and more time evaluating.

04GEOGRAPHY

Regional price differences still matter.

Vehicle economics can vary meaningfully by market. A disciplined sourcing process helps operators compare opportunities across ZIPs, metros, and regions without manually rebuilding the same searches every day.

§ 03 · WHO IT'S FOR

Built for operators who already understand acquisition.

RAPTOR is not a passive lead feed and it is not a replacement for judgment. It is designed for teams and operators who already know what a good unit looks like — and want better digital coverage, cleaner triage, and more consistent follow-through.

PARTNERSHIPS

Working with private sellers, communities, and unconventional channels.

We are exploring how Raptor might support private-party sellers, niche communities, and operators working outside traditional listing environments. This is separate from the core product — if you have ideas or want to explore a collaboration, we would like to hear from you.

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§ 04 · CAPABILITIES

What Raptor does.

Raptor turns fragmented vehicle supply into a more structured acquisition workflow. It is configurable by market, vehicle profile, operator type, and acquisition strategy.

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Open-market sourcing coverage

Raptor monitors selected consumer-facing and regional listing environments based on your sourcing strategy. Coverage is configured by market, vehicle type, geography, and workflow need.

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Scored acquisition queue

Listings are filtered, organized, and prioritized before they reach your desk. The goal is not to show every possible unit. The goal is to create a smaller queue of opportunities worth reviewing.

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Geographic and price targeting

Define search areas by ZIP, radius, metro, state, price band, mileage, make, model, trim, and other acquisition criteria. Raptor runs structured searches repeatedly so your coverage is more consistent.

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Market context on every unit

Each result can be compared against relevant pricing context, nearby alternatives, and your configured acquisition thresholds. Operators can quickly see whether a listing deserves a closer look.

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Listing memory

Raptor remembers what it has already seen. Relists, price movement, repeated units, previously reviewed inventory, and duplicate appearances can be tracked so your team does not keep working the same vehicle.

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Tunable rules

Scoring and filtering logic can be adjusted around your real-world buying behavior. Tighten or loosen thresholds, prioritize specific trims, exclude unwanted seller patterns, and adapt the queue as your strategy changes.

§ 05 · FIT CHECK

Raptor is most useful when the workflow is real.

We review each deployment for fit because the product works best when there is already a defined acquisition motion. If your team can evaluate and act on opportunities quickly, Raptor can help create more consistent coverage.

LIKELY A GOOD FIT
  • You already source beyond auctions and trade-ins.
  • You monitor private-party or open-market supply today.
  • You operate in markets where price differences matter.
  • You have someone responsible for acquisition follow-up.
  • You want one organized view instead of scattered searches.
  • You can act quickly when a strong unit appears.
  • Your monthly volume justifies a more systematic process.
PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT TIME
  • You source entirely through existing wholesale channels and are satisfied with that.
  • You do not have anyone responsible for following up on opportunities.
  • You need full DMS, CRM, or floorplan integration before testing anything.
  • Your current volume does not justify a dedicated sourcing workflow.
  • You are looking for a passive lead feed rather than an operating process.
§ 06 · ACCESS

How getting started works.

Raptor is currently in limited deployment. We review each request to understand the operator, acquisition strategy, market, and fit before recommending a walkthrough.

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Submit a request

Tell us how you source today, what types of units you care about, and where the current process gets slow or inconsistent.

02

Fit review

We review whether Raptor is likely to help based on your market, volume, workflow, and ability to act on opportunities.

03

Workflow walkthrough

If there is a fit, we walk through how Raptor would apply to your actual sourcing process, not a generic demo environment.

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Scoped deployment

Setup is configured around your market coverage, vehicle criteria, scoring logic, and acquisition workflow.

REQUESTING ACCESS

Request a walkthrough.

All submissions are private. We respond within one business day and we never share your information with third parties.

We focus on the messy, fragmented side of vehicle acquisition — the places where good units appear before they become easy for everyone else to find.

PRIVATE · NO CRM · NO OUTBOUND