Wholesale/trade-in pricing system, method and computer program product therefor
AssigneeTrueCar, Inc.
InventorsIsaac Lemon Laughlin, Xingchu Liu, Mikhail Semeniuk, Michael D. Swinson
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AssigneeTrueCar, Inc.
InventorsIsaac Lemon Laughlin, Xingchu Liu, Mikhail Semeniuk, Michael D. Swinson
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Systems, methods and computer program products that determine wholesale prices for durable goods such as used vehicles. In one embodiment, a system includes a computer processor, a network interface, a data storage device, and an output device. The system collects and stores, via the network interface, historical sales information from external data sources. A retail price for a target vehicle is determined based on the collected information. Condition information for the vehicle is collected and used to adjust the retail price to arrive at a wholesale price, which is output to a user. The system may also adjust the price based on repair costs associated with identified vehicle conditions. The system may collect cost information associated with a wholesale sale transaction and deduct these costs and a profit margin from the wholesale price to produce a trade-in price.
A system for determining pricing information, the system comprising:
A method for determining pricing information, the method comprising:
A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions that are translatable by a server computer to perform:
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