Know Your True Profit On Every Vehicle
CarBlue is the inventory, reconditioning & accounting platform built for independent US used-car dealers. Buy at auction, track every recon dollar, and see your real margin per unit — from auction lane to sold.
Can You Pull Up a Sold Car and See Your Transport Cost in 5 Seconds?
Most dealers can't — because auction fees, transport and recon live in receipts, spreadsheets and someone's memory. Sound familiar?
Auction fees, buyer premiums and transport costs disappear into receipts and are never tied back to the vehicle
Recon dollars live in a shoebox of invoices — nobody knows what the shop actually spent on a unit
Your DMS shows purchase-to-sold delta and calls it profit — recon never makes it into the math
Aging inventory sits unnoticed because nobody tracks days on lot per vehicle
Seller commissions are calculated by hand from numbers everyone argues about
Month-end means days of reconciling the lot against the books — and they never match
CarBlue fixes all of it.
Every vehicle. Every dollar. One system that knows your real numbers.
Every Hidden Cost Captured — From the Auction Lane to Your Lot
Purchase price is only the beginning. CarBlue tracks the four hidden costs every dealer eats but most systems never itemize — auction fee, buyer premium, transport and other charges — per vehicle, from day one.
- Log the auction source, lot number & auction date on every purchase
- Itemized acquisition costs: purchase price, auction fee, buyer premium, transport & other
- Total acquisition cost computed live as you type
- VIN, stock number, photos & inspection checklist on the same record
- CSV import to bring your existing inventory over in minutes
- Purchase Price
- $12,500
- Auction Fee
- $350
- Buyer Premium
- $625
- Transport
- $450
- Other Costs
- $0
Front bumper replacement
Mike's Auto Parts
Bumper install — 3 hrs
Jose L. (Mechanic)
Brake pads + rotors
Dave T. (Mechanic)
Front bumper respray
Body Shop
Headlight assembly
Mike's Auto Parts
Engine diagnostic
Mike R. (Mechanic)
Every Recon Dollar Tracked — By Type, Vendor & Mechanic
This is the #1 feature dealers tell us is missing from legacy DMS tools. Log every parts run, labor hour and paint job against the vehicle it belongs to — and watch cost-to-lot update in real time.
- 8 cost types: parts, labor, paint, body, mechanical, electrical, detail & other
- Vendor & mechanic attribution on every line item
- Pending → approved → paid status on each cost
- Per-type breakdown rolls up automatically on the vehicle page
- Shop sections — body shop, mechanical, detail, ready line — show what's in recon right now
From Auction Lane to Sold — One Pipeline That Never Loses a Dollar
Move every vehicle through a simple four-stage pipeline. At every stage, CarBlue knows the full cost picture — so the moment a unit sells, you see true profit, not a purchase-to-sold delta that ignores recon.
Inbound
Fresh from the auction — acquisition costs logged, vehicle assigned to a shop section for recon.
On Website
Recon complete, listed price set — days-on-lot counter keeps you honest about aging stock.
Pending
Deal in negotiation with a pending price — you already know your walk-away number.
Sold — With True Profit
Sold price minus acquisition and recon — margin %, color-coded green or red, and seller commission computed from it.
| Vehicle | Cost to Lot | True Profit |
|---|---|---|
2022 Toyota Camry SE CB-014 | $16,325 | +$2,175 |
2020 Ford F-150 XLT CB-009 | $24,840 | +$3,660 |
2019 BMW 330i CB-021 | $19,975 | -$680 |
2021 Honda CR-V EX CB-017 | $21,300 | +$2,450 |
Numbers Dealers Actually Ask For
True Profit per Unit
Sold price minus acquisition and recon — with margin % alongside
Days on Lot
Live aging on every unsold unit, so slow movers never hide
Sortable Profit Columns
Recon cost, cost to lot & true profit right in the inventory list
Role-Based Visibility
Column settings by role — sellers see what sellers should see
Your Dealership at a Glance — And Books That Reconcile Themselves
Log in to real numbers: inventory count, sold this month, average days on lot and vehicles in recon — computed from your actual data, never mock figures. Underneath, a real chart of accounts keeps your books current as you work.
- Live stat cards: total inventory, sold this month with revenue, avg days on lot, units in recon
- Monthly sales & revenue trend chart for the current year
- Recent activity feed — everything your team touched today
- Full accounting: chart of accounts, vouchers, income statement & day book
- Recon costs and sold revenue flow through to reports automatically
- QuickBooks Online integration for dealers who keep books there
30
8 inbound · 10 listed
8
$148,200 revenue
24
across unsold units
6
in shop sections
Monthly Revenue
Seller Commissions
Per-seller rates applied to true profit the moment a unit sells.
Roles & Permissions
Cost and profit data visible only to the roles you choose.
Auction Sources
Manheim, Copart, IAA, ADESA & local auctions as first-class records.
Transport & Vendors
Haulers, parts vendors, mechanics & banks tied to every vehicle.
Your Whole Operation in One Place — Sellers, Buyers, Vendors & Banks
Seller and buyer commissions computed from true profit — not a guess. Auctions, transport companies, mechanics, dealers and banks all live as first-class records, so every vehicle links back to the people and partners behind it.
- Per-seller & per-buyer commission rates, calculated from real margin
- Role-based permissions — control who sees cost & profit columns
- Column settings per user: each role sees the table view it needs
- Master data for auctions, providers, transports, mechanics, dealers & banks
- Vehicle inspections with realistic checklists before a unit goes live
Ready to know your real numbers?
See CarBlue live with realistic dealer data — a demo takes 15 minutes.
Built for How Independent US Dealers Actually Operate
If you buy at auction, recondition and resell — CarBlue was designed around your workflow, not adapted to it.
Independent Used Car Dealers
Full auction-to-sold workflow with true profit on every unit
Auction Buyers & Flippers
Itemized auction fees, premiums & transport on every purchase
Wholesale Dealers
Fast in-and-out tracking with cost-to-lot always current
Recon-Heavy Operations
Shop sections, mechanic attribution & per-type cost rollups
BHPH & Financed Lots
Banks, funding status & commissions handled in one place
The Numbers Legacy DMS Tools Don't Give You
You'd be shocked how many "profitable" cars are actually losing money once recon is counted. CarBlue makes that impossible to miss.
Recon Tracking Nobody Else Has
The #1 gap dealers report in legacy DMS tools. Every recon dollar tracked by type, vendor and mechanic — rolled into cost-to-lot automatically.
True Profit, Not a Guess
Sold price minus everything — purchase, auction fee, buyer premium, transport and recon. The number your accountant sees, on every unit, in real time.
Accounting Built In
A real chart of accounts under the hood. Recon costs and sold revenue flow into your income statement as you work — no month-end re-entry.
Running in Under an Hour
CSV import brings your existing inventory over in minutes. We can pre-load a sandbox with your recent auction purchases before you commit.
Plays Nice With QuickBooks
Keep your books in QuickBooks Online? CarBlue integrates, so your accountant keeps their workflow while you keep your margins.
Modern, Tested Engineering
Laravel + Vue 3 with automated test coverage, dark mode and a responsive UI that works on the tablet you carry across the lot.
Stop Guessing. Start Knowing Your Margin.
See CarBlue live in a 15-minute demo — we can even set up a sandbox pre-loaded with your last auction purchases.
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