Vehicle Acquisition Network (VAN) is an advanced vehicle sourcing platform built for auto dealerships that want to acquire more used inventory directly from private sellers. Rather than relying on auctions or trade-ins, VAN helps dealers identify, contact, and acquire vehicles from consumers in their local market—faster, more affordably, and at higher margins.
VAN’s platform includes live FSBO listings, VIN decoding, market valuation tools, automated outreach, CRM-style lead management, and team performance tracking. The software integrates with major trade-in tools like KBB ICO and AccuTrade, and scales to support solo buyers or entire acquisition teams.
For dealers who want results without adding headcount, VAN also offers a Managed Buyer program—an all-inclusive service with a dedicated buyer who handles outreach, negotiation, and appointment setting on your behalf.
Vehicle Acquisition Network is trusted by hundreds of franchise and independent dealers across North America.
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Since 2012, AuctionMethod has provided white-label auction software and custom auction software development for the auction industry. Based in Massachusetts, serving the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. AuctionMethod serves auctioneers, estate liquidators, farm and heavy equipment, industrial, salvage and recycling, non-profit, corporations, retail liquidators, auto/car dealers, real estate, arts and collectibles, and single-use auction businesses.
AuctionMethod is the winner of the SourceForge Spring 2026 Top Performer Award in Auction Software, and is rated 4.9/5 on Capterra and SourceForge. AuctionMethod's model includes no commissions, no per-lot fees, no platform skim, and no contract, so clients keep the revenue from every sale instead of splitting it with the platform. Clients also keep 100% ownership of their bidder lists, seller lists, item data, images, and transaction history on a fully white-label auction website rather than a shared marketplace listing.
The platform covers catalog and lot management, consignor setup, bidder registration, invoicing, payment processing, tax handling, and reporting in one system. Auction event types include timed online auctions, simulcast auctions, blind timed auctions, catalog-only, fixed-price, and perpetual events. AuctionMethod includes a mobile app for iOS and Android and integrates with Fiserv, Stripe, Authorize.net, and more.
Hosted on AWS with separate client databases, AuctionMethod specializes in real-time speed for live, rapid-fire simulcast auctions, where latency is critical and must stay under one second so online bidders do not miss the auctioneer's hammer, and the platform is fully hosted with daily backups, auto-scaling for high traffic, and security updates included, with 100% uptime tracked on a public status page.
For operations whose workflows fall outside the standard product, AuctionMethod also builds custom auction software development solutions, a dedicated codebase built around a client's specific processes, quoted at a fixed rate. AuctionMethod's pricing starts at $100/mo with a $250 one-time setup charge, and is published publicly. AuctionMethod offers a 30-day free trial, no credit card required.
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Zeus Software
Starting at $79/month. Use promo code SOURCE. Zeus provides Dealer Software to sell more vehicles in less time and increase profits. Included in Zeus is customer management, inventory management, Desking, BHPH, Multi-State Titling, Multi-State tax calculations, unlimited forms printing, custom reporting, and much more. Sell a vehicle to an out of state customer and Zeus will figure the taxes and print all the titling forms for that customer. Also available is QuickBooks integration, Zeus Bolt mobile app, and many other integrations. We have dealers nationwide that trust us to provide software that is comprehensive, reliable, and easy to use.
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