Top Feature Index
Lightning Fast Vehicle Check-in from the App
Loading a car could not be easier. Loading a vehicle from scratch takes an average of 4 minutes, depending on vehicle severity. So you can take the photos, load the Condition Report and Add equipment and not feel pressured for time. With practice, users can load up to 100 vehicles in a shift.
Simple Steps: OPEN APP Scan VIN Finish details Take Photos Complete the Condition Report Link to Video >> then post to auction all from your smartphone.
A Website is Included
Modern, Customizable Website: We include a world-class car auction website that you can modify to your heart's content. The buyers can register, login, view run lists, and results. You can post custom photos, fees, maps, location guides, and even PDF rules.
We link the site to your URL, include your logos and customize it to make it your own. You can add videos and announce changes without the need to call support. But if you need help, we are here for you 9-9 Monday through Friday and 9-5 Saturday.
Load Inventory From Dealer's VMS
Must-Have Feature: Preload vehicles nightly from the dealers VMS or connect to their live inventory via their API.For Auctions with large dealer groups or dealers running their own auction.
Eliminate Double Entry: With Auction Simplified's live inventory integration you leverage the dealers existing data entry of vehicles and even import their photos. This way, all you have to do is scan or type the VIN and recall the car then post for auction.
Vehicle Integration Partners Include:
vAuto® VMS
Integration And API
DealerTrack®
Integration And API
Cars For Sale®
VMS Integration
Homenet
Vehicle
Manager
AutoNiq
Auction
Manager
Dealer
Specialties
VMS
VIN
Solutions
VMS
FirstLook
Max
Digital
Unlimited Photos From App Desktop or Consigner.
Number of Photos: Take as many photos as you like or have the seller load them for you. Use your favorite camera or load from your smartphone with the Auction Simplified App. Sort, move, rotate photos within the app or browser.
Photo quality: Let's face it our phones take beautiful 12-20 MegaPixel photos, but these large photos can take a while to upload, especially on 3G or LTE. So the app compresses the picture before sending it into the cloud, preprocessing the large photo, so you don't waste time and burn through your data plan. Photo compression is a passive feature that works automatically every time you take a photo with the smartphone app. It just works, and the images look beautiful without pixelation.
Simplified C.R. or Wonderfully Customizable
Choose from our award-winning fast and easy Condition Report or build a CR the way you want it with our customizable versionSimplified CR
Mimics an Appraisal
The simple version mimics the way an appraiser appraises cars, preforming a visual and auditory inspection describing without a diagnosis.
Takes 2 Minutes
Designed to be the fastest app-based condition report on the market, allowing auctions to check-in cars faster than ever before. Users can scan the VIN, recall the vehicle, and build the CR in moments.
No Expert Knowledge
Our Simplified CR™ was built from the ground up to be created by average people. No need to be a mechanic or collision person.
Customized CR
Scores or Stars
Comply with NAAA scoring standard, use star ratings or build your own score with customizable pull downs for easy and accurate entry
Endless CR Possibilities
Add as many sections, items, and pull down fields required for your needs. Even add custom images to each section, such as a line drawing describing whats required.
Photo Attached
Require staff to take photos as they discover an issue. The system automatically attaches the picture the CR in an easy to understand method.
Bid from your phone at the Car
Let your buyers bid on the vehicles long before the auction starts. Or bid at the car during their inspection. They can scan the VIN and Bid. Easy.
Simple Steps: Scan the VIN Bid Repeat.
Super Proxy™ Customizable Bidding System
Live proxy before the auction, stalled proxy to compete with the lane or even silent proxy to jump the lane. Over 50 bidding combinations available from Auction Simplified Bidding System.
The auction manager can even set different bidding styles in each lane or at each location.
Bid Watcher™ Lane TV's
Built to run as a standalone unit with mini $99 pc attached or connected to a series via HDMI. The customizable Bid Watcher can be projected, or displayed in any size TV.
It also can display custom messages when the auction is not live, and even as an "If Bid" Status screen.
Online Registration with Customer CRM
With our included auction website, you can allow buyers to register online or at an inhouse kiosk. Get them to accept your terms and conditions, and auto-confirm or require a staff review then confirm.
It's a custom auction CRM with password control, user levels, reporting, blocking, multiple bidders per account, numerous dealer locations, and much more.
Find Cars Faster with the World Class Vehicle Search Engine
Advanced vehicle search, you can find the car you need with ease. Search the basics or drill down to just the vehicles you want.
Add to Watch list/Wish list, buyers can add vehicles to their own personal watch list, and then print out their own run list or bid on the cars they have chosen on a separate screen.
Search by: Year, Make, Model, Trim, VIN, distance, location, run number and many more
Title Management with Document Scan
Track titles: Flag titles as branded, rebuilt or absent and open liens. Privately record title info for later retrieval and audit.
Scan Titles: Privately scan titles and other documents to the encrypted vehicle file for later retrieval.
Manage Titles: Track arrival, aging, and payment sent to sellers after title arrives or before.
HD Simulcast.
Fabulously Sharp, Intuitive & SimpleTrue HD Simulcast Bidders can pinch and zoom into images to see a High Definition view of your lane.
No download required Completely browser-based, so no special uploads. Fewer calls to your customer service team.
Low Equipment Cost All you need is an inexpensive PC, a $100 webcam, and a decent internet connection.
Worldwide Bidding Preapproved customers can check-in and bid from anywhere worldwide.
Load Cars Faster with the Built-in Barcode Scanner
With the Auction Simplified App's barcode scanner, you can avoid having to type the 17 digit VIN of each car speeding up your data entry. If the vehicle already exists, the app will take you directly to the VDP (vehicle detail page.) If it is not the VIN decoder will try to fill in as much as possible based on the serial number of the car.
Simple Steps: Load the App on your phone tap the barcode icon scan the barcode complete the vehicle check-in.
Load Data Easier with the Built in VIN Decoder
Speed up the process of entering cars: the Auction Simplified app includes a world-class Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) decoder. The VIN Decoder will usually determine, year make and model, along with basic style, etc.
Suggested Options: the VIN decoder will even suggest options that may be on the vehicle for one-click addition.
Sealed Bid (also called Silent Bid)
True Private Bidding, where both the buyer or seller, does not see the bids until the auction is over.
Old School Buyers, can still turn in paper bid sheets and the seller can enter them on a secure bidding system.
Auto Tabulation, the software makes it easy for the auction manager because once the auction is over it tabulates the winners in seconds.
Carfax® and AutoCheck® Integrations
Carfax® and Carfax.ca® Canada: Link an account and show the carfax directly on the car you are selling.
AutoCheck®: Link an account and show the Autochack histroy report directly on the car you are selling.
Wonderful experience for the buyers since they don't have to leave your site to get a vehicle history report.
VINAudit and NMVTIS: Auction Simplified can integrate with other history partners, contact us for details
Vehicle History Partners Include:
CarFax®
& Carfax.ca
AutoCheck®
Vhistory
VIN Audit®
Vhistory
NMVTIS®
Title History
Vehicle Management System (VMS) Built In .
Full Inventory Management: everything you need to track inventory, load equipment, manage titles and load descriptions.
Recall not Reenter: When an auction ends, even if a no-sale, you can recall the car to resell it at any time.
Never Delete: Cars are always recoverable even if they are deleted.
Print Stickers: Choose from a menu of sticker choices, from state regulated buyer buides to simple barcodes, just let us know what you want the stickers to look like
AUTO AUCTION SOFTWARE
FOR EVERY SITUATION
Whether you're an independent auto auction, franchise dealer, OEM or Online Only, Auction Simplified is the auction software you need.
Dealer
Silent Bid Sale
All the features of a traditional bid sale with full online bidding, CR and invoicing. All the features of a traditional bid sale with full online bidding, CR and invoicing.
Internal Auction
For Groups & OEMS
For large automotive dealer groups and manufacture OEMs who what to first auction vehicles amongst themselves, then sell to the wholesale buyers, this is the auction-style for you.
Traditional Lane
with Modern Features
For auctioneers who want a modern online experience while keeping their traditional lane buyers happy. From Proxy bidding, smartphone apps to simulcast, this is the right software.
90/120 Second
High-Speed Auction
To match the in-person experience online where buyers and sellers get caught up in the speed of the auction. Great for modern, fast-paced auctions who want a sense of urgency online.
20-Min
High-Speed Appraisal
You can now offer your dealers a 10/20/30/60 minute auctions. Sort of like ACV® except you own the auction. This auction gives buyers more time to do their due diligence.
Private Label
Custom Auctions
For businesses who want auction software branded under their own name and their customer and transaction data kept private. Your Logos, your branding, your auction.
High-Definition
Simulcast
True HD simulcast where Bidders can pinch and zoom into images to see a better view of your lane. No download required, completely browser-based, so no special uploads.
Proxy-Bid Auction
with Buy Me Now
Similar to eBay®, run a proxy bid auction where bidders compete over hours or days. You can add a "buy me now" and "make an offer" to create more bidding opportunities.
Auction Widget
On Your Website
One of the simpliest ways to add bidding to your existing website. With this tiny bit of code, your bidders can register and bid on your cars live on your current website.