Using Auto Trader as a trusted source of valuations
Maximising Valuations: Get the most up to date view of the live retail market and benefit from real time data with Auto Trader Valuations.
In an ever-changing economic climate, price fluctuations in automotive are more frequent than ever and staying up to date with the value of a car can be a difficult and time-consuming process. In our previous blog we highlighted the importance of pricing to the live market and how utilising our valuations can help you gain a competitive edge. Leveraging Auto Trader as a trusted source of valuations you can buy, source, and negotiate with confidence knowing that you are paying the right price and providing price confidence for your customers.
What makes our valuations unique and trusted?
Auto Trader Valuations provide an unrivalled view of the current retail market by using data from the UK’s number one automotive marketplace. With our extensive view of pricing across the industry we are able to observe over 1.3 million vehicles and 20,000+ price changes per day which are reflected in our live market valuations *1. Our valuations leave no room for opinion or bias, so you can be sure that you are getting an accurate reflection of what your vehicle is currently worth.
Making use of Auto Trader Valuations
However you manage your stock, we are working to make Auto Trader Valuations more accessible. Both Portal and platform customers now have more visibility of our valuations than ever before. And we are constantly working with industry partners to improve the accuracy of our valuations with the goal to enable a smarter automotive ecosystem, whether you are sourcing, pricing or advertising stock.
Portal
Over the past few months we have worked hard to ensure you get the best of our valuations within portal. We've now included valuations in the forecourt view and recently released the Vehicle Insight dashboard. These improvements only strengthen the ways in which you can make use of our unique and trusted valuations, helping you make smarter business decisions with richer insight into each vehicle on your forecourt.
Auto Trader Connect
As part of our commitment to empowering you regardless of how you consume our data, we have been working with technology partners to make our valuations available within the Auto Trader Connect platform. Several partners are already live with the feature, and we are looking to make valuations more widely available over the coming months. To request access to our valuations, please contact your partner.
What are the benefits of using Auto Trader Valuations?
1 Auto Trader observe over 1.3 million cars and vans, 116,000 vehicle updates, 39,000 vehicles added or removed and 20,500 price changes daily. This includes vehicles listed on Auto Trader, over 3,000 retailer websites, retailer forecourts, OEM, fleet and leasing websites, and major auction houses across the UK.