For independent used car lots

Walk the car once.

Shoot it on your phone and it’s on your website. The window sticker and Buyers Guide print from the same record.

(402) 781-0872

Ben Weber
“I used to manage used car inventory at a dealership. I built the thing I wished I’d had.”
Ben Weber, founder. LotEngine is one person in Lincoln, Nebraska, not a software company. When you call, I pick up.
Your phone is the cameraWindow stickers from the VINBuyers Guides without a penWorks with no signal

Photos

What to shoot. How to shoot it. Where it goes.

LotEngine’s shot list walks whoever’s holding the phone around the car, one angle at a time, each with a note on what it should show. Tap Upload and the photos land on the car’s page in the same order. No camera, no computer, no sorting files.

Taking a photo on a phone from the driver’s seat

Every car shot the same way.

The same 18 angles in the same order on every car, so every listing on your site matches. Shot the wrong angle? Move the photo to the right one before it uploads.

Bad signal? Keep shooting.

Every photo saves to the phone as you take it, and stays there until it’s on your site. Tap Upload when you’re back in range.

No app to install.

Nothing to download or update. It opens in the browser on whatever phone the lot already has, and uses that phone’s camera.

What your customers see.

Eight photos from a phone, live on the car’s page. Click through them.

rays.lot-engine.com/inventory/1G1ZE5ST7HF233839

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2017 Chevrolet Malibu, photo 1 of 81 / 8

2017 Chevrolet Malibu

LT

$11,500
Call (402) 798-7373

Details

Mileage
100,000 mi
Drivetrain
FWD
Fuel
Gasoline
Exterior
Black
Interior
Black

Warranty

Limited dealer warranty

Covers: Drivetrain

For: 30 days or 1,000 miles

Ray’s pays 100% of labor and 0% of parts on covered repairs.

Work done in our shop

  • New rear spindles
  • New windshield
  • Synthetic oil & filter change
  • Transmission fluid change

Features

  • Touchscreen
  • Stereo / XM
  • Hands-free calling
  • Rear camera
  • Power seats
  • Power windows, locks & mirrors
  • Keyless entry
  • Heated seats
  • Remote start
  • Leather
Ray’s Used Cars, Cortland, Nebraska. Open the real page

Paperwork

Type it once.

Enter the VIN and the year, make and model fill themselves in. Add the price, equipment, shop work and warranty once. Your website, the window sticker and the Buyers Guide all come from that one record. Nobody copies a VIN onto a form by hand again.

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Ray's Used Cars

505 US-77, Cortland, NE 68331

(402) 798-7373

2017 Chevrolet

Malibu LT

VIN
1G1ZE5ST7HF233839

Advertised Price

$11,500

Technical Specifications

EngineN/A
DrivetrainFWD
Exterior ColorBlack
Interior ColorBlack
Mileage100,000 MI

Work Done in Our Shop

  • New rear spindles
  • New windshield
  • Synthetic oil & filter change
  • Transmission fluid change

Equipment & Features

Touchscreen
Stereo / XM
Hands-free calling
Rear camera
Power seats
Power windows, locks & mirrors
Keyless entry
Heated seats
Remote start
Leather

Limited dealer warranty

Covers: Drivetrain

For: 30 days or 1,000 miles

Ray's Used Cars pays 100% of labor and 0% of parts on covered repairs.

See the Buyers Guide on this vehicle for the full terms. Ask the dealer for a copy of any warranty document.

Vehicle QR Code

Scan to View Online

Window sticker

Replaces the handwritten price tag.

Price, specs, equipment, shop work and warranty, with a QR code that opens the car on your site. Prints on plain letter paper. This one is Ray’s, for the Malibu above. Scan it.

FTC Buyers Guide

Replaces the hand-filled pad.

The official form, filled in for you. It reads the same warranty as the sticker and your website, so they can’t disagree.

Change the price once and the site and the next sticker change with it.

LotEngine handles the car. Deals, financing and titles stay wherever they are now.

Pricing

Founding Dealer rate

For the first three lots.

$1,500

to set up

then $199 a month

locked for as long as you’re with me.

Or $1,990 paid once a year.

1 of 3 founding spots taken

Call or text Ben

Setup includes

  • Your website, on your own domain
  • A starter logo, if you need one
  • A drone photo of your lot
  • Your photo spot picked, and your staff trained to shoot
  • Window stickers and Buyers Guides set up for your lot
  • Your Google, Yelp and BBB listings cleaned up

Every month

  • Your site stays up
  • New features as they ship
  • You call me when something’s wrong

In exchange for the rate, I film a short testimonial and show your site to other dealers.

FAQ

Questions dealers ask.

Do I need to install an app?

No. It opens in the browser on the phone you already have and uses that phone’s camera.

What if the signal’s bad out on the lot?

Keep shooting. Every photo saves on the phone as you take it, and none is deleted until it’s safely on your site. Tap Upload when you’re back in range.

What if someone shoots the wrong angle?

Move the photo to the right angle before it uploads. Nobody reshoots anything.

Do I have to shoot all 18 angles?

No. Upload whatever you have. Not every car has a liftgate or a backup camera.

Is this a DMS?

No. LotEngine handles the car: photos, your website, the window sticker and the Buyers Guide. Deals, financing and titles stay where they are.

Who owns the website?

The domain is registered in your name, on your card. If you leave, you keep it.

Will moving my website break my email?

No. Before anything changes, I find where your email lives and leave it alone. Only the website moves.

And the photos?

They’re yours. If you leave, I send you every photo of every car, as they appear on your site.

Is there a contract?

Month to month, with 30 days’ notice. The yearly plan is paid up front and isn’t refunded partway through.

Contact

Talk to Ben.

Call or text. I answer my own phone.

(402) 781-0872

Or send a text. Lincoln, Nebraska.