The process
How a DealerKey Auto purchase actually works.
Six steps. You approve the target price before we lift a paddle. Most clients go from first call to keys in two to six weeks.
The process
Six steps. You approve the number before we lift a paddle.
Most clients go from first call to keys in 2–6 weeks. Nothing is a mystery box.
01
Tell us the car
Year, make, model, trim, mileage ceiling, color tolerance, drive-out budget. 15 minutes on the phone.
02
We pull wholesale + local retail comps
You see the wholesale auction range and Utah retail listings side-by-side — before any bid goes in.
03
You approve the target price
Every line item in writing: hammer + buy fee + transport + our $1,500 + tax + doc. We don't exceed it without your signoff.
04
We bid at the auction
Live lanes + Simulcast, 4–6 dealer-only sales a week across the West. You get a text when we're bidding and a text when we win.
05
Post-sale inspection
Optional $150 third-party inspection at the auction before the car leaves. Standard on pre-2019 or 80k+ mile units.
06
Title + delivery
We handle the auction title + registration prep nationwide. Free local delivery within 200 miles of Springville, UT — open carrier transport anywhere else in the lower 48.
Timeline expectation
Two weeks is the fast case — a common trim in inventory at a nearby sale, won on the first lane pass. Six weeks is the patient case — a narrow color spec, a specific trim package, or a mileage ceiling that requires three or four sales to clear. We do not run a clock. We run until we find the right unit at the right number.
What we do NOT do
- No lot inventory. Every vehicle is bought to order.
- No Copart or IAA. Dealer-network franchise trade-ins only — clean titles, real service histories.
- No kickbacks. Transporters, inspectors, lenders, body shops — we take nothing on the back end. Our invoice is the only dollar we make.