What is EasyRecon?
EasyRecon is vehicle reconditioning software for used-car dealerships. It tracks every car from purchase to retail-ready on one live board, so your team moves units through recon faster.
Recon software for used car teams
Recon doesn't
have to be
this hard.
One screen for every car, blocker, approval, and next action.
From acquisition to frontline — right from your phone.
Sales and service — finally on the same page
Here's where the days — and the dollars — go.
Right now you probably can't say where every car is or why it's stuck. While you find out, it ages — and holding cost eats into your gross before it ever hits the lot. It all shows up in your recon cycle time — and your bottom line.
$50–85/car/day
What it costs to hold a car for every single day it sits in recon.
10–21days
What recon actually takes at most stores — even when everyone on the floor swears it's only 3–5.
32%
Of your front-end gross walks out the door when a car frontlines just 5 days late — buyers move on and you discount to catch up.
Sample
Illustrative scenario
Illustrative: 100 cars in recon at ~$67/day, plus ~8 cars a day frontlining 5+ days late at 32% of a $1,500 front gross. Run your store's real number below.
In this sample scenario, holding cost and delayed front-end gross add up to roughly $10,300 per day — about $6,700 in holding cost and $3,600 in delayed gross opportunity.You can't fix what you can't see. Here's how EasyRecon makes it visible.
Where's the car? Now you always know.
It's the question recon never stops asking. EasyRecon answers it for every unit — and shows you the days lost between steps.
Every car. One screen.
No more lot walks, group texts, or wondering where a unit is. Every car and its current step, always visible.
See what's stuck.
Color-coded age flags show what's stalled and how long it's been sitting — so you know exactly where to look first.
Stay ahead of aging.
Automated alerts the moment a car starts to slip — so you catch it at one day, not four.
Know what recon costs.
Holding costs, parts, vendor expenses — tracked in real time. Before you list.
0d
Average total time in recon
Detail is your bottleneck. At 1.8d avg — start with your oldest unit.
Follow the car.
From the day you buy it to the day it hits the lot. One process. One screen. No chasing.
Auto-advancing · Click any tab to explore
2024 Toyota Camry XSE
→ Intake
2023 Honda CR-V Hybrid
→ Intake
2022 Ford F-150 Lariat
→ Intake
2024 Chevy Equinox LT
→ Intake
01 — Inventory
Vehicles flow in from your feed. No retyping.
Once your inventory feed is connected, vehicles flow into EasyRecon with the details available from that feed. Other feed needs should be reviewed during setup so we only promise what is live for your store.
Your flow, your process, your names. We match how your store already works.
Self-serve setup. Change your process anytime.
Front
Rear
Side
Bumper scratch→ PDR
Quarter panel dent→ Body
Windshield chip→ Glass
3 work items · Est. $485
02 — Intake
Snap photos. Tag the damage. Work gets created.
Take the same walk-around photos you're already taking. Tag what you see — a dent, a chip, a scratch — and EasyRecon turns each one into a work item and routes it to the right vendor or team.
Each tag becomes a documented, assigned work item — priced and ready for review before the keys are back on the board.
Your walk-around builds the work list. No double entry.
Fluid leaks
Battery test
Tires & tread depth
Rear brake pads → Work created
Air filter
Wiper blades
Oil change due → Work created
5/7 passed2 work items created
03 — Inspect
Inspect once. Work follows.
Run the inspection on your phone. Failed items can create work for review, with pricing and assignment confirmed before approval.
Customize the checklist to match your store. Change it anytime.
Failed items become priced work, ready to approve.
Pending Approval$651
#P1042 · 2022 Ford F-150 Lariat
Windshield replacement
$285
Oil & filter service
$120
Rear brake pads
$246
Repair Context: Chip spread across the driver's side on the lot — replacement beats repair. Rear pads at 3mm; parts $96, about an hour of labor.
04 — Approve
Approve from your phone. Or just text it back.
See exactly what you're approving — photos, repair context, pricing, and notes — all in one place.
Need to ask a question first? Keep the conversation on the work item so nothing gets lost in side texts.
Or skip the app entirely and approve right from the text.
See why it's needed. Approve in seconds.
Body repair assigned to Joe's Body Shop.
#P1042 · 2022 Ford F-150 · Quarter panel dent
ETA requested.
#P1042 · 2022 Ford F-150 · Quarter panel dent
ETA requested.
Got it. Done by 3pm Tuesday.
Done. Ready for pickup.
Update logged for review
3
Open jobs
2.1d
Avg turnaround
1
Overdue
05 — Vendors
Vendor gets a text. Texts back "done." That's it.
Vendors can receive the car and work by text, then send back the update your team needs.
Vendor gets a text with the car and the work. They reply when it's done. The update stays on the vehicle record and can move the board forward after confirmation.
See every vendor's open jobs, what's aging, and who's behind — all from the vendor queue.
Vendors can send lighter updates without living in another app.
Interior
Paint
Tires
Glass
Lights
Road test
⚠︎ Lights — needs re-check. Driver fog light not working. Sent back for repair before frontline.
06 — QC
Nothing hits the lot unchecked.
Build a QC checklist for your process so cars don't hit the lot with missed issues, incomplete work, or sloppy handoffs.
Anything that fails goes straight back with a note — and the car doesn't move until it's fixed.
A QC gate before anything hits the lot.
2022 Ford F-150 Lariat
Stock #P1042
FRONTLINE READY
Reconditioning Investment
$1,176
Multi-point inspection
Paintless dent & body repair
Windshield replaced
Rear brakes serviced
Oil & filter service
Interior detailed
07 — Frontline
Show the work behind the car.
Package photos, repairs, services, and notes into a clean vehicle report your team can text, email, print, or drop into your CRM.
It gives buyers a clearer story, builds trust, and helps your team show the value behind the asking price.
Customer report included — no extra cost.
You fix cars. You shouldn't have to fight software.
All the benefits of a recon tool — without the pain of using one.
Most tools die when the team stops updating them. We made updates as easy as texting EasyRecon AI.
It works like a teammate. Your people can text the updates they own, while managers keep the full board, approvals, reminders, and reports in one place. It's dealership recon software your team can keep current without making every role live in an app all day.
Reply to an alert to move a car forward
Ask what's behind, stuck, or waiting on approval
Get your morning briefing in seconds
Looks like your process? See it live in a demo
When you start to measure it, it starts to matter.
Ask what's slow. Get the answer — and the play to fix it.
Whatever you need to know about your store.
Type a question. See the numbers, the trend, and what to do next.
What's my biggest bottleneck right now?
0d
Avg total time
+0.3d vs last month
$0
Avg recon cost
-$74 vs last month
0
Cars completed
+8 vs last month
Weekly throughputLast monthThis month
Answer
Detail is the biggest bottleneck in this sample. 1.8 day average. Oldest unit has been in detail for 6 days. Recommend: prioritize the oldest units first and measure for a week. If cycle time doesn't drop, it likely points to capacity, not process.
See what's costing you.
Catches the problems early — before they turn into real money.
9 vehicles over target age
Estimated holding cost: $1,240/week. Oldest unit: 18 days.
Detail backlog growing
12 cars queued, only 3 completed yesterday. Recommend additional staff.
Vendor delay: PDR vendor
4.1 day avg turnaround vs 2 day SLA. Consider backup vendor.
Ask the question you actually have.
Plain English in. A clear answer — with context — out.
What's our average spend per vehicle in recon?
$1,472 avg. Down $74 vs last month. Detail and parts are your two biggest line items.
Which day of the week gets us stuck?
Thursdays — bottleneck from weekly vendor cutoff. Recommend earlier approval window.
Who's logged the most activity this week?
Sample teammate: 34 vehicles touched, 12 inspections, 8 QC passes. Activity is visibly higher than the rest of the sample team.
See what one less day in recon is worth.
Use your numbers. Cut the days. See the bottom-line impact of moving faster.
Your numbers
Quick: days to cut
Holding-cost estimates vary by store and are shown for planning purposes only.
1 day = $5,000/mo
$25,000 per month
≈ $300,000/yr
Additional gross opportunity from faster turns
+17 equiv. units/mo
12.0 → 14.0 turns/yr
5 days recovered
+ Holding cost savings
$20,000/mo
Combined impact
$45,000/mo·$540,000/yr
Check inventory or sales input
Extra units/month = your monthly sales × days cut ÷ 30. Faster recon means more turns through your lot.
Additional gross/month = extra units × your average front-end gross per unit.
Turns/year = (monthly sales ÷ inventory) × 12. Added turns scale proportionally with days recovered.
Holding cost savings = inventory × daily holding cost × days cut. This is an estimate — actual costs vary by store.
This is an estimate based on your current sales pace and gross. Actual results vary by demand, pricing, and execution.
Out on the lot
Built for the lot.
Not the desk.
Your techs live on their phones. So does EasyRecon. If they can text, they can use it — no heavy rollout, no IT ticket, no desk required.
- Run recon from anywhere on the lot
- Never walk back to the desk to update a car
- Snap it. Note it. Move on.
- Everything your desktop does, in your pocket
See it with your process
Request a demo.
Tell us what your store is using today. We'll show you how EasyRecon would map to your flow, your steps, and your bottlenecks.
- Short on time? We'll keep the walkthrough quick and work around your schedule.
- On a call we get straight to your questions. No hour-long pitch, no rep who can't answer one.
- Bring your current steps, spreadsheet, or workflow questions — you'll see how EasyRecon adds visibility, communication, and accountability to your process.
- Our promise: we won't waste your time. We'll show you what we've built and you decide if it fits.
Questions dealers ask before a walkthrough.
Do I have to manually enter information?
No. Once your inventory feed is connected, new cars flow into EasyRecon automatically — you're not keying in VINs or building cards by hand.
Does every tech have to live inside the app?
No. Managers keep the full board, while frontline teams can text EasyRecon AI to move a car forward or check where it is — instead of living inside the app.
Can I customize my steps?
Yes. You can rename, reorder, and build your own recon steps yourself, instantly — no support ticket, no phone call.
How fast can we get set up?
You can usually log in the same day you sign up and start customizing. Pulling your inventory in typically takes a day or two, and we map your steps and hand-hold the rollout before your team depends on it.
Does it work with our other tools?
EasyRecon connects to your inventory feed and pulls your inventory in automatically. We're always adding integrations — if your store uses another tool, just ask and we'll review it during setup.
How is pricing handled?
Month-to-month, with no long-term contract and no setup fees. Your pricing is confirmed in writing, so there are no surprises.
What happens between the demo and go-live?
We map your steps, confirm users, review your feed path, and make sure the launch plan is clear before the store depends on the board.
When does billing start?
Billing starts on go-live unless a written order says otherwise. There are no setup fees, and your pricing is confirmed in writing first.
Who supports us after launch?
EasyRecon keeps helping after setup with training, workflow cleanup, performance management, and ongoing optimization.
Get your days back with EasyRecon.
Month-to-month. No long-term contract. No setup fees.