Trade-in appraisal · Québec dealers
Used cars, SUVs and light trucks, plus motorcycles, ATVs, side-by-sides and snowmobiles. Your margins, your recon, a quote ready for the client.
Every comparable shows its price, mileage, city and a link to the listing. Your manager has the final say.
2018 Mazda CX-5 GS AWD
92,000 km · VIN scanned · 6 photos analyzed · good condition
$18,500 resale− $850 recon (your sheet)− $2,590 margin (your tier, 14%)= $15,060
Confidence: medium7 comparables, 5 of them in Québec
01 The problem
The client waits at the counter. The salesperson opens Kijiji, then Marketplace, then the book, and pulls out the calculator to take off recon and margin. Then it's off to see the manager. Count the minutes: it's often around fifteen per unit, and the number changes depending on who runs it. Time it yourself.
Four tabs, prices copied by hand, math done in your head. An estimate to time at your own store.
One screen: the listings with their city, your recon and margin applied, the offer and the client quote.
02 How it works
The salesperson scans the VIN with their phone and adds up to 6 photos. Eval360 finds comparable listings, in Québec first, then applies your dealership's margins and recon. In about a minute, you have the estimated resale price, the max buy price and the trade-in offer. Your manager decides.
With the phone's camera, or enter the year, make and model.
Up to 6 photos, analyzed. Pick the recon sheet (the "pad") that applies.
Québec comparables first, then the rest of Canada. Your margin tiers are applied by a fixed calculation.
Resale price, max buy price, trade-in offer. The client gets a PDF quote in your colours.
Nothing to install: it's a web app you add to the home screen of an iPhone, an Android phone or a computer. Multiple users per dealership, with a manager role to set margins and recon.
The real app
Your salesperson appraises on their phone. Your manager sees the maximum buy price, where it comes from and the listings behind it. The customer leaves with a clean quote in your colours, without any of your margins.
Scan the VIN, then photos and condition. Three steps.
The resale range and every comparable listing, with its link.
Your margin, your recon, the maximum. Nothing hidden.
Screenshots of the real app (currently in French). Fictional dealer “Autos Exemple”; the unit and listings come from a real appraisal.
03 Where the numbers come from
From three sources, in this order: your actual sales, if you import them as a CSV; current listings in Québec; then listings from the rest of Canada when there aren't enough. AI finds and reads the listings. The max buy price comes from a fixed calculation that applies your rules: same input, same result.
Imported as a CSV. They take priority over listings.
Checked at the time of the appraisal, with the city and the link.
When Québec comparables are thin. The city is always shown.
It finds comparable listings, reads the photos and description, and records the city, price, mileage and date. Everything is visible and checkable.
A calculation with no AI applies your margin tiers and recon sheets. Your manager sets the parameters. Your margins, your recon, your history: your number.
The formula, shown on every appraisal
Resale price−recon−margin=max buy price
Example: $18,500 − $850 − $2,590 = $15,060
A listing is an asking price. That's why Eval360 derives an estimated resale price from it, then takes off your recon and your margin. And your actual sales come before listings.
The Canadian Blue Book is updated in January, May and September. Eval360 checks listings at the time of the appraisal and shows the date. Keep your book: the two work together.
Source: canadianbluebook.com
04 AI, kept in check
AI does one thing: find and read listings. Every comparable links to the real listing, which you can open. The max buy price and the offer come from a fixed calculation, with no AI. When comparables are scarce, confidence drops to "low" and you see it. And a person at the dealership approves every offer.
05 In front of the client
A PDF quote in your dealership's colours: the unit, the trade-in offer and the tax savings the trade-in gives them, in dollars. No profit or margin appears on it. The price range and the listings are hidden by default; the salesperson chooses to show them when it helps explain the offer.
Your trade-in: 2018 Mazda CX-5 GS AWD
92,000 km · VIN verified · appraised Oct. 6, 2026
| Price of the unit purchased | $26,500.00 |
|---|---|
| Value credited for your trade-in | − $14,400.00 |
| Amount taxes are calculated on | $12,100.00 |
| Tax savings from the trade-in | $2,156.40 |
| Price of the vehicle sold | $20,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Credit for the trade-in vehicle | − $5,000.00 |
| Taxable amount | $15,000.00 |
| GST (5%) | $750.00 |
| QST (9.975%) | $1,496.25 |
| Savings compared with a purchase without a trade-in | $748.75 |
The credit also applies to motorcycles, ATVs and snowmobiles, which are road vehicles for Revenu Québec. Read the guide to the trade-in tax credit (in French).
The RDPRM button opens a search in Québec's Register of Personal and Movable Real Rights, to check whether the unit has a lien before you accept it.
06 Why us
Because it's built for the counter of a Québec dealership: in French, with this week's listings, Québec first, and with your own rules. It covers cars and powersports in a single tool, produces a quote ready for the client and posts its price.
Interface, client quote and Québec tax answers (GST, QST, RDPRM).
Comparables searched on every appraisal, Québec first, with the city and the link.
Your margin tiers and your recon, applied by a fixed calculation. Your actual sales come first.
Cars, SUVs, light trucks, motorcycles, ATVs, side-by-sides and snowmobiles. Marine and machinery: in testing, and we say so.
In your colours, with no profit shown, and the trade-in tax credit in dollars.
From $99/month, cancel any month, or yearly with 2 months free.
Two powersports salespeople and a developer. No call centre.
07 An honest comparison
The books remain the tax reference, but are updated a few times a year. Car tools are fast, but don't cover powersports. The homemade method is current, but takes time. Eval360 combines current listings, your margins and a client quote. What it doesn't have yet: accuracy proven on your sales.
| Criterion | Eval360 | Books (Blue Book, J.D. Power, CBB) | Car tools (TradeBasis, vAuto, AccuTrade) | Homemade (Kijiji + calculator) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data freshness | Listings checked on every appraisal | Blue Book: 3 times a year | Continuous | Real time, by hand |
| Powersports | Yes | Yes (Blue Book, J.D. Power) | No, cars only | Yes |
| Québec comparables, with the city | Yes, first; rest of Canada if needed | No (average values) | Varies | Yes |
| Asking or sold prices | Listings = asking prices; your CSV sales first | Compiled wholesale and retail values | Wholesale, retail and sales | Asking prices |
| Applies your margins and recon | Yes, fixed calculation | No | Yes (TradeBasis Pro, vAuto) | With a calculator |
| Client quote | PDF in your colours, tax credit in dollars | No | Yes with some (vAuto) | No |
| In French | Yes | Blue Book and CBB: yes | TradeBasis: yes | — |
| Proven accuracy | Not yet — we check it on your sales | Historical reference | Depends on the vendor | Depends on the manager |
| Price | $99 to $599/month, posted | Blue Book: $394.90/year | TradeBasis: $99 to $499/month; others: not published | The manager's time |
08 What's at stake
Enter your numbers. The calculation shows what a 1% gap on the value of your trade-ins represents, whether overpaid or a lost deal, and compares it with the plan price. It isn't a promise of savings: it's what's at stake. The pilot is there to check what Eval360 gives on your sales.
1% of your trade-ins, every month:
At 10 trade-ins a month, the Essential plan costs $99 a month.
A single trade-in overpaid by $1,000, or lost over $1,000, equals 10 months of Essential. We don't promise Eval360 prevents it: we're offering you the chance to check.
09 The real questions
Used-vehicle managers are right to be skeptical: no pricing tool wins everyone over. Here are their toughest questions, and our straight answers.
True. That's why Eval360 derives an estimated resale price from them, then takes off your recon and your margin. Your actual sales, imported as a CSV, come before listings. And listings show what your client sees on Marketplace this week.
AI searches and reads listings; it doesn't calculate your offer. Every comparable has a link you can open. The max buy price comes from a fixed calculation. If the data is thin, confidence drops to "low".
Keep it. Revenu Québec uses it for the estimated value of motorcycles, ATVs and snowmobiles. It's updated three times a year. Eval360 adds what the book doesn't have: this week's listings, your margins, the calculated offer and the client quote.
Good: he's the one who decides. Eval360 does the research, prepares the file, and gives salespeople a first answer when he's not there, on a Saturday or in the evening. Your expert approves, the tool prepares.
A single trade-in appraised $1,000 better pays for 10 months of Essential. You can pay yearly (2 months free) or monthly, with no commitment. And the 30-day pilot costs nothing, with no credit card.
We don't sell any data, and your margins are never shown to another dealership. Our policy names the person in charge of personal information and our subcontractors, including AI analysis in the United States. Read the policy (in French).
We do. We're three founders and we answer ourselves, in English or French. Write to us through the form: we aim to reply the same business day.
Not today. Eval360 imports your sales as a CSV and scans the VIN. An integration will come if our clients ask for it; we won't advertise it before it exists.
10 Pricing
The 30-day pilot is free, with no credit card. After that: Essential at $99/month (40 appraisals), Pro at $249/month (200 appraisals) or Group at $599/month (up to 3 locations). No commitment on monthly plans, or pay yearly and get 2 months free. Taxes extra. No need to call to see the price.
We start with 3 to 10 units you've already sold: we compare Eval360's appraisal with the actual selling price, in front of you. Then you try it on your real trade-ins.
Book my demoFor the dealership that takes in a few trade-ins a week.
$99 /month
Yearly: $990 (2 months free)
Founder price: $79/month
For several salespeople who appraise every day.
$249 /month
Yearly: $2,490 (2 months free)
Founder price: $199/month
Up to 3 locations. $149 per additional location.
$599 /month
Yearly: $5,990 (2 months free)
Founder price: $479/month
For the first 10 dealerships: 20% off for as long as you stay a client ($79, $199 or $479 a month) and setup at no charge.
In return: your honest feedback, and entering the actual selling price of your units so we can measure accuracy.
Founder price locked in. 30 days' notice on any change to pricing or quotas.
No commitment on monthly plans. Setup: $500, waived for Founders. Taxes extra. Prices in Canadian dollars.
11 The founders
At the counter, the same scene plays out: the client waits, the salesperson juggles Kijiji, Marketplace and the book, and the number changes depending on who runs it. We built Eval360 to prepare that file in about a minute, while leaving the decision to the manager.
Powersports salesperson
He has been selling motorcycles, ATVs, side-by-sides and snowmobiles in Québec for years. He decided what the tool had to show: what a salesperson needs when the client is waiting, and what a manager wants to see before signing an offer.
Powersports salesperson
He also sells powersports in Québec. He puts Eval360 to the test from the counter salesperson's point of view and reports what gets in the way: a poorly chosen comparable, one step too many, a quote that isn't clear enough for the client.
Co-founder · developer
William Blais built Eval360 with two powersports salespeople. He looks after the product, the data and security. He is also the person in charge of the protection of personal information.
12 FAQ
A trade-in appraisal web app for Québec dealers: cars, motorcycles, ATVs, side-by-sides and snowmobiles. The salesperson enters the unit or scans the VIN, and Eval360 finds current comparable listings, Québec first. It then applies the dealership's margins and recon, and calculates the estimated resale price, the max buy price and the trade-in offer, in about a minute.
From three sources, in order: your dealership's actual sales, if you import them as a CSV; current online listings in Québec; then listings from the rest of Canada when there aren't enough. Every comparable shows its price, mileage, city and a link to the listing.
That's right: a listing is an asking price. Eval360 uses listings to estimate a resale price, then subtracts your recon and your margin to get the max buy price. Your imported actual sales take priority over listings.
AI is used to find and read listings; every comparable has a link you can check. The max buy price and the offer come from a fixed calculation, which doesn't use AI, based on your settings. A confidence level (high, medium, low) flags when comparables are scarce.
No. It's a decision aid: the dealership alone sets its offer, after inspecting the vehicle. We don't buy units and we don't guarantee any value.
The Canadian Blue Book (motorcycles, ATVs, snowmobiles, personal watercraft) is updated in January, May and September. Eval360 checks listings at the time of the appraisal and applies your margins. The two work together: Revenu Québec actually uses the Blue Book for the estimated tax value of motorcycles, ATVs and snowmobiles.
Cars, light trucks, motorcycles, ATVs, side-by-sides and snowmobiles. Boats and machinery are in testing: we're not promising them yet.
When an individual trades in their vehicle at a registered dealer, the GST and QST are calculated on the difference between the price of the vehicle purchased and the credit given for the trade-in. Revenu Québec's example: $20,000 − $5,000 = $15,000 taxable, which means $750 in GST and $1,496.25 in QST. Read the full guide (in French).
Yes. For Revenu Québec, a road vehicle includes motorcycles, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles. For property that isn't a road vehicle, such as a boat, other rules apply: check with Revenu Québec.
A PDF in the dealership's colours, with the unit, the trade-in offer and the tax savings from the trade-in. No profit or margin is shown. The price range and listing prices are hidden by default; the salesperson chooses to show them.
It opens a search in Québec's Register of Personal and Movable Real Rights (RDPRM), to check whether the vehicle has a lien: a hypothec, a lease or an instalment sale. The search has a fee; the rate is posted on the RDPRM website.
Essential: $99/month (40 appraisals). Pro: $249/month (200 appraisals). Group: $599/month, up to 3 locations. Pay yearly and 2 months are free. Taxes extra, no commitment on monthly plans. The first 10 dealerships in the Founders program get 20% off for as long as they stay clients. The 30-day pilot is free.
About a minute. The VIN scan and up to 6 photos are done on the phone, with nothing to install: Eval360 is a web app that works on iPhone, Android and computer.
No. Your settings, margins and appraisals stay in your dealership's account. We don't sell any data.
A person in charge of the protection of personal information is designated and named in our policy, with the list of subcontractors, including AI analysis in the United States. We give dealerships the information they need for their privacy impact assessment (PIA). Every offer is approved by a person at the dealership.
Not for now. Today, Eval360 imports your sales as a CSV and scans the VIN. A DMS integration will come if our clients ask for it.
13 Free demo and pilot
Book a 30-minute demo. We appraise with you 3 to 10 units you've already sold, and compare with the actual price. After that, 30 days on your real trade-ins.
No credit card. No commitment. Founder price locked in.
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