| Year / Model / TrimβΌ | DealerβΌ | StockβΌ | MSRPβΌ | Adv.βΌ | FeesβΌ | TotalβΌ | Disc %βΌ | Add-onsβΌ | Finance CashβΌ | DaysβΌ | Ξ 24hβΌ |
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Add the competitor dealerships you want to monitor. In the live build, each row maps to a tracked inventory source.
Pulling pricing reliably and compliantly is best done in this order:
1. Inventory data feeds first. Most dealers syndicate inventory through providers like HomeNet/vAuto, Dealer.com, DealerOn, or a DMS export. A licensed feed gives clean MSRP, stock #, days-on-lot and pricing fields without scraping.
2. Aggregator APIs second. MarketCheck, Cars.com, and similar APIs expose competitor listings with pricing history β fast to integrate, ToS-friendly.
3. Scraping last. Only for sites with no feed. Respect robots.txt and each site's Terms of Service; rate-limit, and store only public listing data. This carries legal/compliance risk worth reviewing before launch.
A monitor service polls on a schedule (e.g., every 15 min), diffs against the last snapshot, and flags price drops, new units, and sold units. That feed replaces the demo generator in this prototype.