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title: "Online Trade-In Valuation for Dealership Websites"
description: "Shoppers value their trade, add photos and their loan payoff, and see their equity applied to the deal before they visit your store."
canonical_url: "https://dealerme.com/virtual-retailing/trade-in"
---

> Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://dealerme.com/llms.txt)

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Know the Trade Before They Pull In

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Most deals have a trade, and it changes everything about the numbers. dealerMe lets shoppers describe their vehicle, add photos and their payoff from home, then applies the equity to the deal they are building, so your appraiser starts with the facts.

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Guided Steps

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Year, make, model, trim, mileage and condition, one step at a time.

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Honest Condition

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Plain-language condition choices shoppers can actually answer.

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Instant Range

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A value range as soon as they finish.

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Vehicle and condition

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A few questions, not a form

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Shoppers pick their vehicle, enter the mileage and rate its condition in a few taps on their phone, and get a value range straight away.

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Loan Payoff

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The lender and remaining balance captured with the trade.

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Positive or Negative

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Equity is applied to the deal either way, so the payment is real.

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Down Payment Credit

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Trade equity and cash down shown together.

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Payoff and equity

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Equity, worked out for them

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Shoppers add what they still owe, and dealerMe subtracts it from the trade value and puts the equity toward the down payment on the vehicle they want.

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<feature image="/img/features/virtual-retailing/trade-photos.svg">
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Guided Shots

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Prompts for the front, interior and odometer.

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On the Deal

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Photos stay attached to the trade on the deal.

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Fewer Surprises

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Condition questions get answered before the walk-around.

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Photos

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Photos from the driveway

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Shoppers add photos of the outside, inside and odometer from their phone, so your appraiser sees the vehicle before it arrives.

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## Sitemap

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