For car flippers and rebuilders
Know your max bid before the hammer drops.
Hammerwise works out the most you can pay for an auction car and still hit your profit. Then it tracks every part, fee and day until the car sells, so you see what each one really made.
What's the most you should bid?
Put in your numbers. The calculator works backwards from what the car will sell for.
Your max bid
$4,350
Bid above this and you're paying for the car with your own profit.
Want to save this car and track the real numbers after you buy? Join early access
The profit you planned isn't always the profit you get
A part costs more than you guessed. Transport adds up. The car sits on the lot longer than you planned. By the time it sells, the number on your spreadsheet and the money in your account don't match, and you're not sure why.
Product preview · sample data
See where the money goes
Log a part against the car, and its profit updates on the spot.
A sample product preview in six steps. 1: The inventory shows four cars with projected profit, $31,850 tied up and $5,150 projected profit. 2: A brake pad set costing $180 is logged against the 2018 Toyota Camry SE, VIN ending 4821, counted as car cost. 3: The Camry's invested amount rises from $8,450 to $8,630 and its projected profit drops from $1,400 to $1,220. 4: The Camry detail shows planned profit $1,400, now $1,220, and $53 profit per day after 23 days on the lot. 5: For the 2016 Honda Civic LX, a buyer offers $9,800 cash; the offer check shows $1,250 profit, $400 under the $1,650 target, a floor of $10,200 for the target, break-even at $8,550, and suggests countering at $10,000 for $1,450 profit. 6: The Camry is shared with buyers with what you paid hidden; the buyer page shows before and after photos, the work done with receipts, and documents, with no costs or prices paid, and the link is copied to paste in a listing.
How it works
- 01
Before the auction
Set your max bid from resale value, fees, transport, parts and the margin you want.
- 02
While you fix it
Log every part, repair bill and receipt against the car's VIN, from your phone.
- 03
When it sells
See planned vs. real profit, where the difference came from, and how much the car made for every day you held it.
Example car
- Planned profit
- $1,400
- Real profit
- $680
Planned $1,400. Made $680. Here's where it went.
Profit per day, not just profit.
A car that makes $1,000 in 10 days can beat one that makes $1,500 in 60. Hammerwise shows you which is which.
$1,000 in 10 days — $100 / day
$1,500 in 60 days — $25 / day
Built by someone who already makes this software
I build management software for used-car dealers in Brazil: purchases, parts, and profit per vehicle. Hammerwise takes that and rebuilds it for people buying at US auctions. I'm opening it to a small group first, and I want to build it with you.
— Jáder, founder
Founder, Hammerwise
Founding members
$19/month at launch.
Founding members: $9/month, locked in for as long as you stay
Open to the first 50 people on the list.
- Access before the public launch
- Your price never goes up
- A direct line to the builder: tell me what to add
Questions
- Is it live yet?
- Not yet. The calculator on this page works today. The full app opens to the waitlist first.
- Does it connect to Copart or IAA?
- No. You enter your own numbers. Nothing links to your auction accounts.
- Who is it for?
- People who buy cars at auction to fix and resell, whether that's one car a month or twenty.