What is AutoFerret.com?

AutoFerret.com is the result of a technologist's frustrating search for a new family car. He was tired of having to go to 9 different websites each morning in search of a car. Knowing technology could be applied to this problem, he assembled a team of graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Washington's Information School and Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Now, AutoFerret.com has become many different things to different people.

Working for AutoFerret.com

For hundreds of dedicated, hard-working people across America, AutoFerret.com represents the next generation of earning a living. Our entire organization works from home: nobody has to commute and pollute, nobody has to miss important family or community events, everyone sets their own schedule, and everyone has the opportunity to advance. Some people work very part-time to pick up an extra couple hundred bucks each month, while others work full-time and earn several thousand per month.

Searching for a vehicle

For thousands of people every week who are searching for a vehicle, AutoFerret.com is a Meta-Search Engine for vehicles: you can search many different websites at the same time and see all of the results from those sites in one place. If it is published anywhere online, chances are very good that you will find it in an AutoFerret.com Meta-Search. The inventory we draw from includes vehicles listed on major auto websites, online classified ads, online auctions, local newspaper classified ads, AutoFerret.com Private Party Listings and inventory submitted by registered dealers. AutoFerret.com will also allow visitors to submit a request for a vehicle and AutoFerret.com sends them an email each morning with new matches. One of the most frustrating things about searching for a vehicle is starting the search all over again each morning and sifting through hundreds of yesterday's results to find a few new ones from today...AutoFerret.com will send you one email each morning with just the new results!

Selling a Vehicle

For people who are selling their vehicle, AutoFerret.com is the best thing since sliced bread! Private individuals (not dealers) may place a FREE listing on AutoFerret.com and that listing is uploaded to Google, Oodle, Vast, AOL Autos, and many other smaller websites, which means that the listing is included in searches performed on any of those websites. The listing gets its own page with up to 20 photos, a Google Map, full Carfax report (if the seller has purchased one), a place to leave detailed notes, and a way for interested buyers to contact the seller.

Match-Making

For people who are buying or selling a vehicle, AutoFerret.com is a Match-Making service, matching buyer requests with AutoFerret.com listings. When a buyer submits a request, AutoFerret.com applies patent-pending software technology to match requests with listings.

Auto Dealers

For Automobile Dealers, AutoFerret.com represents the intersection of the Auto Industry with the next generation of Internet technologies. In addition to traditional Web 1.0 services, AutoFerret.com does some things with the next generation of Internet technologies that are changing the way dealers use the Internet and allowing them to harness the power of technology to accomplish the tasks of a large BDC.