From the carpybara blog
Guides, market data and dealer stories for importing auction cars. Honest numbers from real deals — no upselling.
- Guides
Carpybara API: turn auction inventory into a dealer workflow
How dealers and import teams can use the Carpybara API for auction listings, filters, quotas, keys and CRM-ready inventory workflows.
3 min read - Guides
Copart vs IAAI: which auction should you use for a US import?
A practical Carpybara guide to choosing between Copart and IAAI by inventory, seller type, bidding pressure, documents, damage risk and final landed cost.
5 min read - Guides
How to build a car shortlist that keeps working after you close the tab
A workflow for using vehicle search, Buy Now lots, selected cars, model subscriptions, reminders, notifications and Telegram handoff without refreshing auction sites all day.
3 min read - Import tips
Auction price is not landed cost: build the import budget before you bid
A practical guide to turning a Copart or IAAI price into an all-in import budget with shipping, customs, VAT, repair buffer and local resale checks.
3 min read - Guides
VIN check before you bid on a US auction car
A fast pre-bid workflow for catching title risk, relisted damage, recall issues and bad flip math before an auction lot eats your margin.
4 min read - Market data
Flipping US auction cars: the stats, the playbook, and how carpybara helps you find the good ones
More than half of Copart and IAAI lots end up flipped. Here are the numbers — average margins, time-to-flip, the trims that consistently beat the curve — and the tools we built to make finding them less of a guessing game.
6 min read - Market data
How much margin do you actually make importing a Tesla Model Y in 2026?
We ran the numbers on auction prices, shipping, customs and Ukrainian resale data. Here's what's left after costs — and where the margin actually hides.
3 min read