Monday, April 4, 2011

Ebay's app puts your car in a 'garage'

Want to stay track of accessible spare components for your automotive, however hate to stay checking the web to examine if the components are in stock?

A new mobile app from eBay Motors takes care of that chore for you. The app ought to launch by the tip of March.

Using technology from RedLaser, your good phone reads your car's VIN variety, that eBay Motors then uses to catalog your vehicle's specifications right down to the studs. Your automotive is then placed within the app's "garage," that constantly updates the list of components that precisely suit your automotive that are accessible for auction or "buy now" on eBay Motors.

If you've got a rare model sort of a Porsche 911 GT3 or a vintage Lancia, this may save a lot of looking-around time.

Also, eBay is wanting to feature functionality to the app because it evolves.

In the future, eBay desires the app to be plugged in to manufacturers' websites, therefore if your vehicle features a recall, you get a notification through the app. No want anymore to attend for the letter within the mail.


As a crowning bit, eBay desires to customise the app in order that, if you reside in an exceedingly a part of the country where changing seasons are a problem, the app can restock your listings with essential components, like tire chains, when winter comes.

The app ought to facilitate eBay Motors' mobile division  that did $180 million in gross merchandise volume or GMV business last year, $61 million in components alone  propel sales that a lot of additional with those impulse buys. You know, those that seem solely as a result of you checked your "garage" whereas stuck in an exceedingly meeting, and discovered those gotta-have wheel spacers for your Porsche.