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Why an auction aggregator is harder than a catalog
Data from different auctions has to be collected, cleaned and made useful to a dealer.
Every auction names its fields differently, formats photos differently and updates on its own schedule. Pour all of it into one table and the user gets duplicates, gaps and a search they cannot trust.
So the real work starts before the interface: matching makes and models, keeping a history of changes, and learning to notice when an import went wrong. Search, the deal archive and the dealer tools come after that.
Right now the project is next in line after SEO Monitor. We are still confirming the data sources and checking which scenarios actually save a dealer time.
