A practical plan to replace guesswork with a digital inventory, get your parts selling on eBay, and build a website you actually own — all starting from your barcode scanner.
Four things are blocking Highway Autos from selling online. Each one costs you money every month.
Your website, your domain, your product data — controlled by a third party. You can't change prices, add products, or even export your own stock list. One sale a month is the result, not the ceiling.
Parts arrive from multiple suppliers. There's no central database. You don't know what's on which shelf, what it's worth, or whether you're pricing it correctly. Every sale starts from memory, not from data.
Car parts sell on eBay every minute. You have the inventory — you just need a way to list it. Competitors are there. Your stock should be too.
Without eBay reference prices, you're guessing. Some parts sell below market value. Others sit unsold because the price is wrong. A database with live market data fixes this instantly.
Phase 1 is a complete digital inventory management system. The barcode scanner is the tool we use to get your products into the system — but the system itself is what gives you control.
Every part stored with name, barcode, category, brand, condition, images, and cost price
Search, filter, and manage stock levels. See what you have, where it is, and how many.
Point, scan, done. eBay auto-lookup pulls product name and market price instantly.
Brakes, engine, suspension — parts tagged automatically from the product name
Snap the actual part on your phone. Images stored with the product record.
Full inventory export anytime — for bulk listing, backup, or accounting
Two phases. Phase 1 gets you selling on eBay within days. Phase 2 gives you a website you actually own.
CAAR controls your site. You can't manage products or pricing. One sale a month if you're lucky. No eBay presence. 1,000+ products with no digital record at all.
A complete digital inventory — searchable, editable, exportable. New stock gets scanned in seconds. eBay listings go live automatically. Your website shows real stock at your prices. You own everything.
One-time setup costs + optional monthly support. No lock-in. You own everything.
| Item | Scope | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Inventory system + barcode scanner | Complete product database with search, filter, CRUD management. Mobile scanner with eBay auto-lookup, photo capture, auto-categorisation, CSV/JSON export. Your data, your control. | £1,500 £1,100 |
| On-site scanning session | 1–2 days in your shop. We scan everything into the system. You watch, learn, and keep the data. | £500 £200 |
| eBay store setup + first listings | Store configuration, selling policies, first batch of products listed live on eBay | £350 £300 |
| Training & handover | Scan new stock, manage inventory, export for bulk listing, handle duplicates | Included |
| Phase 1 total | £2,500 £1,600 | |
| Phase 2: Website scaffold | Standalone site with category browsing, product pages, search — connected to your inventory database | £2,000 |
| Phase 1 + 2 combined | £3,600 |
You have the stock. The scanner is built. The eBay marketplace is waiting. All we need is a day in your shop to turn shelf parts into sellable products.
To move forward, we'll need: access to your physical shop for scanning, your eBay account details (or we'll help create one), and confirmation of which domain you want to use for the Phase 2 website.