Building a Pricing Engine That Learns What Makes You Money

How do you decide what to pay for a vehicle? Some yards use a flat rate. Others price by weight. A few experienced buyers have the numbers in their heads. But what if your software could tell you the right price — based on actual data from your own yard?

Beyond Flat Pricing

UpLift's pricing engine lets you build your own formula with stacking rules. Each rule contributes to the final price, and you control the priority order:

• Weight-based pricing — Base price calculated from vehicle weight and current scrap rates.
• Flat amounts — Fixed amounts added or subtracted from the base.
• Pickup type modifiers — Different pricing for customer drop-off vs. yard tow.
• YMM adjustments — Year/Make/Model-specific adjustments based on sell-through analytics.
• Tow deductions — Automatic deduction for tow costs with configurable amounts.
• Contact intelligence modifiers — Adjust based on the seller's historical patterns.
• Min/max caps — Floor and ceiling prices to stay within your operating range.
• Tax calculations — HST/tax calculations applied automatically.

The Self-Improving Part

When your pricing engine is connected to sell-through analytics, something powerful happens: the system can reference how much revenue a particular YMM combination actually generated in the past. Over time, your pricing rules get informed by real profitability data — not guesses.

Test Before You Go Live

UpLift includes a real-time test calculator. Enter a sample vehicle — year, make, model, weight, pickup type, seller — and see exactly how each rule contributes to the final price. Verify your formula produces the right results before it goes live.

Full Transparency

Every price calculation shows a complete breakdown: which rules fired, what each one contributed, and how the final number was reached. No black boxes.

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