For the shop

Dealership recon software that gets cars frontline-ready in days, not weeks.

Name: Lotly Recon
Brand: Lotly Auto
Price: 199 USD

Recon is the reconditioning and inventory command center from Lotly Auto. You know the drill — a car comes in, sits for two weeks, and nobody can tell you why. Recon turns that into a clean digital flow you can actually see. Built in West Michigan for independent dealers from Grand Rapids to Holland.

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$199/mo · no contracts, cancel anytime · $25 one-time setup

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Illustration of a mechanic reconditioning a car on a service lift

Reconditioning workflow management

Eliminates paper and phone calls with task assignments, vendor management, and status tracking. Every task assigned, tracked, and time-stamped.

Inventory tracking & management

A centralized view of all inventory with automated updates and smart alerts for aging units — every car, every status, every location.

Real-time analytics & reporting

Actionable insight into recon costs, average days in recon, and exactly which step is your bottleneck.

Digitize the recon line from acquisition to frontline

Assign detail, body, mechanical — whatever your process is. They get notified, you get updates. No more texting around to ask who's on what.

Assign to specific team members & vendors
Priority levels for hot stock
Photo attachments & notes

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Recon task assignment and work order tracking for independent auto dealers

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Vehicle inventory view with VIN search and aging filters

Stop logging into five systems to know what you own

Search, filter, and manage every vehicle across all locations from one screen. Recon watches the lot so you can focus on the sale.

VIN search & status filters
Age tracking & priority flags
Bulk actions & CSV export

See where cars get stuck — before it costs you a floorplan payment

Time-per-step analytics show whether it's detail, parts, or inspection holding things up — so you optimize on real data, not gut feel.

Time per recon step
Bottleneck identification
Optimize based on real data

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Used car cycle time analytics and reconditioning bottleneck reporting

TIME TO FRONTLINE

Cut days off every car's cycle time.

When every step is tracked and nothing sits waiting on a text back, cars move through recon faster — and a car on the frontline is a car that can sell.

Want to see the math for your store? The ROI calculator below runs it on your numbers.

EXAMPLE UNIT · RECON PROGRESS

IntakeDetailMechanicalFrontline

0days in recon

Proactive monitoring

Automated NHTSA recall checks & stalled vehicle alerts

Stalled vehicle alerts and automatic NHTSA recall checks keep you ahead of aging inventory and safety issues.

Stalled vehicle alerts

Custom time thresholds per recon step trigger automatic alerts the moment a car sits too long — no more finding out a unit's been parked for three weeks when you happen to walk the lot.

Custom time thresholds per status step
Automatic email & push notifications
Complete alert history and tracking

Automated NHTSA recall checks

Every VIN, checked automatically, direct from the government database — no manual lookups, no missed open recalls sitting on your lot.

Direct from the NHTSA government database
Automatic checks for every vehicle
Instant recall details and remedies

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Regional market pricing data and price benchmarking for used car dealerships

Stop guessing at listing price

Regional price comparisons and competitive positioning show up right in the workflow — so pricing is a data-driven decision, not a gut call made at 6pm on a Friday.

Regional price comparisons
Competitive positioning
Data-driven pricing, not guesswork

Schedule and track every customer delivery

Day, week, and month views for every handoff — deliveries, task deadlines, and pickups in one calendar so nothing slips through the cracks.

Day, week & month views
Task & delivery scheduling
Real-time status updates

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Dealership delivery scheduling calendar for tracking customer handoffs

iOS & Android — free download

Lotly Auto, now on iPhone & Android

Your mechanics and vendors can run inspections, update work items, and snap photos right from their phone — no laptop, no desk, no waiting to get back to the office.

Free to download. Works with your existing Lotly account.

What you can do with it

Built for the people actually doing the work, not just the people watching the dashboard.

Run service inspections on the lot

Open a checklist, tap pass / attention / fail for each item, and attach photos on the spot. Results sync back to the dashboard in real time so managers always know what's going on.

See and update your work items

Mechanics and vendors see only the jobs assigned to them. Mark things in progress, upload photos, and submit cost estimates — all without needing to find a computer.

Track where every car stands

Any team member can pull up a vehicle and see exactly what step it's in, what's still pending, and who's working on it.

Get notified when something needs you

Push notifications when a job is assigned, an estimate is approved or needs changes, or a car is ready for the next step.

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Built for the shop floor

From acquisition to frontline, every unit accounted for.

Recon runs where the work happens — the detail bay, the mechanical stall, the lot. Techs update status from their phone; you watch every car move in real time.

Six clear steps take a vehicle from acquisition to frontline

Recon brings discipline to the chaos. Onboarding takes 1–3 days, and it comes straight from the owner, not an "implementation specialist."

1

Log the vehicle the moment you buy it

Scan a VIN, import from your DMS, sync from your website, or type it in — about 30 seconds per car. Recon creates a digital record and queues the reconditioning checklist.

2

Assign the work

Tasks route to your detail, mechanical, and body vendors with due dates and priorities.

3

Track status in real time

Every job shows where it sits — waiting, in progress, or approved — on one live dashboard.

4

Execute with full transparency

Techs update status from the shop floor with the mobile app — no desk required.

5

Final approval

A manager signs off once every checklist item is complete — recall check included.

6

Frontline-ready

The unit flips to available and syncs straight to Pulse — listed before the shine wears off.

$199/mo

unlimited users, month-to-month

1–3 days

onboarding, straight from the owner — no contracts, cancel anytime

ROI Calculator

Reduce used car cycle time & holding costs

Plug in your numbers. Every day a car sits is money lost to floorplan interest, depreciation, and missed sales.

Cars reconned per month 40

5200

Avg days in recon (current) 12 days

3 days30 days

Holding cost per car/day $35

$10$100

Days you want to cut per car 3 days

1 day15 days

12 days

Current recon

9 days

Your target

Estimated yearly savings

$50,400

That's $4,200/month back in your pocket

3 dayssaved per car

120total days saved/mo

$4,200monthly savings

An estimate from the numbers you enter, not a promise. Your results depend on your shop.

See Recon for yourself

A full board in front of you — where the days go in recon, and what would change. No credit card, no sales call.

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Questions dealers ask before switching

What is dealership recon software?

Reconditioning software tracks every used vehicle from acquisition to frontline-ready: inspection, mechanical, body, detail, photos, pricing. It replaces the whiteboard and the group text with one place that shows where every car is, who has it, and how long it has sat there — and it measures cycle time so you can shorten it.

How much does Lotly Recon cost?

Lotly Recon is $199/month, with DMS sync, market analysis and unlimited users included. Month-to-month, no contracts, $25 one-time setup. See the pricing page for everything that's included. See pricing →

Does it work with my DMS?

Lotly syncs with Frazer, AutoSoft, DealerCenter and any DMS that can export inventory over SFTP, plus CSV import and CarGurus, Cars.com, AutoTrader and CarsForSale feeds.

How is Lotly Recon different from Rapid Recon?

Rapid Recon is built and priced for large franchise groups — typically $750+ per month. Lotly Recon does the recon tracking an independent dealer needs for $199 a month, with no contract. We wrote up an honest side-by-side comparison. Read the comparison →

Is there a mobile app?

Yes — iOS and Android, with a VIN barcode scanner. Your team updates recon status from the lot, the auction lane, or the body shop's parking lot.

Do you offer a free demo?

Yes. Request demo access and walk through the full platform with sample inventory. No credit card, no sales call. Try the demo →