
Shop Smart Autos Inc operates an extensive online automotive marketplace offering over 9 million vehicles daily from national dealer feeds and private parties. The platform enables consumers to search for new, used, certified, and private party cars with pricing based on Black Book values. It differentiates itself by aggregating a vast inventory and providing direct purchase options with delivery or pickup. The company targets automotive dealers and consumers across the United States, facilitating vehicle transactions through a consumer-facing website and dealer partnerships. Its business model includes subscription fees and lead sales to dealers, leveraging AI and marketplace data to deliver exclusive, VIN-specific leads that connect consumers directly to dealer inventories.

Shop Smart Autos Inc operates an extensive online automotive marketplace offering over 9 million vehicles daily from national dealer feeds and private parties. The platform enables consumers to search for new, used, certified, and private party cars with pricing based on Black Book values. It differentiates itself by aggregating a vast inventory and providing direct purchase options with delivery or pickup. The company targets automotive dealers and consumers across the United States, facilitating vehicle transactions through a consumer-facing website and dealer partnerships. Its business model includes subscription fees and lead sales to dealers, leveraging AI and marketplace data to deliver exclusive, VIN-specific leads that connect consumers directly to dealer inventories.
Business: Online automotive marketplace & listings aggregator
Inventory: Claims over 9 million vehicles pulled daily from dealer feeds and private-party listings
Founded: May 23, 2019
Headquarters: Miami, Florida
Employees: 12
Total funding: USD 1,450,000
Automotive retail marketplace inefficiencies—helping consumers find vehicles across disparate dealer and private-party listings and providing dealers targeted VIN-specific leads.
2019
Automotive marketplace
USD 1,200,000
Reported seed round amount per person-profile data.
USD 250,000
Reported seed round amount per person-profile data.
“Founder-led; Richie Bello listed as lead investor in reported seed rounds”