Every car has a number. The number has everything.
The record has always lived behind the desk. Both sides negotiate blind against each other's numbers.
Vin is position nine of the car market — the check digit that certifies the other sixteen. The check digit certifies; it never sells. Enter the number once; every door on this page resolves the same record.
2.1M listings · live · posted 14:02
No VIN yet? What follows is a worked example: specimen 1HGCM826XA0141209. Enter yours above and every line below re-posts to your car.
for the car you drive
You've sat across the desk not knowing what the other side knows. Every fact here is posted — value, source, timestamp — and the dealer sees this exact page.
The record, then the deal. Payoff clears at escrow. Title transfers. Transport delivers. You never re-enter the number.
for the cars you sell
You didn't build the asymmetry, but you pay its tax: every close starts from suspicion, and straight stores subsidize crooked ones.
the desk — the trade works the same ledger. same doors. same numbers.
values·vin posts one number to both counters:
$22,850 · 312 comparable transactions, 90 days · posted 14:02
The buyer reads this exact figure above.
Run one of your own units through vhr·vin — the page it posts is the page your buyer reads.
for builders and the trade — listingsvin (the corpus · 2.1M listings · live) · apisvin (one key, one MCP server, one SDK)
for the partners who plug in
The agent reads the same record you do.
There is no agent-free motion.
b2b · b2c · b2d resolve here with the agent inserted.