> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.vehiso.com/blog/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Introducing the Dealer Trade Exchange: Buy and Sell Stock With Other Dealers From Your DMS - URL: https://www.vehiso.com/blog/introducing-dealer-trade-exchange/ - Published: 2026-11-10T08:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-10T08:00:02.000Z - Description: Sell part-exchanges and aged stock to other Vehiso dealers, and buy the cars you need, from your DMS. Condition reports, offers, and both sets of books updated. - Author: Blessing Dube - Tags: Dealer Management System, Stock management, Product update You took a part-exchange on Saturday because it got the deal done. It is a 2018 Focus on 58,000 miles, and it is not what you sell. It will not suit your forecourt, it will tie up money you would rather have in a car that will retail, and every week it sits there, it costs you. Cars like this are why we built the [dealer trade exchange](https://www.vehiso.com/features/trade-exchange). So you do what dealers have always done. You ring round. You send photos to three people you know in the trade. One is not interested, one says they will call back and does not, one offers a number that makes you wince. Meanwhile, twenty miles away, another dealer is looking for exactly that Focus and has no idea it exists. The [dealer trade exchange](https://www.vehiso.com/features/trade-exchange) is new in the Vehiso DMS, and it is built for that car. It is a trade-only marketplace between Vehiso dealers, sitting right next to your stock. Sell part-exchanges and aged stock to other dealers, buy the cars you need, and let the sale land in both dealers' books. ## List straight from your stock Any car that is in stock can go on the exchange from its vehicle page. Its photos, specification and mileage come across with it, so there is nothing to type twice. Listing takes about a minute. Then you choose how to sell: **Buy now.** Set a fixed trade price and let a buyer take it. **Offers welcome.** Let dealers make you an offer. **Both.** Set a trade price and take offers as well. When an offer comes in, you can accept it, decline it or counter it. Every step is tracked on the listing, so you are not trying to remember who said what on the phone. ## A proper condition report The thing that slows trade deals down is not price. It is trust. A buyer cannot see the car, and "it's tidy" means different things to different people. So every listing carries a condition report from the selling dealer: **A grade from 1 to 5** for the car overall. **Ratings for the bodywork, interior, mechanics and tyres.** **History and paperwork:** the service history, the number of keys, whether the V5C is present, plus any notes. The report is declared by the selling dealer, alongside the car's photos and notes. On top of that, listings show the MOT history for UK cars and any vehicle checks you have already run, so buyers see what you see. If you run history checks through Vehiso, our post on [vehicle history checks for car dealers](https://www.vehiso.com/blog/vehicle-history-checks-car-dealers/) explains how they fit in. Before a sale is agreed, a buyer sees the photos, specification, mileage and age, your condition report, the MOT history for UK cars, any checks you have run, and roughly how far away the car is. Contact details are shared once a sale is agreed. ## Find the right car nearby The exchange works the other way too. If you are short of stock, or a customer wants something you do not have, you can go looking. **Filter properly.** By make, fuel type, gearbox, price, mileage, age and distance from your branch. **Sort the way you think.** Newest, cheapest or closest. **Save a search.** Save it and get an email when another dealer lists a car that matches. Looking for a small automatic hybrid under a certain mileage? You do not have to keep checking. The exchange tells you. ## How a trade sale works Once a price is agreed, Vehiso takes both dealers through the rest and keeps the paperwork straight. **1\. Agree a price.** The buyer buys at the trade price, or the seller accepts their offer. Any other offers on the car are closed. **2\. The car is held.** The car is reserved in the seller's stock so it cannot be sold twice, and each dealer gets the other's contact details. **3\. Pay and collect.** The buyer pays the seller directly by bank transfer and collects the car. The seller confirms the money has arrived, and the buyer confirms collection. **4\. Both sets of books updated.** The seller's car is marked sold, with an order and an invoice raised to the buying dealer as a business customer. The buyer gets the car in stock as pending, at the agreed price, with a purchase order from the seller. That last step is the one that saves the most time. The buying dealer is not keying in a car from scratch. It arrives as pending stock, ready to prepare and price for retail. If you use the new [Preparation board](https://www.vehiso.com/blog/introducing-vehicle-preparation-board/), that is where its journey to the forecourt begins. On the selling side, the invoice shows up on the new [Invoices page](https://www.vehiso.com/blog/introducing-invoicing/) like any other sale. Payment goes straight between the two dealers, as with any trade sale. Until the seller confirms payment, the buyer can still call the sale off, and the car goes back on the exchange. ## A trade-only marketplace Pricing a car for the trade is different from pricing it for retail. You do not want your trade price showing up next to your retail price where a customer might see it. The exchange is a closed market between Vehiso dealers: **Only Vehiso dealers on a paid plan can see and buy trade stock.** **A dealership needs a company number or VAT number on its account before it can trade.** **Retail customers never see your trade listings or trade prices.** Trade listings never appear on your website, your [stock feeds](https://www.vehiso.com/features/stock-feed-management) or anywhere the public can see them. **A car sold or reserved another way comes off the exchange on its own.** That last point means you do not have to choose. List the part-exchange on the exchange and keep it in stock for retail too. If a retail customer buys it, or you reserve or remove it, the trade listing is withdrawn automatically. You can also take it off the exchange yourself at any time before a sale is agreed. ## Where it fits The trade exchange is one more way to keep stock moving. If you are not sure whether a car should be retailed, cut or traded out, the new [market price comparisons](https://www.vehiso.com/blog/introducing-market-price-comparisons/) show how your price sits against similar cars for sale nearby, as a guide. The [AI price advisor](https://www.vehiso.com/blog/introducing-ai-price-advisor/) suggests cuts on cars that are not selling. And when the answer is that a car is simply not one for your forecourt, the exchange is where it goes. For the part-exchange side of things more generally, our guide to [the part-exchange process for independent dealers](https://www.vehiso.com/blog/the-part-exchange-process-a-guide-for-independent-dealers/) is worth a read. ## A few honest limits **Vehiso does not hold the money.** The buyer pays the selling dealer directly, usually by bank transfer, just as with any trade deal today. The seller confirms in the DMS when payment has arrived. **Condition reports are declared by the seller.** The grade and ratings come from the selling dealer, alongside the photos, notes, MOT history and any checks they have run. They are not an independent inspection. **It is Vehiso dealers only.** The buyers and sellers on the exchange are other Vehiso dealers on a paid plan with a company or VAT number. It is not an open market. **MOT history is for UK cars.** Listings show MOT history for UK cars, and vehicle checks only if the seller has already run them. **Collection is between you.** Once the sale is agreed and paid, the buyer collects the car. Arranging that is up to the two dealers. ## Which plan it is on The trade exchange is included on every paid plan, from £49 a month. It is not on the Free plan. To start trading, you need a paid Vehiso plan and a company number or VAT number on your dealership or one of its branches in the DMS. Once those are in place, you can list and buy straight away. The full plan comparison is on the [pricing page](https://www.vehiso.com/pricing). If you have a part-exchange on the forecourt right now that you would rather see go to the trade, put it on the exchange and see who is looking. Find out more about the [dealer trade exchange](https://www.vehiso.com/features/trade-exchange). ## More from the Vehiso blog - [Introducing market price comparisons](https://www.vehiso.com/blog/introducing-market-price-comparisons/) - [Introducing the AI price advisor](https://www.vehiso.com/blog/introducing-ai-price-advisor/) - [Introducing the Preparation board](https://www.vehiso.com/blog/introducing-vehicle-preparation-board/) - [The part-exchange process: a guide for independent dealers](https://www.vehiso.com/blog/the-part-exchange-process-a-guide-for-independent-dealers/) - [How to value a used car for your forecourt](https://www.vehiso.com/blog/how-to-value-a-used-car-for-your-forecourt/) - [Car dealer stock management software compared](https://www.vehiso.com/blog/car-dealer-stock-management-software-compared-2026/)