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Watchlists

TL;DR: Watchlists are where lots live between "interesting" and "bought." Make as many named lists as you want, sort them by what matters to you (profit, sale time, least repair), set a reminder before the sale, and open the same lists on any device you're signed into.

Saving a lot

From the extension, click + List on any lot — pick an existing list or create a new one on the spot. From the web app, save from the lot page after a VIN lookup.

The saved card keeps the analysis with it: verdict, projected profit, sale time, photos, and any overrides you've made (max bid, damage, severity, notes). If you save a VIN that's already on another list, we warn you instead of silently duplicating it.

Lists are yours to organize

  • Create, rename, delete — as many lists as you want. "Thursday auction," "BMW X5 candidates," "Under $5k runners" — whatever matches how you buy.
  • Move and bulk-edit — select multiple cards, move them between lists, or remove them in one action.
  • Favorites — star any lot. Starred lots collect in a ⭐ Favorites view across all lists.
  • By source — automatic Copart and IAAI views group your saved lots by auction house, no manual filing needed.
  • Recently viewed — every lot you analyze is kept in a recent list, so "what was that Camry from Tuesday" is one click, not a re-search.

Sort modes

Each list remembers its own sort:

Mode What it surfaces first
Date added Newest saves at the top.
Profit Largest projected profit first.
Quick Buck Best profit relative to the money you'd tie up — small flips with fast returns.
Min Repairs Lowest reconditioning first — lots you can turn around quickly.
Best Resale Highest projected resale value first.
Sale time Soonest auction first — auction-day mode.
Manual Your own drag order.

Cards that are missing the data a sort needs (say, no sale date yet) drop to the end instead of jumbling the order.

Sale-day reminders

Set a reminder on any saved lot and get a notification before the auction: 15, 30, 60, or 120 minutes ahead (default is configurable in Settings). Clicking the notification opens the lot page. Lots with active reminders also collect in a Reminders view so you can see the whole day at a glance.

After the auction

When a saved lot's sale date passes, it moves to Past Sales automatically instead of going stale in your active lists. If the same car gets relisted, it comes back. Past Sales doubles as your record of what the market actually did to the lots you were watching.

Cross-device sync

Signed in with the same Google account, your lists are the same everywhere — the Chrome extension, the web app at auctionmate.app, your laptop, your phone. Saves, edits, reminders, and removals propagate; there's no export/import step.

The per-lot edits sync too: a max bid you set in the extension shows on the web card, and notes you type on your phone are there in the panel the next morning.

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