Why Auto Parts distributors choose Quotery
AI-powered catalog import, VIN-based fitment checks, and multi-supplier price comparison for automotive aftermarket distributors.
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Parts Catalogs With Millions of SKUs, Handled
An auto parts distributor manages catalogs that make most industries look simple. Millions of SKUs across OEM and aftermarket. Year, make, model, engine, transmission, drivetrain. Every combination a different part. Every year manufacturers supersede old numbers with new ones. Your counter staff is looking up parts in three different systems while the shop owner waits on the phone.
Quotery's AI import reads supplier catalogs as PDF, Excel, or CSV and maps every line to your catalog. Manufacturer part numbers. Interchange numbers. Competitive cross references. All matched in under a minute. Every match links back to the original supplier file so your team can verify.
One catalog. One search. Every line you carry. No portal switching. No hunting part numbers across three browser tabs.
Fitment That Gets the Right Part the First Time
A 2018 F-150 with the 5.0L takes a different alternator than the same truck with the 3.5L EcoBoost. The brake rotors changed mid-year. The aftermarket AC compressor fits only with a specific adapter harness. Your counter guy has been looking up parts for six hours straight. One wrong fitment and the part comes back. The return eats the margin on the next three orders.
Quotery supports structured fitment attributes on every product. Year range. Make. Model. Submodel. Engine. Transmission. Drivetrain. Position. When a salesperson adds a part that does not match the vehicle on the quote, the system flags it before the quote reaches the customer.
The right part ships the first time. Returns from wrong fitment drop. Your counter staff stops dreading the phone call that starts with "the part doesn't fit."
Supersessions That Do Not Eat Your Margin
Manufacturers supersede part numbers constantly. The old number is discontinued. The new number replaces it. Sometimes it is a straight swap at the same cost. Sometimes the new part costs 18% more and nobody noticed until the invoice landed. The customer was quoted at the old cost. You eat the difference.
Quotery tracks supersession chains at the product level. When a customer orders the old number, the system surfaces the replacement with the current cost. If the new part costs more than the quoted price, margin impact is shown before you send the quote.
No more discovering you lost money on a line item after the part ships. No more explaining to the shop owner why the price changed.
Multi-Supplier Price Comparison Without the Spreadsheets
Most independent parts distributors buy from a dozen or more suppliers. Worldpac. IMC. AutoZone commercial. The local dealer. A specialty supplier for European parts. Every supplier has different pricing for the same part on the same day. Your purchasing agent is checking three portals, two phone calls, and a text message to find the best cost.
Quotery ingests supplier price files as they arrive and surfaces the best cost for every line on every quote. When one supplier runs a promotion on brake pads and another has better pricing on rotors, your salespeople see it without checking three separate portals. Your cost basis updates automatically.
Your margin stays intact. Your purchasing agent stops being a price comparison engine and starts being a buyer.
Core Charges and Returns That Do Not Leak Money
Core charges are a fact of life in auto parts. Alternators. Starters. Brake calipers. Steering racks. The customer pays the core up front and gets it back when they return the old unit. But cores age on the books. Customers forget to return them. Nobody tracks what is outstanding until month-end. A $50 core charge multiplied by 200 unreturned units is $10,000 leaking out of your business.
Quotery tracks core charges as separate line items tied to the original sale. Open core returns age on the customer account. Customers with unreturned cores get flagged before the next quote goes out. Payment via card, ACH, Amazon Pay, Apple Pay, or Google Pay. D+2 settlement standard. Instant payout available.
Every core dollar tracked. Every return window enforced. Cash flow stays predictable even as core deposits cycle in and out.
Emissions Compliance That Keeps Your Customers Legal
Emissions compliance is not optional. CARB in California. EPA federally. A catalytic converter that is legal in Texas may not be legal in New York. Selling a non-compliant part into a regulated state creates liability for your customer and for you. The shop owner gets fined. The shop owner stops buying from you.
Quotery supports compliance tagging at the product level. CARB EO numbers. EPA certification. When a quote includes a product that may not meet emissions standards for the vehicle's registered jurisdiction, the system flags it before the quote goes out.
Your customer gets the right part for their state. You do not get the chargeback. The shop owner keeps coming back.
Frequently asked questions
Auto parts quoting software keeps aftermarket distributors accurate across catalogs with millions of SKUs. Quotery's AI import reads supplier catalogs in PDF, Excel, or CSV and matches manufacturer part numbers, interchange numbers, and competitive cross references. It tracks fitment attributes like year, make, model, and engine, follows supersession chains with current costs, compares pricing across suppliers, and tracks core charges tied to the original sale.
Quotery supports structured fitment attributes on every product: year range, make, model, submodel, engine, transmission, drivetrain, and position. When a salesperson adds a part that does not match the vehicle on the quote, the system flags it before the quote reaches the customer. The right part ships the first time and returns from wrong fitment drop.
Yes. Quotery tracks supersession chains at the product level. When a customer orders the old number, the system surfaces the replacement with the current cost, and if the new part costs more than the quoted price, the margin impact is shown before the quote is sent. No more discovering a losing line item after the part ships.
Quotery tracks core charges as separate line items tied to the original sale. Open core returns age on the customer account, and customers with unreturned cores get flagged before the next quote goes out. Every core dollar stays tracked and every return window is enforced, so cash flow stays predictable as core deposits cycle in and out.