Dropwatch

For used-car shops · Ontario

A pager for competitor
inventory ads over time

Paste the lot’s AutoTrader dealer page, or any listing from that lot — we’ll watch the whole stock. Recheck hourly, email when an ask falls, plus a weekday 8:00 a.m. America/Toronto digest. Not comps, appraisals, or vAuto. We never contact the other lot.

$79 CAD / month1–3 competitor lotsCancel anytime via Stripe

Dealer inventory watch

$79 CAD / month

1–3 competitor lots · weekday digest · cancel anytime via Stripe

Paste the lot’s AutoTrader dealer page, or any listing from that lot — we’ll watch the whole stock. Generic /cars/ searches are not a lot. Up to 3 lots.

Monthly subscription in CAD. Cancel anytime via the Stripe customer portal.

Example of a weekday digest and hub — not a customer account. Dropwatch watches competitor inventory URLs you paste.

How it works

  1. Paste a dealer page or any listing from that lot

    AutoTrader /dealers/…, /cars/?cid=…, or an /offers/… ad from that lot. We resolve a listing to the whole stock and walk every unit.

  2. Pay $79 CAD per month

    Stripe Checkout, Canadian dollars. Cancel anytime from the customer portal on your dealer hub.

  3. Digest at 8:00 a.m. — drops the same hour

    Weekday digest: dropped / new / gone. A quiet week still gets “still watching.” A unit that falls ≥ $250 CAD or 1% emails the same hour.

What to paste

This SKU watches one lot’s public stock over time. A listing is a pointer to that lot — not a one-ad watch. A province-wide search is not a lot.

  • Dealer inventory (what this is for)Profile/stock pages, /cars/ / /autos/ pinned to one dealer (cid or /dealers/{id}), or any listing from that lot.
  • Not accepted hereA private-seller ad (no dealer to pin). Generic make/model SERPs are not this plan. A listing without a dealer is the $29 shopper watch.

What we do — and do not

We do

  • Enumerate units on the lots you submit
  • Recheck on the same hourly job as shopper watches
  • Email the same hour when an ask falls ≥ $250 or 1%
  • Send a weekday 8:00 a.m. Toronto digest, even if quiet
  • Let you add or remove lots (max 3) without cancelling

We do not

  • Sell appraisals, comps, market data, or vAuto
  • Watch your own lot for you
  • Contact the other lot
  • Affiliate with AutoTrader.ca or Trader Corporation
  • Promise that a price will drop

Billing and who you are paying

Dropwatch is operated by Allen Hormoz, a sole proprietor in Canada. The shop plan is $79 CAD per month, billed in Canadian dollars through Stripe. 1–3 competitor lots, weekday 8:00 a.m. America/Toronto digest, add or remove lots on the hub. Cancel anytime via the Stripe customer portal on your dealer hub.

Independent of AutoTrader. If we cannot read a lot, we keep trying on the hourly pass and show last known vs last successful vs last checked on the hub.

Questions

Can I watch more than one competitor?
Yes. Up to three dealer-inventory URLs. After checkout you land on one dealer hub. Add or remove lots there without cancelling the Stripe subscription.
What if I paste a listing or a generic search?
A dealer listing is fine — we resolve it to that lot’s stock. A private-seller ad or a province/make SERP is not a lot. The $29 shopper SKU on the homepage still watches one URL.
Is this an AutoTrader product?
No. Dropwatch is independent and is not affiliated with AutoTrader.ca or Trader Corporation.
How do I cancel?
Remove a lot from the hub. To stop the monthly charge, use the Stripe customer portal on your dealer hub.
Looking for the $29 shopper watch?
That one-time 90-day one-URL watch is still on the homepage. It is not this dealer plan.
Dropwatch for used-car shops — $79 CAD/month