Abstract: A computer-implemented method involving btaining used car inventory and sales history data from a dealer; obtaining from an auction house a list of auction cars that are being made available through an upcoming auction by the auction house; analyzing the dealer's used car inventory and sales data to identify one or more categories of cars that are under-stocked; identifying cars on the list of auction cars that are in the one or more identified categories of under-stocked cars; and generating a solicitation addressed to the dealer, the solicitation reporting the identified one or more categories of under-stocked cars and reporting the identified cars on the list of auction cars, the solicitation also seeking the dealer's participation in the upcoming auction.