Abstract: An electronic business method for the wholesale transaction of a vehicle having the steps of: providing an electronic information database, wherein the electronic information database comprises a wholesale vehicle record and/or a dealership record; authenticating a dealership from a dealership information entry of a dealership record to verify authenticity of the dealership; providing an authenticated dealership with access to the electronic information database; permitting the authenticated dealership to input a search inquiry to generate a search of the electronic information database; generating a search result which provides the authenticated dealership with a wholesale vehicle information record and/or a dealership information record; and facilitating a wholesale vehicle transaction between the authenticated dealership and another authenticated dealership from the search result.