UrbanDrive
How we turned a spreadsheet-run import business into one screen.
UrbanDrive imports used vehicles from Japanese auctions and sells them in Sri Lanka. We built the software that runs the whole operation: it watches the auctions every night, works out the exact landed cost after duty, prices every configuration, and keeps every buyer lead tied to live stock.
- Industry
- Vehicle import and resale
- Surfaces
- Admin, sales and public portals
- Region
- Sri Lanka, sourcing from Japan
- Status
- Live, still growing
The problem
Importing a car from a Japanese auction is a guessing game until the paperwork clears. Prices move nightly, the auction grade decides everything, and Sri Lanka stacks eight separate taxes on top of the yen price. Get any of it wrong and a profit quietly turns into a loss.
The team ran all of it on spreadsheets and memory: which models to watch, what each one truly costs to land, which buyer wanted what. Nothing talked to anything else, and every number was a day behind.
What we built
Every auction, scanned overnight
A scraper pulls fresh auction listings and prices each night, then charts the history so the team can read where a model is heading before they commit. No more refreshing auction sites by hand.
Landed cost, down to the rupee
One tap breaks the yen price into all eight Sri Lankan import taxes, from customs duty to the luxury levy, and returns the true cost of putting the car on the road. The maths that used to eat an afternoon now takes a second.
Price every configuration in one view
Each model opens to its chassis, grades and powertrains with live auction data and full pricing beside them, so the team quotes with confidence instead of a rough guess.
Duty rules the team owns
Tax thresholds and rates change with every budget. The team edits them in plain fields per powertrain, and every price across the system moves with them. No developer required.
Every lead tied to live stock
A buyer's budget, preferences and follow-ups live on one profile, and the nightly scrape quietly matches them to vehicles as they appear. Nothing slips through the gaps between calls.
Share a vehicle in one tap
When a match lands, the salesperson sends a clean public page with the auction photos and sheet, ready to continue on WhatsApp. The buyer sees a professional listing, not a screenshot.
Where it landed
Auctions scanned every night, hands-off
Landed cost after all eight taxes, instantly
One screen from auction to buyer
No potential lead slips through anymore
“Tax maths and auction prices used to be a daily headache in Excel. Now the system tracks the auctions, suggests the price and matches every buyer. We used to miss potential leads. Now we miss none.”
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