mScanAPI® Description
Market Scan’s Automotive Payments as a Service™ platform is chosen by industry leaders and retail powerhouses to power modern retailing solutions online and in more than 10,000 dealerships to present consumers with Scientifically Perfect Payment Solutions™ – every time!
The award-winning mScanAPI® is the cornerstone solution within APaaS™; the benefits are significant:
1. Eliminates Pricing discrepancies
mScanAPI® eliminates the disconnect in payment quotes. mScanAPI® serves up client-defined, all-inclusive, VIN-specific consumer payments through API calls, regardless of the client’s application and channel.
2. Live and all-encompassing Data.
Market Scan’s database is the most timely, accurate, and comprehensive repository of payment-centric data in the world.
3. Seamless Technology Integration.
Market Scan provides our clients with the API they need. We engineer the integration necessary based on our client’s technology infrastructure and provide support 24/7.
4. Customizable.
When it comes to our API, there’s no “one size fits all”! Based on the initial discovery, we provide our clients with the exact API to meet their specific needs.
5. Flexibility
Our API integration is not “prescriptive - it's customizable!
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For dealers who don’t have dedicated acquisition staff, VAN offers a Managed Buyer program, pairing stores with expert buyers who actively source, engage, and negotiate with private sellers on their behalf—saving time and boosting acquisition volume without internal hiring.
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Pricing
Pricing Information:
Based on scope
Company Details
Company:
Market Scan Information Systems
Year Founded:
1988
Headquarters:
United States
Website:
www.marketscan.com/automotive-payments-as-a-service/mscanapi/
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mScanAPI® Features and Options
Auto Dealer Software
Accounting
Buy-Here-Pay-Here
Collections Management
Contact Database
Customer Database
Document Management
F&I Management
Financing Management
Form Printing
Inventory Management
Lease Management
New Car Dealer
New Car Lot
Online Inventory
Parts Management
Sales Management
Service Department
Used Car Lot
Website Integration
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