About Us

Gradeyourtrade-- Grade Your Trade. (TM) is a new application for smart or not so smart car guys, girls, and anyone in between, that disrupts the current trade-in appraisal and valuation process in and out of your dealership.

GYT’S proprietary interactive platform empowers the customer and salesperson to collaboratively take part in the appraisal / valuation of the customers trade-in, lease return or over the curb purchases.

The GYT platform operation is 'simple'; beginning with a scan of the QR code displayed at the dealership. The customer is led through an objective appraisal process that seamlessly re-set unrealistic trade-in expectations, influenced by 3rd Party Lead Providers and whoever.

GYT, purposefully created the platform to encourage customer engagement and remove some of the onus, and stress from the salesperson. Evaluating the trade-in now becomes a team effort and creates goodwill between the customer and salesperson /dealer.

Get a Current Market Value for Your Car

Select your car

Enter your Year, Make, Model and Trimline.

Tell us about the car's condition

Provide the mileage, vehicle condition and any additional options your car is equipped with.

Discover your car's resale value

Determine your target price for trading-in your car or selling it yourself.

Trade In Frequently Asked Questions

What is Grade Your Trade ?

Grade Your Trade, a leading provider of marketplace insight since 1955, is best known in the automotive industry for providing timely, independent, and accurate vehicle pricing information.

What Is the Trade-In Value?

Trade-In Value is the price a dealer would offer for a consumer’s vehicle to apply toward the purchase of another car in the dealer's inventory. The trade-in value is more closely aligned with the auction wholesale value, meaning what the car would sell for at an auction to interested retailers. However, the dealer may offer more if the vehicle is a desirable inventory item. In this case, a dealer may make allowances in consideration of auction and transportation fees that would have been paid if the car were bought at an auction.

What Is the Private Party Value?

Private Party Value is the price you could expect for a vehicle sales transaction between two consumers. Depending on demand and condition, this transaction price will be between the wholesale value and the retail value. Private party transactions are typically less than dealer sales because they do not provide the buyer any financing options, warranty, nor any recourse should there be any problems with the vehicle. All sales are considered final and as-is.

How Are the Trade-In and Private Party Values Calculated?

Grade Your Trade acquires its pricing data from wholesale auctions and retail transactions nationwide. Pricing is updated on a weekly basis. High mileage, vehicle damage, and the cost to recondition the car for resale all have an impact on the overall value of your car.

Why Aren't All Optional Equipment and Packages Listed as Additions?

Used-car shoppers tend to focus on their basic transportation needs and finding a budget-priced car. Because these shoppers aren't willing to pay extra for many upgrades, oftentimes optional equipment and packages added to a new car have little or no resale value when the car is traded in or sold privately.

Why Does the Dealer's Estimate of My Car's Value Differ From the Value I Calculated Here?

There's no such thing as exact pricing when it comes to a used car trade-in value. The exact appraisal amount will change based on local market conditions, the dealer's inventory, and their ability to resell the car. To understand the value of your car, take it to multiple used car lots to see what they will give you for it. This will help you understand the high- and low-end values for your car.