A national auto-service chain

Local price intelligence

Competitor prices from 3,000 shops that only quote on the phone.

The job today

Why it’s still done by hand.

Independent shops don't publish prices for a brake job or an alignment. The only way to learn them is to call and ask.

Pricing teams sample a few dozen shops a quarter through mystery-shop vendors, so local prices are set on stale guesses.

A browser agent can't help: the prices aren't on the web.

How the agent runs it

01
Map the market
Find the independent shops around each store and resolve their numbers and hours.
- Local Business Search
- Local Business Resolve
$0.0055
02
Check what's posted
Read the shop's site for posted specials so the call only asks for what's missing.
- Web Read
$0.002
03
Call for a quote
Ask for a quote on the same standard job every week. Call analysis returns price, parts brand, and earliest availability.
- Voice call time
- Call analysis
$0.71

What it costs

Tool	List price	Per shop	Cost
Local Business Search	$0.01 / search	1 per 20 shops	$0.0005
Local Business Resolve	$0.005 / lookup	1 lookup	$0.005
Web Read	$0.002 / URL	1 URL	$0.002
Voice call time	$0.35 / minute	2 minutes	$0.70
Call analysis	$0.01 / call	1 call	$0.01
Per shop			$0.72
3,000 shops per week			$2,152

List prices from our pricing page. Every paid action returns a signed receipt, and spend limits cap each run.

The four-week pilot

55%
Week 1
One standard job, one call per shop.
70%
Week 2
Call times matched to each shop's hours, callbacks handled.
80%
Week 4
Three standard jobs per call and a price band check that flags outliers.

Targets agreed before the build. Weekly reviews measure against them.

When it needs a person