Intelligence
Six tools. Every stage of the deal.
Other platforms hand you a price and step back. WATTSHIP runs the intelligence that turns a risky cross-border import into a calculated move.
Auction Sheet Decipher Reads the real condition grade before you bid
Auction sheets are written in Japanese inspector shorthand — grade codes, damage notations, flag marks. Miss one and you've bid on a vehicle that costs twice as much to repair as it did to buy.
Provide a photo and a translated headline grade. The detail that matters stays locked behind language.
The full sheet translated — grade, every damage code mapped to location, inspector flag decoded, prefecture rust risk surfaced — before you commit a dollar.
Prefecture Risk Map Flags rust and salt-road exposure by region
The same make and model from Niigata costs 40% more to rehabilitate than one from Aichi. Prefecture of origin determines underbody rust exposure — and brokers never mention it.
Tell you the prefecture. Leave the implication to you.
A per-prefecture risk rating layered onto every auction result — colour-coded, explained, with the rehabilitation cost range surfaced alongside the bid price.
Landed Cost Engine Every cost to your door, before you bid
The advertised price is the vehicle. Freight, duty, clearance, and compliance are all added later — often after you've already won the auction and can't back out.
Show you a vehicle price. The real landed number is your problem to calculate.
Every cost itemised before you bid — freight, duty rate for your exact destination, clearance, and the WATTSHIP fee. One honest number, not a starting point.
Customs Forecast Pre-calculates the line that ambushes first-timers
Duty rates shift by country, vehicle age, and HS code. File the wrong classification and you face re-inspection fees, delays, and potential seizure at port.
Point you to a government tariff schedule and leave the classification work to you or a broker.
AI-assisted HTS classification for every vehicle, duty and VAT pre-computed for your port, and a compliance flag if the vehicle triggers additional requirements at your destination.
Escrow Protection Holds your funds until the car is yours
Cross-border vehicle payments are wired to a seller you've never met, on the assumption the car matches the sheet. If it doesn't, your money has already moved.
Facilitate direct wire to the seller. Disputes are handled between you and them.
Funds held in escrow until delivery and inspection conditions are met. Your money moves when the car does — not before.
Vessel Pulse Your container, visible the whole way
Once your container ships, you go dark for 3–6 weeks. A shipping-line portal gives you a vessel name and an ETA. Everything in between is silence.
Provide a vessel name. Tell you to check the carrier site.
Real-time container position, vessel schedule updates, and a port arrival alert — so you can line up your clearance agent before the ship docks.
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