What Is Equity Mining, and Is It Still Worth It for Independent Dealers?

2026-09-21

Definition

Equity mining finds current owners who may have room — equity or a payment structure that works — to trade into another vehicle.

How stores traditionally do it

Trade-cycle lists, payment alerts, and outbound calls. The work only helps when someone owns the next step and the data is clean.

Honest product note

CarLotCRM does not list a dedicated equity-mining hero module in the public 48-module map today. Do not treat this article as a feature claim. The adjacent workflow is shoppers and leads on Today.