AutoScout24.nl stock sourcing in your inbox

A small dealership near Amersfoort buys most of its stock from private sellers, and the person doing the buying lives in Outlook, so this page is about getting AutoScout24 Netherlands into that workflow.

3 steps

Set up in a minute

Search on AutoScout24.nl, sort by newest

Write a sourcing search for each stock type

On AutoScout24.nl, set make and model, your ceiling as the maximum price, then year, mileage, fuel and transmission. Use seller type to keep private sellers only if that suits your buying, add a postcode radius, sort by newest and copy the link.
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Copy the link, paste it into mxsender

Register the link in MXSender for email

Paste it and choose email. Nothing to install on office machines. A colleague on the road can have the same search on Telegram as well.
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New listings land in your inbox

Process each check’s email

When a check spots new cars, one email arrives listing each: photo, asking price and a link to the ad. Cars already online at your first check are left out.
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Track a search on AutoScout24.nl right now

Paste the AutoScout24.nl search link you want watched — we’ll check we can read it, then set up your alerts.

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Running buying from a shared mailbox

Point the alerts at a shared purchasing inbox and the whole buying team sees the same cars. On Pro you can instead send to three personal addresses: the buyer, the workshop manager who estimates reconditioning, and the owner who signs off.

Reply-all becomes the decision thread: is the price right, who goes to see it, bought or passed. Filed by segment, those threads are your purchase history.

Ceilings that keep the email worth opening

Calculate each ceiling from the expected retail price minus reconditioning, tyres, APK, valeting, transport, standing costs and your minimum margin. A ceiling that is honest about those costs gives emails with a few real candidates; a hopeful one gives silence or a long list of cars you would never stock.

Every few weeks, search your mailbox by model to see the asking prices you were offered and adjust.

Getting to the seller before the other traders

Below-market cars on AutoScout24.nl draw other dealers and exporters as well as private buyers. Sellers rarely wait for the best offer; they accept a serious one with a viewing time. Treat the alert email as a call list: read it as it arrives, ring the best candidate, and propose a price subject to inspection.

Plate check, NAP and paperwork for trade purchases

Check the plate with the RDW, compare the details with the registration documents, ask for the NAP odometer report and service records, and confirm the seller owns the car with no outstanding finance. No payment before you have seen the car. Use a written purchase agreement.

Trading cars as a business brings its own administrative and tax duties; ask your accountant what applies to you.

Prices, addresses and the spam check

Free: one search checked every 30 minutes, one address. Starter, $5.99: five searches every 10 minutes, one address. Pro, $14.99: twenty searches, the fastest checks, three addresses. Telegram is included on every plan, and every email carries an unsubscribe link.

Company mail filters can be strict and the decision is your provider’s. After the first match, look in quarantine or spam, release or mark the message as safe, and add the sender.