Quick Start Guide to the ZervTek Auction Website

The Japanese auctions are a great way to buy used cars directly from Japan. The auctions are held every week from Monday to Saturday, and depending on the vehicle you're looking for, you'll get a lot of different options every week in one place to look at and decide to bid on.

The auctions are accessible only to dealers and exporters, which means you'll be accessing wholesale prices through our service with a fixed service charge, incorporating all charges within Japan, meaning no bloated profit margins you have to deal with. Find a complete guide to ZervTek's auction process here.

Let's get started!

1. Registration

Head over to the ZervTek Auction Site, and click the registration button. You will then be greeted by our customer information page. Please input all the details.

2. Confirm your Login ID

Please head over to your email's inbox and you will find enclosed your new login ID to be used with the ZervTek auction website.

3. Search for cars!

Once you've successfully logged in, head over to the auto auctions tab and input the details per your preferences.

Mileage and pricing are set in thousand km and JPY. You can learn about auction grades (scores) and equipment, here.

Search pages show up to 100 units per page. The date and time for the auctions are set on the left side, any listings with 00:00:00 are units with no confirmed times, yet.

The auction house names are listed as well. The auction house name denotes the company name of the auction and the place of the auction, larger companies will have different auctions in different places on set days of the week.

Additionally, customers can favorite and group vehicles together using the star listings.

You will be able to see basic information in English for each listing.

You can forward either the link or the auction time, name, and lot number to a ZervTek agent for auction sheet translations.

Example:
https://auctions.zervtek.com/auctions/?p=project/lot&id=939556980&s
or
2023-09-27 > MIRIVE Saitama > 75023

4. Sold Out Data

For previous sold-out data, head over to the Japanese Auto Auctions Sold Prices tab and enter the details for your preferred vehicle.

Note that sold-out vehicles cannot be bid on unless they reappear in the auto auctions tab.

In addition to unsold, unknown is also used for cars that were previously unsold or removed from the auctions.

5. USS Auctions

For previous sold-out data, head over to the Japanese Auto Auctions Sold Prices tab and enter the details for your preferred vehicle. 

Note that sold-out vehicles cannot be bid on unless they reappear in the auto auctions tab.

In addition to unsold, unknown is also used for cars that were previously unsold or removed from the auctions. If you cannot find enough data, please let us know and we will get you data only accessible to dealers. This happens to rarer cars that tend to auction in the bigger auctions like the USS auctions.

The prices and mileage are in thousands of JPY and KMs.

The average price section on each vehicle's page may not be entirely accurate, as it averages sold-out prices for all vehicles of the same model in that year. Vehicle prices vary based on factors such as condition, mileage, grade, and more.

6. Additional Privileges

Customers usually send their bids to the ZervTek agents after translations and inspections. After that, we set and forward the maximum bids to a different agent who actively bids. If you feel like you would like to put in the maximum bids onto the site yourself, please let the agent know and they will provide you with additional access.

Please make sure to put the amounts correctly and know about the vehicle as we will bid up to the maximum price and purchase.

Customers can use the group feature to bundle up bids and the amount of vehicles to get from each bundle.

Example:
A customer wants to buy 1 vehicle from 3 particular vehicles, and 2 from another 4 vehicles. You can list the first 3 vehicles under A and set the number to 1. While you list the other 4 under B and set the number 2.

Group = Vehicles bundled
Number = Number of vehicles to bid and potentially purchase.

7. Happy Hunting

Thank you for reading this guide for our auction site. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via WhatsApp, Facebook, or Email. Good luck, and happy hunting... for cars!