Most repair shops are losing 15-25% on parts before they even touch the car.

Here's the math nobody wants to talk about:

You call the local distributor. They quote you $180 for a water pump. You mark it up to $240 for the customer. $60 profit, right?

But that same pump is available wholesale for $110. If you had the right sourcing network, that's $130 in your pocket instead of $60. On one part.

Multiply that across 30+ jobs a month and you're leaving $2,000-3,000 on the table.

The problem isn't your labor rate. It's your parts sourcing.

I built PartVault because I got tired of watching shops overpay for the same parts sitting in someone else's warehouse at half the price. We connect repair shops directly with verified parts sellers — OEM, aftermarket, rebuilt — at wholesale pricing.

If you're running a shop and your parts margin is under 40%, your sourcing is the bottleneck. Not your techs, not your customers.

Fix the sourcing, fix the margins.