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HPI Vehicle Check
Makes verifying used vehicles easy with built-in HPI checks
Makes verifying used vehicles easy with built-in HPI checks
HPI Vehicle Check
Instant, integrated history checks for cars, vans, and commercial vehicles all from within BidHarvest®.
What Is HPI and Why It Matters
HPI (Hire Purchase Investigation) is the industry standard for verifying used vehicles in the UK. The HPI dataset reveals:
• Outstanding finance agreements
• Insurance write-off status (Cat A–D/S/N)
• Mileage anomalies
• Previous owners and change dates
• Stolen vehicle records
• VIN and registration mismatch
• Scrapped or exported status
This makes it essential for auction transparency, bidder confidence, and vendor compliance especially when dealing with professional trade buyers, insurers, or asset recovery stock.
CAP HPI API Integration in BidHarvest®
BidHarvest offers a ready-made integration with CAP HPI via API. It’s fast to activate:
- You provide your CAP HPI account credentials
- Our plugin is configured in your environment
- HPI checks become available directly inside the consignment workflow at the click of a button
From the lot entry screen, simply enter the vehicle registration and the system fetches full HPI results in real time, pulling back the PF+DF (Provisional and Detailed File) outputs into your consignment record.
What You Can Do with HPI in BidHarvest®
• Instantly check vehicles during lot creation
• Flag any issues (e.g. Cat N, finance outstanding) for vendor approval
• Display verified vehicle data in your auction catalogue
• Choose to include or exclude the check on a per-lot basis
• Optionally pass the cost to the buyer or bundle it into your admin/listing fees
• Export HPI results for audit, compliance, or vendor reporting
Zero Manual Uploads, Total Automation
Forget copy-pasting PDFs or logging in to third-party portals. With BidHarvest®:
• The check is requested from within the platform
• Results are stored against the lot permanently
• The vehicle listing is enriched with verified details
• Your admin and cataloguing teams save hours per auction
This is exactly what modern, high-volume vehicle auctions need to scale efficiently.
Search & Audit Benefits
• Each HPI check is logged and time-stamped
• Results can be included in buyer reports and compliance logs
• Structured outputs enhance internal search and future re-cataloguing
• Verified data feeds into SEO metadata and lot descriptions
Bidders — and search engines — trust verified listings more.
Why Auctioneers Choose the BidHarvest® HPI API
• Save time with automated checks during consignment
• Reduce buyer disputes and post-sale issues
• Increase bidder confidence with verified vehicle history
• Meet compliance and due diligence standards
• Connect a trusted data provider without dev work
With BidHarvest®, HPI checks become a seamless part of your vehicle auction process, not a separate task. It’s just one more way the platform helps you deliver professional, transparent, and scalable vehicle sales.
For any auctioneer dealing in vehicles, checking a lot’s background is non-negotiable. Whether you’re selling to trade, fleet buyers or retail customers, you need to confirm the vehicle isn’t subject to outstanding finance, hasn’t been written off, and is exactly what it claims to be.
With built-in HPI vehicle checks, BidHarvest® delivers all this — automatically.
We’re still working on this content and it’s not quite ready yet — but if you’re interested in this feature, we’d love to hear from you! Please get in touch and we’ll be happy to share more details or keep you updated as soon as it’s available.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes — results can be made visible in the public lot detail view or kept private for internal QA.
It’s up to you as to whether to absorb the cost as part of a listing fee, pass it to the vendor, or apply a small admin fee to the buyer.
Yes, you run them manually one at a time as you consign items.
CAP HPI checks include finance, insurance, mileage, scrappage, stolen status, ownership changes, VIN match, and more.
Provide your API credentials and our team will configure it for you, typically a same-day setup.
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