Autobell Auction API: Hyundai Glovis Dealer Auction Lot Data

Autobell Auction in brief

Autobell Auction offers lots to dealers on set auction dates. In the API its records come back with is_auction=true and carry auction fields such as auction_at, condition and damage.

KoreaCarsAPI is independent and not affiliated with Hyundai Glovis. It returns lot data only; bidding takes place on the auction itself.

Who looks at Glovis auction lots

Autobell Auction data is useful to anyone who works on the trade side of the Korean market.

• Exporters who review lots with their Korean dealer partner ahead of a session.
• Analysts studying how cars move between the Glovis retail, export and auction channels.
• Pricing teams who want auction lot data as a reference next to retail asking prices.
• Developers who build dashboards of upcoming lots by model, year and condition.

Lot fields to read first

Each lot has the full vehicle part: year, brand, model, generation, trim, engine volume, fuel, transmission, body type, colour and options. On the listing side, auction_at sets the date, condition and damage summarise the car's state, and the photo set shows it.

Price and current_bid appear where the auction shows them, as data. Where a public inspection exists, inspections[] adds conclusions, inspection blocks with checked, passed and issue counts, and checked items on a body map.

Lot records also keep created_at, updated_at and last_seen_at, so you can see when a lot first appeared in the data and when it was last active. A dated price history records changes to the price field. For a lot that returns at a later session, these dates and the VIN are what let you connect the two appearances.

Reading Glovis sources in one call

GET /cars accepts several domains[] entries. Leave out is_auction to get both auction lots and marketplace listings, then tell them apart by the is_auction flag on each listing. This is a quick way to see Autobell Auction next to Autobell Global or Autobell.

For a lot-only routine, set is_auction=true and pass just the Autobell Auction entry. For narrower questions, GET /search with brand, model, odometer and has_inspections=1, plus domains[] set to the Autobell Auction ID from GET /domains, returns only matching Autobell Auction lots.

# AUCTION_ID and GLOBAL_ID are Autobell Auction and
# Autobell Global entries from GET /domains
curl --get https://api.auctionsapi.com/cars \
  -d "domains[]=AUCTION_ID" \
  -d "domains[]=GLOBAL_ID" \
  -d lang=en \
  -d api_key=$API_KEY

Practical tips for Autobell Auction data

A few habits keep auction analysis clean.

• Never average auction prices with marketplace asking prices; report them side by side instead.
• Group lots by auction_at so your team reviews one session at a time.
• Use the VIN, where present, with GET /cars/vin/{vin} to see if a lot also appears on a marketplace.
• Read current_bid as a field captured at the last update, not as a final outcome.
• Treat a missing inspection as unknown, not as clean.
• Keep the external.url for each lot so your dealer partner can open it on the auction site.

Autobell Auction among the dealer auctions

Beyond the Glovis group, Autobell Auction sits with Lotte Auto Auction, K Car Auction, SK Car Rental Auction, HeyDealer Auction and the Kolon Auto Auction entries. All share the lot format, so a single export with several domains[] values covers the Korean dealer auction market.

Combining Glovis retail, export and auction data is one of the more distinctive analyses the API allows, since all three channels belong to one group and come back in one format.

Testing is possible with a demo key, available on request.

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