How can we help?
Contact us
Email chopbotai@outlook.com. We answer within one business day.
Where do the car lists come from?
Each night ChopBot reads the yard's own public inventory. Yards set and crush cars every day, so check the yard's site or call before a long drive.
How are profits worked out?
From what the part is listed for on eBay right now for that model (asking prices, marked down because parts usually sell for less than they're listed for), minus the yard's price for the part with tax. Shipping and eBay fees aren't included. Every price is an estimate, so check recent eBay sold listings for the exact part number before you pull or list. Some cars borrow prices from a similar model or a typical U-Pull price list.
Where can I sell what I list?
Copy and paste is built for eBay / Facebook Marketplace, the two main places parts sell, and for buy, sell and trade groups. For eBay, tap Copy on each part of the listing, or link eBay and post with one tap. For Facebook Marketplace and groups, tap Copy for Marketplace & groups: it copies the whole post in plain text without shipping or return talk, ready to paste. Add your photos there.
How does the receipt tracker work?
Shelf → Receipts → Snap a receipt. ChopBot's AI reads the yard, date, parts, core charges and total, and you check it before saving. The photo is kept privately for your crew. Parts you pulled at that yard that day are linked to the receipt, so each part shows what you really paid and when its warranty ends. You can also save receipts for boxes, tape, tools and supplies, and type one in by hand.
Where do the warranty rules come from?
From each yard chain's own website, checked October 2026. Some yards don't publish their rules; for those the app says so and you should ask at the counter. If your receipt prints a different warranty, or you bought an extended warranty, enter it on the receipt and that date is used instead.
Does Chop Shop AI do my taxes?
No, but it keeps the records your tax preparer needs. Shelf → Taxes shows your sales, eBay fees, shipping, the yard cost of the parts you sold, other business expenses and business miles at the IRS rate, then estimates your profit. Download it as a spreadsheet for your preparer. eBay doesn't charge you income tax and an eBay Store doesn't add one; eBay collects sales tax from buyers and sends you a 1099-K when you pass $20,000 and more than 200 sales in a year (some states, like Virginia, use $600). Either way, all profit is taxable.
How does the yard map work?
Yards don't publish row maps, so members build them. Turn on Map rows as I pull in the Trip tab: each time you tick a part off, your phone saves where you're standing for that car's row. Everyone's pins are combined, so each row's spot gets more accurate as more people pull there. Rows nobody has pinned yet are estimated from the rows around them. Tap I'm at the entrance and I'm at the exit once to finish a yard's map. Phone GPS is usually good to 15 to 30 feet in an open yard: enough to get you to the right row, then use the row signs and the car's color.
Can it log my miles for taxes?
Yes. Save your home spot once (Shelf → Receipts → Business miles, by ZIP or your current location). After you pull a part or save a yard receipt, Chop Shop AI asks whether you drove to that yard today and fills in the round-trip miles. Fix the number once and it remembers your real miles for that yard. You can save your post office too and log a run in one tap. Nothing is tracked in the background: every trip is one you confirm.
Can I watch for a part instead of a car?
Yes. Tap the bell → Add an alert → A part (my niche). Pick the parts you sell (headlights, sun visors, amps, wheels and more) and the minimum profit you care about. When a new car lands with one of those parts worth at least that much, you get an alert with the part's yard price, what it sells for and the profit. On the Hunt tab, My niche lists every car in the yard with that part, best first, plus a one-tap eBay sold search for cars nobody has priced yet. Alerts for cars and parts share your plan's limit: 3 on Hunter, 20 on Pro.
What does the AI in Chop Shop AI actually do?
Six things. It writes your eBay listings from your photos (Snap to List). Ask ChopBot answers questions using the Junkyard Flip Academy course, your yard's warranty and price list, and the car you're looking at (chat button at the top, or Ask ChopBot on any car). The AI part identifier names a mystery part from a photo, reads its part numbers and links to its eBay sold prices (Snap tab). The receipt reader fills in your receipts. Each car gets an AI rundown: worth the walk, what to pull first, which tools to bring. And the AI price coach looks at a part that's sitting and suggests a price, title and where else to sell it (Shelf → Price coach). AI can be wrong, so check part numbers and sold prices before you pull or list.
How many AI answers do I get?
Each plan's AI limits are shared by your whole crew and reset on the 1st. Hunter: 30 AI listings, 60 Ask ChopBot questions, 30 part IDs, 30 price-coach checks and 40 receipt reads a month. Pro: 150 AI listings, 300 questions, 100 part IDs, 150 coach checks and 60 receipt reads. During the free trial: 10 listings, 20 questions, 10 part IDs, 10 coach checks and 20 receipts. Need more listings? Account → Extra AI listings adds 50 for $4.99; they don't expire. Car rundowns are shared, so opening one someone already got is free.
How does the free trial work?
New members get 7 days free on Hunter or Pro, monthly or yearly. You enter a card to start, and you aren't charged until the trial ends. We send a reminder before it ends, and you can cancel anytime from Account → Change plan, billing, card or cancel. One free trial per person.
Is there a yearly plan?
Yes. Hunter is $99 a year (instead of $179.88 paid monthly) and Pro is $299 a year (instead of $359.88). Pick Yearly when you sign up, or switch from your account. Yearly plans renew once a year, and we email you before each renewal.
How do I turn on notifications?
More → Notifications → Turn on notifications, on each phone or computer you want them on. Choose car alerts, warranty reminders or both, and tap Send me a test. In the Chop Shop AI phone app, just tap the button and allow notifications. On the website on an iPhone, add Chop Shop AI to your Home Screen first (Share → Add to Home Screen) and open it from there. Car alerts also come by email.
Where's the course?
Junkyard Flip Academy is free at chopbotai.com/learn, and linked from the More tab and the screens it teaches: 17 parts from setting up eBay to taxes.
Can I use it with no signal?
Yes. Open the app once with signal before you go. Your yards and parts list stay on the phone, and anything you mark pulled or sold syncs when you're back online.
How do I cancel?
Account → Change plan, card or cancel. You keep access until the end of the month you paid for.
How do I delete my account?
Account → Delete my account. It ends your subscription and removes your data.
My yard isn't listed.
Pick yards → Don't see your yard? Tell us which one. The more people ask for a yard, the sooner we add it.