The call before the dispute escalates.
Appraisal engagements land with the insurer's offer, the comparables they used, the owner's documentation and condition notes, and a third-party certified consent artifact. The owner is deciding whether to push back, often inside days of the offer. The engagement arrives before that decision becomes a filing.
What the queue looks like.
Published, per engagement, in dollars.
Engagement rates reflect scope: total-loss review, diminished-value claim, or repaired-vehicle valuation. Shared engagements are capped at two appraisers and disclosed. Retainer arrangements available for firms doing 10+ engagements per month.
| Scope | Exclusive, verified | Exclusive, warmed | Retainer rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total-loss review, standard | $115 | $165 | $135 | Get started |
| Diminished-value, standard | $155 | $215 | $175 | Get started |
| Repaired-vehicle valuation | $185 | $265 | $215 | Get started |
| Specialty (luxury, trucking) | $225 | $315 | $265 | Get started |
| Expert-witness readiness | $275 | $385 | $335 | Get started |
Published, and honored without argument.
Credits apply to your next invoice. The claim window is 5 business days with documented contact attempts attached.
We credit
- Vehicle or claim outside your appraisal expertise
- Conflict of interest disclosed by the engagement
- Already settled before the first conversation
- Documentation incomplete after documented attempts
- Owner changed scope after acceptance
We do not credit
- The owner accepted the first offer after your review
- The dispute did not go to formal appraisal
- The owner retained a different appraiser
- The engagement moved into legal and left your scope
- The insurer's offer was already fair
The owner is deciding before they know they can.
Most owners who get a total-loss offer or a diminished-value question do not know they can dispute it. The window for an independent appraisal is short, the economics are small enough that uncertainty wins, and the valuation becomes final by default. The leads above arrive before the default sets.
The decision window is days, not weeks
From the insurer's first offer to the owner accepting it is often less than two weeks. Engagements routed to you inside that window arrive while the dispute is still a dispute.
You do not negotiate; you appraise
Nothing we route puts you in a negotiation seat. The engagement is for an independent professional appraisal and the owner takes it from there. We do not handle claims, give legal advice, or route to legal through this lane.
Retainer tier for volume firms
If your firm does 10+ engagements per month, the retainer rate flattens the per-engagement cost and lets us route faster inside your capacity. Retainer billed monthly, true-up quarterly.
Start with one scope. Measure us independently.
Pick total-loss review or diminished-value as your starting scope. Dedicated intake, billing dashboard, week to week, cancel any time (balance owed on one-time deliverables reconciles at à la carte, financed 6 months, interest-free).