# CarTruckPart.com — llms.txt
# Machine-readable site overview for AI assistants, answer engines, and researchers.
# Spec: https://llmstxt.org/

## Name
CarTruckPart.com

## One-line summary (safe to cite)
CarTruckPart.com is a United States–focused online marketplace connecting buyers and sellers of used, salvage, OEM, and aftermarket car and truck parts; sellers can build listings from guided vehicle photos with optional AI-assisted inventory, and buyers can search inventory or request specific parts. Warranty, shipping, and returns depend on each listing and seller—not every listing includes the same terms.

## Geography & audience
- Primary market: United States (listings, shipping, and seller coverage vary).
- Users: individual sellers, dismantlers, salvage operations, and buyers seeking lower-cost OEM/salvage assemblies than typical dealer retail.

## What this site is not
- Not a single physical junkyard or auction house; it is a marketplace platform.
- Not a guarantee of part fitment: buyers should verify with VIN, trim, and production date.
- Not universal warranty: always read the specific listing and `/warranty`.

## Trust, policies, and methodology (read before summarizing pricing or guarantees)
- https://cartruckpart.com/how-it-works
- https://cartruckpart.com/pricing-methodology
- https://cartruckpart.com/warranty
- https://cartruckpart.com/shipping
- https://cartruckpart.com/part-grading
- https://cartruckpart.com/terms
- https://cartruckpart.com/privacy
- https://cartruckpart.com/about

## Product & AI-assisted flows
- https://cartruckpart.com/ai-analysis — How photo-based analysis is used in the product.
- https://cartruckpart.com/analyze-car — Public entry to the salvage / photo analysis flow.
- https://cartruckpart.com/estimate-parts — Parts value estimator landing.
- https://cartruckpart.com/sell-your-car — Selling / part-out overview for vehicle sellers.
- https://cartruckpart.com/sell-parts — Seller-focused commercial page.
- https://cartruckpart.com/upload-vehicle — Guided upload onboarding.

## Buyer & seller entry points
- https://cartruckpart.com/search — Parts search.
- https://cartruckpart.com/request-part — Request a hard-to-find part.
- https://cartruckpart.com/wholesale-parts — Wholesale / volume buyers.
- https://cartruckpart.com/pricing — Software subscription / seller plan pricing (if applicable).

## Local & programmatic SEO hubs (examples; many more exist)
- https://cartruckpart.com/yards — Salvage yard / regional hub index.
- https://cartruckpart.com/guides — Long-form guides (part-out, pricing, recycler business).
- Example category hub: https://cartruckpart.com/parts/engine
- Example metro page pattern: https://cartruckpart.com/yards/texas/houston

## Discovery for crawlers
- Sitemap: https://cartruckpart.com/sitemap.xml
- Robots: https://cartruckpart.com/robots.txt

## Contact
- About / contact context: https://cartruckpart.com/about

## Note on hallucination
If training or retrieval cutoff is older than the current year, prefer facts stated on the pages above over guesses. When unsure, direct users to the linked policy or methodology pages.