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hank turned one. A year ago we launched a reverse marketplace for car parts, today hank is on Android and iOS with push notifications for messages, offers and finished AI searches. Plus: a look back at the first year, moderation mails that say why and how to appeal, East German cars and motorcycles in the catalog, price comparisons in the wiki, and a newsletter you decide on.

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hank now has a notification bell that collects every new message, offer and AI report in one place, and chat mails wait a few minutes so you are not mailed about messages you already read. Your first message and your first offer come with safety hints, and the chat tells you when the other account is new. Plus: close a request straight from the email, a help form in your dashboard, codes from clubs and partners, and a smarter marketplace search.

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Until now our partners page listed car clubs. Today it gets a second category: technical partners, the companies whose infrastructure hank runs on. First one is AhaSend, the European transactional email provider that delivers every notification we send.

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In July we told you to file one request per part. We changed our mind. A request can now name several parts and hank searches for each of them separately, while a new allowance panel shows exactly how many automated searches you have left. Plus: part numbers get checked the moment you file a request, shared requests get a real link preview, and hank's crawler is now a Cloudflare verified bot.

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July was all about taking the waiting out of waiting. AI reports now have their own dashboard with live queue positions, you can allow equivalent part numbers for more and cheaper offers, and creating a request for a car you already own takes a single click.

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Big news for two-wheel riders: hank now supports motorcycles! You can now request parts, browse 40+ traditional and electric brands, and connect with 1,100+ newly seeded specialist shops across Europe.

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