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Product Changelog

A public log of every meaningful CarCheckerVIN release. We believe transparency is part of the product, so we publish what we ship and when, in plain English.

New entries are added at the top. We track product features, data-source updates, content launches, and platform improvements. For day-to-day editorial updates, see our blog. For details on how we source and protect data, see our Trust & Security page.

  1. April 2026

    50 state-specific VIN check landing pages

    Launched dedicated VIN check pages for every U.S. state with localized title-brand law summaries, DMV links, and state-by-state data coverage notes. Each state page is hand-written and reviewed by our research team for accuracy.

  2. April 2026

    Comprehensive editorial blog with 100+ articles

    Rolled out a long-form blog covering buyer education, title fraud, financing, recall guidance, and brand-specific buying tips. Every post is written or reviewed by an in-house subject-matter expert and refreshed quarterly.

  3. March 2026

    Sanity CMS integration for editorial content

    Migrated our blog and guides to a Sanity-backed content pipeline so editors can ship updates without a code release. The new workflow cut average time-to-publish from two days to under an hour and added structured data automatically.

  4. February 2026

    Internal admin dashboard launched

    Released the internal admin dashboard for monitoring lookups, refund requests, and customer accounts. The new tool gives our support team real-time visibility into data-source health and lets us resolve escalations in minutes instead of hours.

  5. January 2026

    Supabase authentication with Google OAuth

    Replaced our legacy session system with Supabase-backed authentication and Google single sign-on. Customers can now create an account and access their report library in a single click, with bcrypt-hashed credentials and modern session security.

  6. December 2025

    Comparison page versus Carfax launched

    Published a side-by-side comparison page covering data sources, pricing, refund policy, and report depth versus Carfax. The page includes neutral source citations and a downloadable feature matrix to help buyers make an informed choice.

  7. November 2025

    33 brand-specific landing pages

    Added dedicated VIN check landing pages for the 33 most-searched vehicle brands in the United States, each with brand-specific decode guidance, common recall summaries, and known title-brand patterns researched by our analyst team.

  8. October 2025

    Initial product launch

    CarCheckerVIN went live with free VIN decode, paid history reports starting at $7.99, NMVTIS and NICB integration, NHTSA recall lookups, and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Thank you to the early customers who shaped the first release.

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