How Make Me Busy works

Lead generation for the automotive trade. We send 5,000+ leads per week across vehicle recovery, scrap, salvage and premium salvage — nationwide.

5,000+leads per week across all sectors
2,200+vehicle recovery leads every week
2,500+scrap & salvage leads every week

Get started in three steps

A

Download the free app

Get Make Me Busy on your phone — that’s where leads, maps and customer contact live.

Download on the App Store Get it on Google Play
B

Register (no card needed)

Create an account and browse live leads with no payment details. Subscribe later when you’re ready.

C

Pick your sectors

Recovery, scrap, salvage, premium salvage / trade — see what’s on offer below, then switch on what you want in the app.

Sector 1

Vehicle recovery leads

Work anywhere in the UK. Customers need a tow, jump start or recovery — you get the local jobs.

Where the work comes from: Direct Recovery, cheapcarrecovery.co.uk & mycar.expert — 2,200+ recovery leads per week.
  1. Customers are quoted through our automated quoting system with fixed prices.
  2. You get app notifications for local recovery jobs. Set the area you cover inside the app.
  3. Contact the customer from the app by phone, WhatsApp or text. Book the job in — you collect all funds with zero commission.
  4. If you’re one of the nearest agents, the customer also receives your contact details.
  5. On Direct Recovery, drivers can also find you in the public directory and call you direct when they search by postcode — another route to the same recovery work.
  6. Register and view leads for free. When you’re happy, subscribe in the app.

Direct Recovery: Keep your profile, phone number and coverage area up to date in the app so you show correctly on directrecovery.co.uk as well as on lead notifications.

Sector 2

Scrap & salvage vehicles

Scrap — under £2,000  ·  Salvage — £2,000 to £4,000.

Where the work comes from: carsalvagegroup.co.uk & mycar.expert — 2,500+ vehicle leads per week.
  1. Instant notifications with full vehicle and customer details within about a 30-mile radius.
  2. Call, text or WhatsApp the customer direct from the app.
  3. The customer receives your contact details as a nearest agent.
  4. What you offer for the vehicle is your choice.
  5. When collected, the vehicle is yours.
  6. Register and view leads for free. Subscribe in the app when you’re ready.
Sector 3

Premium salvage (£4,000+) & trade car sales

  1. Premium salvage — high-value vehicles over £4,000, with around 90% unrecorded and direct from the owner. No auction middlemen: register and buy.
  2. Trade car sales opportunities sit alongside in the app — check current listings once you’re registered.

Subscription

Services run on a weekly or monthly subscription, on a pay-as-you-go basis with free cancellation anytime. Payment is taken in the app.

Recovery agents who subscribe can receive app leads and appear to private customers searching Direct Recovery.