Note 1 - Organization and Operations	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements
Nature of Operations [Text Block]	1. Organization and Operations AutoWeb, Inc. (“AutoWeb” or the “Company”) is an automotive industry marketing and used vehicle acquisition and reselling company focused on being a “matchmaker” to better connect consumers seeking to acquire vehicles and vehicle sellers that can meet the consumers’ needs. The Company assists consumers in multiple aspects of the vehicle transaction, including providing content and information helpful to their next vehicle acquisition. The Company has also assisted consumers choosing to sell their current vehicle, which provides an added monetization opportunity in addition to the Company’s existing consumer offerings. The Company primarily generates revenue through automotive retail dealers (“Dealers”) and automotive manufacturers (“Manufacturers”) by helping them market and sell new and used vehicles to consumers through the Company’s programs for online lead and traffic referrals, dealer marketing products and services, and online advertising. The Company also acquires used vehicles from consumers and sells those vehicles through third party wholesale auctions and directly to Dealers. The Company primarily generates revenue through assisting Dealers and Manufacturers by marketing and selling new and used vehicles to consumers through the Company’s programs for online lead and traffic referrals, dealer marketing products and services, and online advertising. The Company has also generated revenue through its used vehicle acquisition business by offering automotive consumers an option to sell their used vehicle outside of a dealership location through the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Tradein Expert, Inc., dba CarZeus. The Company resells these used vehicles indirectly to Dealers through wholesale auctions or through direct to Dealer sale. The Company’s consumer-facing websites (“Company Websites”) provide consumers with information and tools to aid them with their automotive purchase decisions and the ability to submit inquiries requesting Dealers to contact consumers regarding purchasing or leasing vehicles (“Leads”). Leads are internally generated from Company Websites or acquired from third parties that generate Leads from their websites. The Company’s click traffic referral program provides consumers who are shopping for vehicles online with targeted offers based on make, model and geographic location. As these consumers conduct online research on Company Websites or on the site of one of the Company’s network of automotive publishers, they are presented with relevant offers on a timely basis and, upon the consumer clicking on the displayed advertisement, are sent to the appropriate website location of one of the Company’s Dealer, Manufacturer or advertising customers.

Note 1 - Organization and Operations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

1. Organization and Operations

AutoWeb, Inc. (“AutoWeb” or the “Company”) is an automotive industry marketing and used vehicle acquisition and reselling company focused on being a “matchmaker” to better connect consumers seeking to acquire vehicles and vehicle sellers that can meet the consumers’ needs. The Company assists consumers in multiple aspects of the vehicle transaction, including providing content and information helpful to their next vehicle acquisition. The Company has also assisted consumers choosing to sell their current vehicle, which provides an added monetization opportunity in addition to the Company’s existing consumer offerings. The Company primarily generates revenue through automotive retail dealers (“Dealers”) and automotive manufacturers (“Manufacturers”) by helping them market and sell new and used vehicles to consumers through the Company’s programs for online lead and traffic referrals, dealer marketing products and services, and online advertising. The Company also acquires used vehicles from consumers and sells those vehicles through third party wholesale auctions and directly to Dealers.

The Company primarily generates revenue through assisting Dealers and Manufacturers by marketing and selling new and used vehicles to consumers through the Company’s programs for online lead and traffic referrals, dealer marketing products and services, and online advertising. The Company has also generated revenue through its used vehicle acquisition business by offering automotive consumers an option to sell their used vehicle outside of a dealership location through the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Tradein Expert, Inc., dba CarZeus. The Company resells these used vehicles indirectly to Dealers through wholesale auctions or through direct to Dealer sale.

The Company’s consumer-facing websites (“Company Websites”) provide consumers with information and tools to aid them with their automotive purchase decisions and the ability to submit inquiries requesting Dealers to contact consumers regarding purchasing or leasing vehicles (“Leads”). Leads are internally generated from Company Websites or acquired from third parties that generate Leads from their websites.

The Company’s click traffic referral program provides consumers who are shopping for vehicles online with targeted offers based on make, model and geographic location. As these consumers conduct online research on Company Websites or on the site of one of the Company’s network of automotive publishers, they are presented with relevant offers on a timely basis and, upon the consumer clicking on the displayed advertisement, are sent to the appropriate website location of one of the Company’s Dealer, Manufacturer or advertising customers.