Exporting to Export Sites – AutoManager

The process for exporting a vehicle from WebManager to an export site is outlined below. It is crucial that the vehicle is located in the Live section of WebManager before it can be exported.

First, click the Settings cogwheel located at the bottom of the leftmost sidebar. Under the Inventory category, select Exports.

At the top of the page are the global settings for all the exports.

You can configure several options here, including setting the Pricing Value to Export, specifying what to Include in Descriptions on export sites, choosing whether to use the website description when no other descriptions are available, and defining the Global Description for vehicles.

Within the Global Description dropdown menu, you have the option to choose how to incorporate this description. You can either Add it to the Vehicle Description, placing it at the end of the vehicle description. Alternatively, you can Prepend the Vehicle Description with this information, causing it to appear at the beginning. Lastly, you can also Replace the Vehicle Description with the content provided.

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At the bottom on the left hand side, you will see a list of all the sites WebManager exports to.

If you would like to have individual settings for an export site which are different from the global settings at the top of the page, click Site Settings to the right of the export site.

These settings are only for the individual export site which was clicked. Here you may change the pricing value to export, and whether to use the special price, web description, and/or default description.

You can use the overlay setting to decide if you want to include photos with overlays when exporting them. Furthermore, you can choose to send overlays to specific export sites or not. Additionally, you have the option to display the overlay on just the first photo.

Also note the times for each export site at the bottom; these are the times this export will be sent out.

Expand the export category and click the name of the export site to the left for more information about each export site, including Setup or Authorization instructions and other important notes.

Clicking a Site Name will reveal which sites require additional authorization and which do not.

To add an export site, click Add Export Sites to select from a list of export sites.

Each site has a button next to it labeled either Enable or Request Approval.

Sites which do not require sign-up with the third party site will be enabled when the enable button is clicked.

If the site requires approval, click the link to request export setup.

The date and time of the request will be displayed when clicked.

It is important to note that you must be signed up with the site you want to export to.

If an export site requires a Dealer ID, it will be provided by the site you are trying to export to.

To enter the Dealer ID manually, locate the export site, then click Site Settings, and enter the Dealer ID in the space provided.

Click Save to apply the Dealer ID.

To select the vehicles you would like navigate to your inventory list then select Live Inventory: Exports.

From the exports window you will see all of your Live vehicles on the left. To the right of each vehicle you will see a box for each export site you have set up.

If the box is green that means that the vehicle is selected to go to that export site. If the box is gray that means that the vehicle is NOT selected to go to that export site.

Clicking on a box will toggle between the vehicle exporting to that site and not exporting to that site on the next export cycle.

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