How do I upload my units to Auto Trader?
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Summary
This article explains how to set up your unit stock so that it can be uploaded to Auto Trader.
To add this option to your Platinum system please Contact your Platinum dealer or our sales team on 0116 230 1500 or by using our website sales contact page.
More Information
 | Units: Unit is a general term used to cover all types of vehicle and machinery, including items such as motorcycles, scooters, cars, trucks, vans, caravans, motorhomes, boats, tractors, ATVs, agricultural equipment, wholegoods and construction equipment. |
What to do in Platinum
Make sure that units have the following details filled in for them to be eligible to be uploaded to Auto Trader:
- Manufacturer
- Model Description
- Colour
- Registration Date or Build Year
- Mileage
- Price
- Category
The category entered against the unit must be one from the below list of approved categories for it to be correctly categorised.
- Adventure
- Custom Cruiser
- Classic
- Commuter
- Enduro
- Minibike
- Moped
- Motocrosser
- Naked
- Quad/ATV
- Super Sports
- Roadster/Retro
- Scooter
- Sidecar
- Sports
- Sports Tourer
- Super Sports
- Super Moto
- Tourer
- Trail Bike
- Trials Bike
- Three Wheeler
You will need to make sure that in " Add or Edit Units", the "Auto Trader/Bike Trader" flag is ticked on the [Web Publishing] tab.
The Upload to Auto Trader will also include the images that are stored against the unit within Platinum.
Units are uploaded to AutoTrader three times a day at 07:00, 11:00 and 17.00. The upload from their end may take slightly longer.
Profile Only Adverts
You can now upload and list all of your units on your profile page on Auto Trader, instead of just uploading a subset to appear in Auto Trader's search. All units that you have already tagged for upload to Auto Trader by ticking the "Auto Trader/Bike Trader" flag on the [Web Publishing] tab in " Add or Edit Vehicles" will be automatically included for upload to your profile page.
If you want to upload a unit so that it is only listed on your profile page and does not appear in Auto Trader's search, tick the "Auto Trader Profile Only" box whilst leaving "Auto Trader/Bike Trader" unticked.
Duplicate Units
When you first change from creating adverts on Auto Trader manually to having a feed sent by Catalyst, you may end up with duplicate adverts. Auto Trader will normally remove all your manually created adverts and replace them with the ones in the feed but sometimes there are difficulties matching units from the feed to the manually created adverts so you may need to remove these manually.
See also
- How can I upload units to my website?
- Third Party Websites linked to FindIt
- How can I assure my units will upload to Catalyst FindIt?
- Why are my units not appearing on Auto Trader?
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