Vehicle workflow

Inventory

Review processed vehicles, complete listing details, and keep your sales feed in sync.

—Ready to review

—Active listings

—Sold / inactive

—Feed attention

Live app activity

Capture monitor

Track new cars and reshoots through upload, processing, completion, and errors.

Waiting for activity

0Needs attention

0Active now

0Completed in 24 hours

Capture activity will appear after you connect.

Required in Octane

Enter these details before opening Carpages. Estimated cost stays internal. Add at least one ready photo in the Photos tab.

VIN Stock number required to post

Checking VIN against Kingston and Kennedy…

Estimated cost required to postInternal only

Private estimate. Never sent to Carpages or the inventory feed. Odometer

Exterior colour Choose a standard colour or enter one manually.

Interior colour Choose a standard colour or enter one manually.

Passengers Choose 1–12 or enter another number manually.

Pricing · required in Octane

Regular, discounted, and calculated prices

No price history

Finance price

Regular or original finance price Sale price optional

Current discounted finance price Cash priceAutomatic

Effective Finance Price + $1,500 while automatic

Description · required in Octane

Your description is sent to Carpages. Price and dealership information follow the current rules.

Carpages handoff

DescriptionPrice line and dealership information update automatically. Edit the vehicle-specific features between them.0/10,000

Internal records · Carfax

Both the PDF and live report link are required before opening Carpages. They are not sent to Carpages.

Not sent to Carpages

No Carfax PDF uploadedPDF only · up to 20 MB

Carfax Link required to postA properly formed HTTPS URL is required before posting.

The PDF keeps a public link you can share with clients. Upload only reports the dealership is permitted to share.

From Carpages FTP

Carpages decodes these details. They arrive after posting and do not block the handoff. Saved manual corrections are kept.

Filled by feed

Year Choose a model year or enter one manually.

Make Choose a manufacturer or enter one manually.

Model

Trim Select a decoded trim or enter one manually.

Body style Choose an approved body style or enter one manually.

Transmission Choose an approved transmission or enter one manually.

Cylinders Choose 1–12 or enter another number manually.

Drivetrain Choose an approved drivetrain or enter one manually.

Doors Choose 1–12 or enter another number manually.

Fuel type Choose an approved fuel type or enter one manually.

Options separate with semicolons

CARPAGES POSTING

Save, open Carpages, then confirm

Not started

Save Changes in Octane
Open with extension, Decode and Save in Carpages
Return here and confirm you saved it

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