How to Post Inventory to Facebook Marketplace Using Dashboard Connect

Video Guide and Steps Below

Step 1: Install the browser extension in Google Chrome

• URL: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/dashboard-connect/eeoopdipbmncdlkmcjihpgbjmpeefeoc
• Dashboard Connect works in Google Chrome.
• Pin the extension: To pin extensions in Chrome, click the Extensions (puzzle piece) icon in the top-right corner of your browser. A drop-down menu of your installed tools will appear. Simply click the pin icon next to the extension you want. It will instantly become visible in your toolbar for one-click access. The Dashboard Connect icon is a round Carpages mark. Click it any time to open the panel.
  

Step 2: Enter Your API Key

• Open Dashboard Connect
• Click the gear⚙️ icon in the top right corner of the extension
  
  
• Enter your API Key
  
  
  
• Click "Save Settings" then click the "X" to close the settings screen
• Optional: in the same Settings screen, choose your language. Under Language, pick English or Français (or "Same as Chrome"). Under Listing language, pick English (Canada) or Français (Canada). Listing language sets the language of the phrases, prices and kilometres Dashboard Connect writes into your Facebook listings. Your own description template is never translated. In a French listing, the colour, transmission, fuel type and drivetrain are written in French too.

Step 3: Browse Inventory

• Vehicles automatically appear now on the main screen
• Search by year, make, model, stock number or VIN, or use the Year, Make and Model filters. You can also narrow the list by price range: type a minimum and maximum price, and choose whether to filter by Advertised price, Finance price or MSRP. If your dealership has more than one location, a location filter is also shown. You can also use the drop-down and the arrows to scan through all of your vehicles. The line under the filters shows how many vehicles match.
  

Step 4: Click "Post to Facebook"

• Select the vehicle you want to post
• Click "Post to Facebook".
  

Facebook will open in the browser automatically and begin filling in the details and adding the images to the listing. Posts you make yourself use the vehicle's advertised price. A vehicle with no price can't be posted. If you see "This vehicle has no price, so it can't be posted to Facebook", add its price in Carpages, then try again.

Step 5: Review Listing Details

Dashboard Connect fills in the year, make, model, trim, kilometres, price, colours, fuel type, transmission, body style, VIN, description and photos, wherever your inventory has them. When it finishes, it tells you what it filled in.

If Facebook has no choice that matches a value from your inventory (for example, a transmission type), that dropdown is left empty and the message tells you which fields to choose yourself. Facebook's Vehicle condition is optional. When the condition from your inventory doesn't match one of Facebook's choices, Dashboard Connect leaves it blank and says so.

Try not to interrupt the loading process with mouse clicks. Wait until everything is loaded and you see a blue "NEXT" button appear in the bottom left. Once that happens, review the listing details for accuracy and the click "NEXT"

Step 6: Publish the Listing

Review the listing once more and click Publish.

Done. Your listing has now been posted to Facebook Marketplace.

After you post: My posts

The My posts tab lists the vehicles you have posted from Dashboard Connect. It shows when a vehicle sells, is archived or changes price, so you can fix the post on Facebook. The toolbar icon also shows how many posts need attention.

• Mark sold, Delete post and Update price: click the button on a post and Dashboard Connect fixes it on Facebook in a background tab.
• Ready to renew: Facebook lets you renew a post every 7 days to move it back up. Posts that are ready show in a "Ready to renew" section with a Renew button.
• Delete several posts at once: click Select, tick the posts (or Select all), then click Delete and confirm. Posts are deleted one at a time, about a minute apart, and can't be brought back. Keep Dashboard Connect open until it finishes.
• Not on Facebook: if you already deleted a post on Facebook, click Not on Facebook to take it off your list.
• Posted vehicles before Dashboard Connect tracked them? Click Find my existing posts.

Marketplace message alerts (optional)

Marketplace message alerts are off until you turn them on. To turn them on, open Settings and switch on Marketplace message alerts, or click the messages icon in the panel header and choose Turn on message alerts. Dashboard Connect then tells you when a buyer messages you about a Marketplace listing, and which vehicle it is about. It works while Facebook is open in a browser tab, and it only reads what Facebook already shows you. Messages stay on your computer, and you can turn the alerts off in Settings at any time.

Facebook has its own rules for Marketplace. Posting a lot in a short time can lead Facebook to ask you to confirm your identity or limit what you can do.