--- title: How to use the MarketPulse Vehicle Pricing Tool within Dashboard Connect description: Compare your inventory against live market comparables with MarketPulse by Carpages. 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[Help Center](https://help.carpages.ca/knowledge?hsLang=en) 2. [Managing Inventory](https://help.carpages.ca/knowledge/managing-inventory?hsLang=en) # How to use the MarketPulse Vehicle Pricing Tool within Dashboard Connect ## MarketPulse is the vehicle pricing tool built into Dashboard Connect. It helps dealers compare inventory against similar vehicles currently for sale in the market, so they can make faster, better-informed pricing decisions. It is currently in beta.   🇨🇦 Fully bilingual · Entièrement bilingue Use Dashboard Connect, including MarketPulse, in English or Canadian French. Utilisez Dashboard Connect, MarketPulse compris, en anglais ou en français canadien. Pour changer la langue, ouvrez les Paramètres (l'icône d'engrenage). ### **Important: One-Time Permission Request** The first time a user clicks **Check market price,** the browser shows a **permission request** from [**Dashboard Connect**](https://help.carpages.ca/knowledge/how-to-post-inventory-to-facebook-marketplace-using-dashboard-connect?hsLang=en). You will see a message similar to the screenshot below: ![](https://help.carpages.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-05-2026-02-16-09-6827-PM.png?width=435&height=231&name=image-png-Oct-05-2026-02-16-09-6827-PM.png) Click Allow. MarketPulse needs access to the other listing sites it reads, and to a free vehicle information service to decode the VIN. If you see "Permission needed", press Check market again and choose Allow. This is a **one-time permission request** required for the **MarketPulse** functionality to work properly. **Once approved, you should not need to complete this step again.** ### How to use MarketPulse 1. **Select a vehicle:** Open a vehicle from the dealership's inventory in **Dashboard Connect.** 2. **Review market comparables:** Click **Check market price**. ![](https://help.carpages.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-05-2026-02-20-54-0927-PM.png?width=279&height=191&name=image-png-Oct-05-2026-02-20-54-0927-PM.png) 3. MarketPulse opens in the MarketPulse tab (marked Beta) and finds similar vehicles currently advertised on other listing sites. ![marketpulse-comparables-step3-1](https://help.carpages.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/marketpulse-comparables-step3-1.png?width=284&height=337&name=marketpulse-comparables-step3-1.png) 4. **Compare your price:** See how your asking price sits against the market median and the typical range. Prices are adjusted for the vehicle's model year and odometer. You can tick or untick individual comparable listings, include other trims, choose how many model years either side to compare with, and choose a province to search in, or All of Canada. ![](https://help.carpages.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-05-2026-02-22-41-2591-PM.png?width=340&height=221&name=image-png-Oct-05-2026-02-22-41-2591-PM.png) 5. **Decide:** Use the market data alongside the dealership's own strategy, costs, condition, recon, demand and sales objectives. MarketPulse informs the decision but does not set the price. --- ### Manually check vehicles not in your inventory Open the MarketPulse tab, enter a VIN and the odometer (kilometres), and optionally an asking price, then click Check market. Use this for any vehicle, for example one you're thinking of buying at auction. Dashboard Connect decodes the VIN and finds similar vehicles on other listing sites. If a trim isn't found for the VIN, every trim is compared; pick the right trim from the Trim list for better matching. ![](https://help.carpages.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-05-2026-02-25-07-8642-PM.png?width=421&height=329&name=image-png-Oct-05-2026-02-25-07-8642-PM.png) --- ### MarketPulse Visual Breakdown  The **MarketPulse** tab sits next to the **Inventory** tab in the **Dashboard Connect** panel.  ![](https://help.carpages.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-05-2026-02-30-25-4536-PM.png?width=404&height=93&name=image-png-Oct-05-2026-02-30-25-4536-PM.png) - **Decoded Vehicle:** Shows the year, make, model and trim, the VIN, and key specs such as fuel, engine size, cylinders and where it was built. The **Trim** dropdown lets the dealer change the trim being compared. ![](https://help.carpages.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-05-2026-02-32-20-3611-PM.png?width=334&height=193&name=image-png-Oct-05-2026-02-32-20-3611-PM.png) - **Market Price:** Shows the **Median**, the **Typical Range** and the **Comps** count, for example "61 of 61" comps selected. ![](https://help.carpages.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-05-2026-02-32-46-6584-PM.png?width=369&height=247&name=image-png-Oct-05-2026-02-32-46-6584-PM.png) - **Asking price vs. market:** Shows the dealer's asking price and whether it is above or below market, in dollars and as a percentage, on a bar from the lowest to the highest comparable price. ![](https://help.carpages.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-05-2026-02-33-59-0061-PM.png?width=411&height=271&name=image-png-Oct-05-2026-02-33-59-0061-PM.png) - **Confidence:** A note shows the confidence level, the number of comps and their average match percentage. Prices are adjusted to the vehicle's year and odometer. ![](https://help.carpages.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/undefined-1.png?width=413&height=269&name=undefined-1.png) - **Comparable Listings:** Each comp has a checkbox, so dealers can **Select all** or remove individual comps. **Include other trims** widens the comparison beyond the selected trim, and **Refresh listings** reloads the comps. Each comp is labeled, for example "Same trim," and shows its kilometer difference from the dealer's vehicle. If one of the other listing sites asks for a security check, MarketPulse shows an Open button: open the site, pass the check, then search again. The other sites are still searched. 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