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Practical guidance for dealerships posting at volume, plus notes on what we ship.
Stock numbers, option codes, and recon slang belong in the DMS, not in the title a buyer sees. A practical guide to using stock numbers and internal codes in listings without confusing Marketplace shoppers.
A dealer playbook for handling missing vehicle data without guessing: hold rules by field, recon and auction gaps, and a pre-post checklist that keeps Marketplace listings honest.
If Marketplace says one thing and the buyer's guide says another, the driveway becomes a compliance problem. A cross-check so listing fields match the jacket before you post.
A 2026 built in 2025 is still a 2026 if that is the model year. How to list early-release and late model year vehicles so year, VIN, and title match the door-jamb label.
Clean, rebuilt, and salvage are not interchangeable, and a rebuilt is not a clean title with a footnote. How to choose the title status field and keep copy aligned with the brand.
Replaced odometers, TMU, and exempt units break a simple mileage field. How to handle mileage edge cases on Marketplace without guessing a number you cannot support.
Stop letting each rep invent what 'good' means. An internal condition grading rubric for listings, mapped to Marketplace language, photos, and the buyer's guide.
Magnetic Gray Metallic will not match a buyer filtering for gray. How to map OEM marketing color names to basic Marketplace color fields without lying about the paint.
Hybrid, PHEV, flex-fuel, and gas are different Marketplace filters. Fuel type field rules so you do not hide a Prius under gas or advertise a flex-fuel truck as a hybrid.