HPI Status

Question – Does HPI clear status auto-populate when a VRM lookup is performed? Answer – At this moment in time, the HPI status of the vehicle does not auto-populate once a VRM Lookup is performed.

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eBay Motors – Bulk Listing Upload Failure

For every feed that goes to eBay Motors, you will receive an upload report. You may occasionally receive a ‘Failure’ report. Below are some examples that will cause the feed to fail and how you may be able to resolve in Autopromotor. – An incorrect vehicle type; Example; A Motorhome has been listed in Autopromotor […]

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Books – VAT Calculations

Question – Is VAT calculated on vehicle preparation items on a margin vehicle? Answer – At present no. VAT is only calculated on the vehicle purchase details. We are working to expand this to include vehicle preparation line items in the near future.

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How to find ‘missing stock’.

Stock could appear missing but be found under the vehicle category. For example, Cars & Vans will be shown in separate stock lists. This gives increased SEO benefit to the website as well as giving your customer quality results.

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Is your website missing a menu item?

A menu item may appear to vanish but actually this is more often the website being clever! If you have Cars & Vans in stock both items will display in the main menu, BUT if you no longer had any Vans left for sale, that menu item ‘Vans’ would disappear. We’d never want a user […]

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Why is ‘Sold Stock’ not showing?

This could be because you have no ‘sold stock’ set to advertise in Autopromotor. If you do have ‘Sold’ stock and this does not appear as a menu item and you would like it to, please pop an email to admin@spidersnet.co.uk and we’ll get it added for you.

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PPC – What is Pay Per Click advertising?

PPC stands for Pay Per Click, this is the all-encompassing term for online paid advertising, and will typically charge you every time your site receives a click (as the name suggests). Ads can appear on a search engine results page (SERP) or on other websites, depending on the type of campaign you choose to run […]

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SEO – What is search engine optimisation?

SEO, or search engine optimisation, is the discipline that focuses on ensuring your website appears high up on search results pages. This mainly focuses on Google, which is by far the most influential search engine, but it is also targeted to Bing and Yahoo as well. There are a number of actions that you can […]

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