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How to set up and run your dealership website with the Car Lots theme and plugin.
Full guides
Dealer GuideHow to set up and run your dealership website with the Car Lots theme and plugin.Developer GuideHow the Car Lots theme, plugins, data and rules fit together. Section 13 ("Full system rules") wins wherever an older section disagrees.
Step by step, with screenshots
Run the setup10 steps on the Getting started checklist fill in your whole website. About 30 minutes. Your progress is saved, so you can stop any time.Pick your lookChoose your colors, header, footer, cards and font – with a live preview. Nothing changes on your site until you click Publish.Add a vehicle from your phoneWalk the lot, take photos, type the VIN and publish. About 5 minutes per car. Works on a computer too.Edit your vehicles on a computerChange prices, details, photos and SEO for any car. Feed cars keep your changes.Import your inventory feedConnect your inventory provider once and your cars update by themselves every day. About 10 minutes.The clean-up sheet: fix messy feed dataHow the clean-up sheet tidies your feed on every import, and how to add or change a rule. About 5 minutes.Send your cars to Google, Facebook and moreMake a feed once and Google, Facebook or CarGurus pick up your cars every day by themselves. About 10 minutes per site.Leads: who gets them and where to find themSet who gets lead emails, send leads to your CRM, and find every lead in your dashboard. About 10 minutes.Set up your website emailYour website sends you every lead and sends shoppers a "We got your request" email. Connect it to your email account so these arrive and don't land in…Track visits, calls and leads (Google Analytics and ads)Paste your IDs once and every call, form and vehicle lead is counted in Google Analytics and your ad accounts. About 10 minutes.Faster photos with Cloud Images (Cloudflare)Move your vehicle photos to your own Cloudflare account so they load faster and don't fill up your server. About 30–45 minutes. Pro plan add-on.Build a page and pick which cars showMake a page like "Trucks on sale" with your own blocks, and choose exactly which cars it shows. About 10 minutes.Change your header and footer links (menus)Choose which links show in your header menu and the four footer columns. About 10 minutes.SEO and redirectsHow your website shows in Google, how to change it, and how to send old addresses to new pages. No SEO plugin needed.