Can AutoLens sync my DMS inventory?

If your DMS or website provider can give you an inventory export as a link, a spreadsheet or a file on an FTP or SFTP server, yes. Connect it in Settings → Inventory feed, check it, confirm the columns, and it syncs every hour.

Do I need someone from AutoLens to set it up?

No. Owners and managers connect a feed themselves. If you’d like a second pair of eyes, send us a sample file and we’ll tell you honestly how it will import.

What happens when my provider changes the file?

If the columns change, AutoLens pauses the sync and asks you to confirm the new layout. Nothing is imported under a guess.

What if I don’t have a feed?

Use the Chrome extension to capture vehicles from your own website instead. It reads the structured data most dealer websites publish.

Will a feed create duplicates of vehicles I already captured?

No. Each feed unit is matched to your existing inventory first, and matched vehicles are updated in place.

Does the feed change my Marketplace listings?

It keeps each vehicle’s details and price current in AutoLens. Whether a unit is posted, and its description, stay under your team’s control. A unit your feed marks sold isn’t posted again; taking down a listing that is already live on Facebook is still done by hand.

Integrations

Dealership inventory feeds and integrations

An AutoLens integration is a connection that brings your inventory in from where it already lives. Connect the feed you already have, whether it comes from your DMS, your website provider, an FTP server or a spreadsheet. AutoLens then keeps your inventory current every hour. You can also capture vehicles from your own website with the Chrome extension or add them by hand.

Every source lands in one inventory that feeds your Facebook Marketplace listings and the AI Responder.

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Inventory sources

Three ways in, one inventory.

Source	How it works	Set-up	When it updates
Inventory feed	A file your DMS, website provider or team already produces is read on a schedule. New units are added, prices are picked up, and sold units are marked sold.	Self-serve in Settings	Every hour, or on demand
Website capture	The Chrome extension reads a vehicle page on your own website: specs, price and every photo.	Self-serve: install and sign in	When you scan a vehicle
Manual entry	A full add and edit form in the dashboard, with photos in order and optional payment details.	Self-serve	When you save

Owners and managers connect a feed in Settings → Inventory feed. Not sure your provider’s file will work? Check it there before saving, or send us a sample.

Connect any feed

Bring the feed you already have.

However it’s delivered

An export link, a Google Sheets link (shared or published to the web), or a file on an FTP, FTPS or SFTP server. Point at a file pattern and AutoLens reads the newest match.

Whatever the format

CSV, tab- or pipe-separated text, Excel, XML or JSON, including zipped or gzipped files. The format is detected from the file itself, so you don’t have to pick it.

Checked before anything imports

Press Check feed and AutoLens shows what it found: the format, the first rows, and how many vehicles would be imported, held or marked sold if you saved now.

You confirm the columns

AutoLens suggests which column is the price, the VIN, the stock number and so on. You check the match before the first import, and a unique ID per vehicle is required, so units can’t blur together.

Statuses mean what they say

You decide how each status in your feed is treated. Sold and deleted units are marked sold; in-transit, on-order and on-hold units are imported but kept off Marketplace until they’re ready.

Units stay in their units

Kilometres, miles and engine hours are kept apart, so a boat’s hours are never listed as mileage and a US-priced unit is held rather than posted at the wrong price.

Safe by design

What a feed does, and won’t do.

When a feed syncs, AutoLens matches each unit to the one it already has (by the feed’s own ID, the vehicle page, the VIN or the stock number), so vehicles you captured earlier are updated in place rather than duplicated.

A feed never overwrites the things your team owns: a vehicle’s status, whether it’s been posted to Marketplace, and its description. If the feed comes back half-empty, or a single sync would mark more than half of your inventory sold, AutoLens pauses removals instead of taking your lot down over a bad file.

If your provider changes the columns, the sync stops and asks you to confirm the new layout rather than guessing. The last sync, its counts and any problem are shown in Settings, in plain language.

Feed links, passwords and SSH keys are stored encrypted and never shown again after you save them. Feed inventory is shared by everyone on your plan, and changes appear on open dashboards without a refresh. See Marketplace listings.

Other connections

The services behind the product.

Text messaging

Twilio sends and receives the AI Responder’s texts on a Canadian number, with optional numbers for individual salespeople.

Facebook Marketplace

Listings are prepared in each salesperson’s own browser and Facebook account through the AutoLens extension. There is no Facebook app or catalog to connect.

Billing

Plans are billed monthly through Stripe, and owners manage their subscription from Settings.

Coming soon

Coming soon.

Built or planned, but not something to buy AutoLens for today.

Google Calendar and Outlook sync for appointments the AI books
A private upload address for providers that can only push a file to you

Straight answers

What it doesn’t do.

Worth knowing before you decide, not after.

List on AutoTrader or Kijiji
Facebook Marketplace is the only marketplace AutoLens lists on.
Write back to your DMS
Feeds are read-only. AutoLens never changes your DMS or your feed.
Take a feed it can’t reach
AutoLens pulls the file from a link or server. Providers that can only push a file somewhere aren’t supported yet.
Take email or ADF leads
Leads come in by text message. Email and ADF lead ingestion are not part of the product.

FAQ

Questions dealers ask.

Can AutoLens sync my DMS inventory?: If your DMS or website provider can give you an inventory export as a link, a spreadsheet or a file on an FTP or SFTP server, yes. Connect it in Settings → Inventory feed, check it, confirm the columns, and it syncs every hour.
Do I need someone from AutoLens to set it up?: No. Owners and managers connect a feed themselves. If you’d like a second pair of eyes, send us a sample file and we’ll tell you honestly how it will import.
What happens when my provider changes the file?: If the columns change, AutoLens pauses the sync and asks you to confirm the new layout. Nothing is imported under a guess.
What if I don’t have a feed?: Use the Chrome extension to capture vehicles from your own website instead. It reads the structured data most dealer websites publish.
Will a feed create duplicates of vehicles I already captured?: No. Each feed unit is matched to your existing inventory first, and matched vehicles are updated in place.
Does the feed change my Marketplace listings?: It keeps each vehicle’s details and price current in AutoLens. Whether a unit is posted, and its description, stay under your team’s control. A unit your feed marks sold isn’t posted again; taking down a listing that is already live on Facebook is still done by hand.

Connect your feed in an afternoon.

Paste a link or your server details, check what comes through, and your inventory keeps itself current from then on.

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