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AutoGate Browser Extension - Quick Start & FAQs

 

The AutoGate Browser Extension helps you make smarter car-buying decisions by showing you real-time market insights, like price trends and value comparisons, right on car listing pages. No need to switch tabs or copy-paste details. Everything you need appears while you browse. 

Before we start, you may be asking yourself: What is a Browser Extension?

A Browser Extension is a small tool you add to your internet browser (like Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge) to give it extra features. Think of it as an “app” for your browser. Once installed, it can help you do things faster or add new functions to websites you visit. 

What Do I Need to Start Using the Extension (Prerequisites)?

To use the AutoGate Browser Extension, you’ll need: 

  • An AutoGate account (with your login details). 

  • Access to these AutoGate subscriptions: 

    • AutoGate Registration Search 

    • LiveMarket 

    • Acquire 

  • In addition, you will need the following User Permissions:

    • Sourcing Edit or Sourcing Manage

    • LiveMarket View or LiveMarket Manage 

If any of these are missing, contact your AutoGate admin or account manager to enable access.

How to Get Started

1) Install the Extension

  • Go to the Chrome Web Store and search for “AutoGate Browser Extension.” or alternatively, just follow the Chrome Store listing direclty here.

  • Click Install and follow the prompts. 

2) Sign in

  • Open the browser extension and sign in with your AutoGate username and password. 

  • If you’ve signed in before, you might stay signed in automatically. 

  • Make sure you stay signed in on the browser extension to make sure the other pages can identify your credentials. 

3) Add Car Websites to Extension

When you visit a site you want the extension to work on, the extension prompts you to Start search for that site/domain, but only if you haven’t already added it before. 

  • Visit a car marketplace website (like carsales.com.au or other popular sites of your preference). 

  • The extension will prompt you to “Start search” for that site. Click it. 

  • That site is now added to your active domains, and the extension will work to scan that page automatically. 

Manage your sites in Settings

You can easily remove the site at any time, giving you control on when the extension works.

To see the list of sites and remove them:

  • Open the extension’s Settings by taping in the settings cog icon
  • Review the list of saved websites.
  • Click the bin icon to remove any site you no longer want monitored.

Tip: Keep only the sites you actually use to avoid unnecessary noise.

4) See insights while you browse

When the extension detects a vehicle on a website or domain that you have added to your list of active domains, it will show a simple message on the top right section of your screen, indicating that a result was found. For example:

In addition, you will see a red notification in the browser extension bar icon:

Tip: The Exntesion icon is within your Chrome Extensions bar, in the top right of you screen.

Tap on the message or Autogate icon, to see the vehicle key details (model shown in page, VIN/rego, odometer, asking price).

 

From here you can:

  • Add opportunity:  it creates a Sourcing record in AutoGate for that vehicle and attempts an Item identification matching to surface market data. For best results and data quality, an AutoGate Registration Search will run automatically when available (Rego or VIN available) to help identify the vehicle more accurately.

Important note: A Registration Search will be automatically completed when VIN or Rego are available, helping you identify the vehicle quicker and more accurately. A fee per Search applies.

  • Report incorrect information: The Extension uses AI. If you noticed the information is not as expected, you can report it using the icon.

 

5) Check Opportunity Details and Insights 

Once the Opportunity is added, you will have fast access to AutoGate's features directly in your browser. 

  • Item Identification results and vehicle details:

  • LiveMarket insights: view supply, number of comparable vehicles online, LiveMarket average price, average kilometres, recent delisting's, instant offer, and average days to sell.
  • Link to see competitive set: it opens the full competitive set in AutoGate Sourcing, to continue exploring the complete set of analytics and comps.

Use these the data to quickly decide whether to pursue or pass, without switching context.

6) Selecting Account

Please make sure you select the correct Account, as any Opportunity Added will be located in the currently selected Account. Also Account settings will apply to your LiveMarket Data.

FAQs

  • Does the extension work on any website?
    Currently, it is expected to work only on Car websites. In addition, it works only on the websites you’ve explicitly added via Start search. Manage these in Settings → Auto search.
  • Will it create records automatically?
    No. A Sourcing record is created only when you click Add opportunity.
  • What browsers are supported?
    The extension is currently only available for Chrome and Microsoft Edge. To install in Edge, just navigate the Chrome Extension store listing, and you will see a banner on the top to install in your Edge Browser (the extension is currently not listed int he Microsoft Extension store, so it can only be installed from the Chrome store listing)
  • Who can remove a site from detection?
    Any signed-in user can remove sites from their own Auto search list. The list is specific to each User in the Autogate account.

Troubleshooting

The panel doesn’t appear on a domain page

  • Confirm you’re signed in to the extension.
  • Verify the website is saved in Settings → Auto search.
  • Refresh the page after clicking Start search.
  • Ensure your subscriptions (LiveMarket, VIN/Rego Lookups, Acquire) are active for your user.
  • Check that you’re on a vehicle detail or similar page the extension can detect a car.

LiveMarket insights look incomplete

  • Some insights require sufficient market data; try again on a more common make/model or adjust filters directly in AutoGate.

Registration Search didn’t run

  • Registration Search runs when a valid VIN or Rego values is available. It incurs a per-Search fee.
  • If this data is not available in a specific listing, the search will be skipped.

Nothing happens after install

  • Make sure the extension is enabled in your browser’s extensions manager in the browser.

  • Right-click on the extension icon in the Browser and check it has access to the sites. By default, it should be 'On all sites' but it could have been changed at some point.  

     

 

Watch our video walk-through

 

Need help?

If you get stuck, collect the following before contacting support:

  • Screenshot of the page and the extension panel
  • The website URL and example vehicle
  • Your AutoGate email and which subscriptions you have active 

Then go ahead and reach out to our support team: 

e: support@carsales.net.au
p: 1300 728 800

 

 

Any information on this page is provided as a guide only. It is not professional or expert advice and is not a substitute for such advice. The content may not be appropriate, correct or sufficient for your circumstances and should not be relied on as the only reason you do or don’t do anything.

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