CarTake · Inventory ads

Automotive inventory ads for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Google, built from your stock

With CarTake, your Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Google ads start from the vehicles you actually have in stock: the same processed photos, in your Digital Room and with your logo, plus price and a link to the vehicle listing. You choose which cars and campaigns to push; CarTake creates the ads and publishes them.

  • Ads built from the vehicles in stock, with real photos
  • Same Digital Room and logo as your website and portals
  • Vehicle videos generated automatically from the photos
  • Published on Meta (Facebook, Instagram), TikTok and Google
Ford Kuga processed by CarTake in the dealership's Digital Room, ready for a social ad
The same stock photo for social ads, website and portals.

From stock to ad

Four steps, starting from the cars on your lot

  1. 01

    Choose cars and campaigns

    Decide which vehicles to promote and in which campaign: ready for delivery, used, the offer of the month.

  2. 02

    Photos and videos ready

    CarTake uses the photos already processed, with Digital Room and branding, and the videos generated from them.

  3. 03

    Ad creation

    Each ad shows the real vehicle, its price and a link to its listing on your website.

  4. 04

    Publishing

    CarTake publishes the ads on Meta (Facebook, Instagram), TikTok and Google, in the campaigns you chose.

What automotive inventory ads are

Inventory ads are built from the vehicles a dealership has available: each ad shows a specific car, with its real photos, its price and a link to that vehicle's listing.

The difference from a brand ad is simple: the person scrolling sees a car they can actually buy, and one click takes them to the right page, not the homepage.

How CarTake builds them

CarTake starts from the work already done on the photos. Images shot with the app and placed in the Digital Room become the basis of the ads, together with vehicle videos generated automatically from the same photos.

The dealership chooses vehicles and campaigns; CarTake creates the ads and publishes them on the platforms. No files to download and re-upload on every channel.

  • The same processed photos used for website and portals.
  • The dealership's Digital Room, logo and branding.
  • Videos generated automatically from the vehicle photos.
  • Ads created and published on Meta (Facebook, Instagram), TikTok and Google.
Where the photos come from: the CarTake Photo capture app

Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Google: same cars, different formats

On Facebook and Instagram, feed, stories and reels show vehicle photos and short videos well. TikTok is vertical and video-first, which is where videos generated from the photos come in handy. On Google, the ad reaches people who are already searching.

The starting content is the same everywhere: the real vehicle, photographed to the same standard.

Why consistent images matter in ads too

In the feed, a car ad competes with everything else. Stock with mixed backgrounds, random crops and inconsistent light looks improvised; cars photographed in the same virtual showroom make the dealership recognizable at a glance.

There's also continuity: whoever clicks finds the same photo on the website listing and on portals that they saw in the ad. No surprises between the social post and the vehicle page.

Discover the Digital Room, CarTake's virtual showroom

Inventory ads and CarTake Studio templates

Not every message is a single-vehicle ad. For offers, launches, events or a certified pre-owned campaign there's CarTake Studio, the visual editor with templates for Facebook, Instagram, ads and website, connected to the same stock photos.

The two work together: inventory ads show the cars available, Studio builds campaign creatives with the same visual identity.

Discover CarTake Studio

What to measure

A few metrics are enough: clicks to the vehicle listing, leads generated (forms, calls, WhatsApp) and cost per lead. You read them in the ad platforms' tools and in your website analytics, so check tracking before you start.

It's also worth looking at which cars get attention and which don't: it's a useful signal on price and photos. Days in stock depend on many factors and should be measured separately.

Analysis: where the days go between photos and listing
Inventory ads FAQ

Automotive inventory ads: frequently asked questions

Design, platforms, video and the agency's role: what dealers ask before starting.

No. Ads start from the photos CarTake has already processed, with the dealership's Digital Room and logo. The visual identity is defined once during setup; there's no need to redo the design for every car.

Meta (Facebook and Instagram), TikTok and Google. The dealership chooses which vehicles and campaigns to run; CarTake creates and publishes the ads. Channels and accounts to connect are defined during setup.

Yes. CarTake automatically generates a video of each vehicle from the stock photos, which can be used in ads as well as on the website and social channels. Nothing needs to be filmed on the lot.

Not necessarily. CarTake handles the repetitive part: turning stock into consistent ads and publishing them. Strategy, budget, audiences and broader creative campaigns remain decisions for the dealership or its agency, which can work on the same ads.

Inventory ads show individual available vehicles, with photos, price and a link to the listing. Studio is the visual editor for all other creatives: offers, launches, events, website banners. Both use the same photos.

Demo on your stock

See ads built from your own cars

In the demo we start from a few vehicles on your lot and show you photos, videos and ads for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Google with your Digital Room.

Channels and campaigns defined around your process. No commitment.