Auto Trader’s stock management tool Dealer Edit will be available online from autumn, following a phased roll-out.

Auto Trader has invested £860,000 in order to upgrade the free software with new functions and to make it a stand-alone online product.

More than 9,000 UK dealers already use Dealer Edit which allows them to keep track of and display stock on their own Auto Trader-hosted website.

Each car uploaded on to the Dealer Edit system can be supported with up to nine pictures and prefilled model information from CAP.

Dealers already using Dealer Edit will be upgraded to the latest version.

New features include the ability to transfer stock records to any other UK dealer that uses Dealer Edit, keyword stock search and multiple user log-in members of a dealership’s team.