Used-Car Dealer Inventory Sync System

Job ID: 40063708

Budget: ₹1,500 – ₹12,500 INR

Build Fully Automated Dealer Inventory Sync System (Websites + Facebook → Auto Update Our Server & Website)

PROJECT SUMMARY

We are building a fully automated dealer inventory synchronization system for a used-car marketplace.

This is not a basic scraper and not a one-time data extraction.

The system must continuously collect car listings from dealer websites and Facebook dealer pages, analyze changes daily, and automatically update our live website hosted on our own server.

The goal is to keep dealer stock always up to date without manual work.

CORE OBJECTIVE

Build a system that can:

Scrape dealer car listings from multiple sources

Detect daily changes (new / removed / sold / updated cars)

Normalize all data into a standard car template

Automatically update our website database or import system

Run on a daily schedule on our server

This project will be executed in phases, but this job post describes the complete Phase 1 system.

DATA SOURCES

The system must support:

1. Dealer Websites

Different layouts and structures

Pagination and infinite scroll

Individual car detail pages

2. Facebook Dealer Pages

Public dealer pages (not Marketplace accounts)

Scroll to load all listings

Click “See more” to expand full descriptions

Extract posts that represent car listings only

The system must ignore non-car posts such as promotions, contact posts, or banners.

DATA TO EXTRACT (IF AVAILABLE)

From each car listing or post:

Make

Model

Year

Mileage (KM)

Price or Monthly price

Description

Images

Listing URL / Post URL

Some listings may not contain all fields.
The system must still add the car with missing fields left empty.

CAR IDENTIFICATION & SYNC LOGIC (CRITICAL REQUIREMENT)

Each car must be uniquely identified using a car fingerprint, for example:

Dealer ID + Make + Model + Year + Mileage

The system must run daily and perform the following logic:

If a car appears today but not yesterday → ADD

If a car exists today and yesterday → UPDATE (price, description, etc.)

If a car existed yesterday but not today → REMOVE

If description contains keywords such as:

“sold”

“booked”

“not available”

“reserved”

→ mark the car as SOLD or inactive on the website

This logic must work automatically without manual intervention.

AUTOMATION & SCHEDULING

The entire system must run automatically

No manual clicking or browser interaction

Daily scheduled execution using cron or equivalent

Error handling and retries for failed pages

Logging system for:

Successful runs

Failed sources

Parsing errors

WEBSITE INTEGRATION (MANDATORY)

The system must automatically update our live website hosted on our server.

One of the following approaches can be used (developer to propose best option):

Generate a daily CSV or JSON file that our site imports automatically

Directly update our website database (MySQL/PostgreSQL)

API-based integration

Manual uploads are not acceptable.

SERVER & DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS

The developer must:

Deploy the full system on our server (VPS)

Configure:

Runtime environment

Dependencies

Scheduler (cron)

Ensure the system runs after server restarts

Provide:

Clear setup instructions

Environment configuration

How to add new dealer sources in the future

The final solution must be production-ready, not just local scripts.

TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS

Preferred (not mandatory, but expected):

Playwright / Puppeteer / Selenium (headless browser)

Python or Node.js

Server-side execution (Linux VPS)

Clean, modular, documented code

WHAT WE DO NOT WANT

SaaS scraping tools

Chrome extensions

Free-trial-based services

One-click scraping platforms

UI automation only (UiPath-only solutions)

We are building an owned, maintainable system, not a temporary workaround.

TIMELINE

This is not a one-day project.

Expected Phase 1 duration:

2 to 4 weeks, depending on approach and scope

We prefer realistic timelines over fast promises.

BUDGET

Open to realistic bids

Budget is constrained, so scope control is important

We are evaluating:

Technical understanding

System design

Scalability

Long-term maintainability

Unrealistically low bids with “everything guaranteed” will be rejected.
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