One Platform. Every Advantage.

carsales mediahouse is focused on building a connected ecosystem that simplifies complexity and proves outcomes for advertisers. By combining scale, trust, premium content and AI-powered tools, we help brands connect with buyers confidently across every stage of the journey.
From reaching an average of 7.5 million users every month* to delivering measurable outcomes with independent transparency, it’s a single platform built to solve fragmented attention and rising expectations.

* Google Analytics, deduplicated users (May 25 –Jul 25)

Content Reimagined

Over the past 12 months, carsales has evolved its content to be more audience-first, platform-native and always-on. That means less jargon, more useful insights, and formats that actually match how people consume content. It’s content designed to inform, entertain, and convert. Jun Lee Sia, General Manager, Brand and Marketing Strategy and Ben Tyers, Head of Content, share how carsales is evolving as a brand and previewed what’s next, from lifestyle-led storytelling to new ways of making buying a new car feel simpler and more inspiring.

Product, Ignition & AI

Open House marked the announcement of new product innovations coming soon, built to move buyers from discovery to decision: Virtual Test Drive, Interactive Brochure, expanded native formats and in-feed video built for scrollable environments. All seamlessly connected through the Ignition architecture, giving marketers one unified platform to simplify complexity and achieve outcomes.

Our self-serve ad manager, Ignition, is also set to evolve into a predictive powerhouse designed to help advertisers plan, buy and measure with speed and confidence. carsales is exploring three new AI capabilities:

  • Generative Search – your Ignition co-pilot for instant responses.
  • Execution Intelligence – automating tasks so work happens in seconds, not days.
  • Strategic Advisory – moving beyond dashboards to provide clear, actionable recommendations.

Stephen Kyefulumya shares how these innovations come to life in the video above.

Transparency & Measurement

Measurement and attribution remain a key challenge for marketers. Privacy changes, signal loss from cookie deprecation, and other tracking limitations are breaking traditional attribution models – and when the data is wrong, the investment decisions that follow are wrong too. carsales mediahouse is committed to putting transparency at the centre of performance, with independent validation that gives advertisers clarity and confidence in every investment. See how this commitment comes to life in the video above.

Content shown for illustrative purposes only and is not an official case study or representation of future performance

Proof In Action

The best proof is results. Our Group Business Directors, Brooke and John, share how one platform with every advantage is driving measurable impact for different kinds of partners:New entrants building scale and credibility fast in one of the world’s most competitive auto markets.Established leaders reigniting momentum and turning attention into action.

Together, these stories highlight the breadth of outcomes carsales delivers, from awareness to conversion.

Welcome to

At our Open House ’26 events in Sydney and Melbourne we showcased how carsales mediahouse is the one platform with every advantage.

In a market of scarce attention and high expectations, carsales delivers scale, trust, premium content and AI-powered tools to give marketers clarity, confidence and results—connecting brands with shoppers at every stage.

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Open House '26

Our
Difference

carsales mediahouse has the scale of a marketplace, the trust of a publisher, the performance of a walled garden and the openness of the web. All in one place.

One Platform.
Every Advantage.

Our Products

Our products follow the modern car buyer from discovery to decision. Insight-led and results-driven, carsales mediahouse helps brands connect with buyers and turn interest into action.

Explore our solutions

It's always interesting to see the future of the media landscape, and with carsales Open House, it's great to see the team moving the ball forward, integrating things like AI and further owning that consideration space

-David Carter, MyPlates

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I’m going to go back and look at how our (Brand-X) strategies could be integrated more with carsales all the way through, from inception to execution

-Tony McKay, Team X

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Customers are using carsales as the first port of call, to see all the brands and models that are available and they’re always a trusted source in that regard

-Luke Creeley, Yango

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The market complexity really spoke to me. The fact that we are being bombarded with different metrics and solutions, every step of the way, (carsales) explained what that means for us

-Alexsandra Smith, Spark Foundry

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The AI features were really interesting. I was wondering where carsales would be going in this space so it's good to see that (carsales) has some competitive offerings in market.

-Alicia Rowe, Mitsubishi Motors Australia

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I’ve been fortunate enough to attend a number of these upfronts over the years, working with carsales and with the brand enhancements (carsales) have made in terms of really taking the next steps in the rendition of the brand, I think it’s fantastic.

-David Hanlin, Universal Internet Services

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It's really exciting to see the content strategy (carsales mediahouse) is building around brands and attention

-Rachel Teh, Speed Agency

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What's Next

carsales mediahouse is evolving with new tools and formats to move shoppers from discovery to decision — from Virtual Test Drive and Interactive Brochure to deeper Ignition AI integrations and the upcoming Auto Buyer Journey research. Here’s a glimpse of what’s next.

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