Carsales

carsales.com is an online marketplace, which specializes in automotive, motorcycle and marine classifieds business in Australia. The head office is located in the City of Yarra.
Within Australia, carsales.com manages a network of sites for online classifieds as well as other sites related to the automotive industry.
carsales.com was recognised by Forbes as one of the most innovative growth companies in 2017.
Technology.
The company has been industry recognised for its AI projects, specifically its photo recognition tool cyclops.
The technical stack of the company, including hosting in AWS, has helped it expand into new countries: "[W]ith the microservices architecture - written predominantly in .NET with interaction provided by the RabbitMQ open source messaging system - now bedded down, Carsales has for the first time been able to expand its full platform into new markets.”
In 2018 carsales.com partnered with CHEProximity to create one of a kind car commercials for private sellers on its website. This campaign was recognised within the marketing industry for its technical execution and impact.
carsales.com launched its foundation in March 2016 "The Foundation has launched the Women in IT scholarship in conjunction with Swinburne University and the Indigenous Scholarship with Curtin University. As well as the scholarships, the Foundation stated it will also support various charities through company and individual staff donations, and fundraising activities."
carsales.com is involved in a number of activities to help people learn about technology, including a school holiday program for kids.
Acquisitions and investments.
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Partnerships and Accreditation.
Australian Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo is currently the carsales’ Global Brand Ambassador with the carsales logo appearing on the chin of Daniel's helmet and on his media hat throughout the 2017 and 2018 F1 seasons
carsales is also the major partner of the Melbourne Renegades Big Bash and Women's Big Bash League teams and this partnership sees the carsales logo featured on the chest of all Renegades games jerseys.
carsales.com LTD has been recognised by WGEA as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality for the past three-years. It is one of only 120 companies to be awarded this citation.
In 2015 carsales became the naming rights sponsor of Todd Kelly's Nissan Altima Supercar in the Australia Supercar Championship. This relationship continued until the end of the 2017 season.
History.
In recent years it has continued to expand its portfolio, both locally and internationally. Since this period, carsales.com has created a strong presence in Chile, Mexico, Brazil, South Korea, Argentina, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. RedBook, a subsidiary of carsales.com, is a data services business that has operations in Australia, New Zealand, China, Thailand and Malaysia.