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4 Tips to Sell Your Car Online

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Are you selling your car online for the first time, and feeling a bit overwhelmed? We’ll make the process easy as pie. Here, we’ve dived into the most common concerns first time online car sellers have.  Selling it doesn’t have to be a challenge – it can be simple and straight forward when you know what to expect.

Be Prepared to be Flexible

Even when your vehicle is in demand, expect a bit of scrutinization before the buyer signs on the dotted line. If you take your car to Carvana for example, an inspector will examine your vehicle from head to toe and mention things (minor dings on the door, stripped paint, etc.) which may decrease the value of your car.  Keep in mind this is normal.

If you think they’re lowballing you (compare it to the value you can reference in Kelly Blue Book), walk out. Take it somewhere else and compare prices before you commit.

Choose the Best Website

When it comes to selling your vehicle, you have some options. Here’s a few of the best:

  • CarGurus. If you go with this website, you won’t have to pay anything to list your vehicle, but you will have to pay them an $99 fee if you sell it.
  • Facebook Marketplace. As one of the newest online car retailers, it offers its pros and cons. To sell through Facebook, you’ll need a Facebook account and will have access to the buyer’s profile so it’s less anonymous than Facebook. It’s also a free platform for selling, just like CarGurus.

  • Bring-a-Trailer. Do you have a classic car you want to sell but aren’t sure where to post it? List it on Bring-A-Trailer, who offers classic car enthusiasts to its site frequently (so you can expect lots of passionate buyers!) It’s free to post, and a $99 fee when you sell.

Selling your car doesn’t have to difficult when you know what to expect and where to sell it. In fact, it can even be stress-free! If your buyer needs the car shipped, we’ve got you covered! With over 600 5-star online reviews and an iron-clad guarantee, we’re America’s favorite car shipping company.  Fill out our online contact form to receive a quote in minutes!

Frequently Asked Questions

Honest Answers to Your Car Shipping Questions

Yes, we always ask for your specific pickup and delivery addresses, if the carrier can get right to the addresses you provide, they will. If the addresses that you give us are not safely accessible for a Multi-car carrier, however, you will need to make arrangements with the driver to meet at a nearby location where the carrier can safely get in and out.

People do it all the time (rarely for free) but the official answer is no.

Not what you wanted to hear, we know, but that is the honest answer.

We are not licensed to broker the shipment of household goods and, likewise, no car carrier that operates in the USA is licensed to transport them from state to state either. Despite what you might be being told by other car shipping companies you may speak with.

Remember, at the end of the day we're all salespeople, and the true answer to this question is not a great selling point.

You will hear a lot of companies tell you that you can put up to 100 pounds of items in the trunk, but that is not entirely true. That fact is that items of that amount are fairly common and the department of transportation is probably not going to split hairs and fine the trucker over items of that amount, provided they are not over their weight limit. They could fine them, however, if they see a vehicle stuffed full of personal items so the car carrier will most likely try to negotiate something with you to cover themselves against any costs they could incur. It's not something we can build into your contract though.

We have a short and helpful video on this topic in our user videos.

Only in rare cases and car carriers will usually charge a premium to make it happen.

All dates given by car carriers are typically estimates and projections.

For this reason (and to keep your cost down) we ask that you build in some flexibility and give us the earliest possible date you would be WILLING to release the vehicle, even though it may not be your preferred date.

We'll put you in direct contact with your car carrier and the driver will also typically call you the afternoon or evening before your pick up and delivery (they won't just show up unannounced, and if they do we want to hear about it). However, car carriers are out on the road battling traffic, weather and any number of other factors that can and do throw them off of their pickup and delivery projections from time to time.

If the projected dates we give you come and you are unable to make contact with your carrier, please call our office immediately so that we may help resolve the situation.

The average transit time from pick up to delivery on any vehicle going coast to coast will average 7 to 10 days. From there you can figure your transit time based on how far your vehicle is traveling, i.e. from either coast to the Midwest might average 3-7 days.

Yes!

Even better, we do not even ask for payment until we have you confirmed for pickup by a safe, reliable, fully insured, direct car carrier. If for any reason you do not ship your car with the carrier that we arrange for you, there is no fee.

The fees paid directly to the carrier however, (in most cases, their fees are not paid until your vehicle is delivered) are not directly controlled by us, so any requests for a refund of the carrier's portion would need to be addressed with the carrier directly.

Of course! And you are always backed by our Damage Free Guarantee policy.

Part of what you pay us for is to verify that the car carrier that we put you on is covered by the proper amount of insurance and that everything is up to date.

There is never any additional cost to you for this coverage, and their insurance is always primary.

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