Tips for Selling Your Car Online

Dear Miss Mota,

What are some of the best sites to sell your car on, delivery options etc?

Anne in NM

Dear Anne,

Selling your car online really depends on your car and where you are. Some cars are more desirable in certain parts of the country, some are going to be in demand locally to you and some areas mean that the cars from there are highly desirable because of no salt on the roads, no hail damage, no flooding, etc.

Start with a free local service like Craigslist and then decide if you think that your car would be appreciated on a site with a national search capability like autotrader.com or cars.com. If you don’t want to deal with it yourself you could try a service like Mota.net that will put it on all of the sites and manage the sale for you.

As far as delivery, it is always up to the buyer to arrange for transportation unless you want to deliver it yourself to get out of town. Make sure that you take a lot of pictures before it is picked up by a transport company because you don't want to be responsible for any damage after it leaves your driveway.

Make sure that you price your car below KBB retail and closer to private party value. You can see successful completed sales in eBay (they will be green and not red in Completed) to get an idea of what comparable models sell for or an easier choice is to price your car quickly and for free by looking at successfully sold cars here. Try to look at ones with similar trim packages too because some Sport or EX versions are more desirable than base packages.

Good luck!
M

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