How this works
A local place to buy a first car, where nothing gets listed without someone reading it first.
Cars are sold by the people who own them, near enough that you can go and look at one this weekend. Every listing is read by a person before a buyer sees it. There is no commission, and we never touch the money between a buyer and a seller.
Selling a car
- 1
Start with the VIN
It fills in the year, make and model from the government vehicle database, so the details are right and buyers trust them.
- 2
Take the photos we ask for
A guided shot list, not "upload some pictures": the odometer, the tyres, the engine bay, and any dent or rust. Photographs of the flaws sell cars. Hiding them kills sales later.
- 3
Film two videos
One of the car, and one of it starting from cold with the hood up and the camera on the engine. The cold start is the one buyers ask for, because a car driven to the meeting has already hidden how it starts.
- 4
Say what you know
Owners, accidents, service records, whether it has been smoked in. The questions every buyer asks anyway.
- 5
Send it in
A person reads it, usually within a few hours. If something is missing we email you and say exactly what.
What it costs
Looking at cars is free and always will be. Listing a car is free too - you can have 2 live at a time.
Listing a car
FreeFree. Two cars at a time, 60 days each.
- Your listing on the site for 60 days
- Guided photos, walkaround video, VIN decoded automatically
- Every VIN spot-checked for theft or salvage before it goes live*
- A person reads it before any buyer sees it
- Relist or drop the price as often as you like
- No commission on your sale, ever
More than two at a time
$49 / 60 daysFour more slots for 60 days, for people selling more than the odd car.
Not switched on - free for now
- Four extra live listings alongside your two free ones
- Same rules: the First Car lane still refuses a salvage title, paid or not
Small lot
$79 / a monthFor a small independent lot using us as a shelf.
Not switched on - free for now
- Unlimited live listings
- A dashboard for all of them
- A dealer badge, so families know who they are talking to
Featured near you
$20 / 14 daysTop of the results in your own ZIP for two weeks.
Not switched on - free for now
- A boost, never a gate - unpaid listings are never buried
Featured
$25 / one offYour car on the front page, not just in search results.
Not switched on - free for now
- A boost, never a gate - unpaid listings are never buried
"Classic" badge
$15 / one offFor a car that has earned it - reviewed before it is sold, not automatic.
Not switched on - free for now
- Shown on the photo, not just the listing page
- Refused if the car does not fit - we are not selling the word, we are selling what it means
"Rare find" badge
$15 / one offSame rule as Classic: reviewed, not automatic, never sold to a car it does not fit.
Not switched on - free for now
- Shown on the photo, not just the listing page
"Fan favorite" badge
$15 / one offFor a car that is genuinely getting looked at - not just any car whose seller asks.
Not switched on - free for now
- Shown on the photo, not just the listing page
- Backed by real interest once we can measure it, not a seller's own say-so
"Speed demon" badge
$15 / one offFor the car that earns it on paper - reviewed the same as every other badge.
Not switched on - free for now
- Shown on the photo, not just the listing page
"Unique" badge
$15 / one offFor a car with a real story behind it - reviewed on the story, not the word.
Not switched on - free for now
- Shown on the photo, not just the listing page
"Mint condition" badge
$15 / one offThe most literal claim we sell - checked against the photos before it goes on one.
Not switched on - free for now
- Shown on the photo, not just the listing page
1 banner
$15 / one offOne badge or featured slot, on whichever car and whichever badge you choose later.
Not switched on - free for now
- Spend it on any badge or featured placement, any time
5 banners
$60 / one off$12 each instead of $15 - for a seller who expects to use more than one.
Not switched on - free for now
- Spend them on any badge or featured placement, any car, any time
10 banners
$100 / one off$10 each - the price of a small lot putting a badge on most of what it lists.
Not switched on - free for now
- Spend them on any badge or featured placement, any car, any time
Photo pack
$35 / one offSomebody comes to you and shoots the car properly.
Not switched on - free for now
- The full shot list, done right, in about an hour
- The walkaround video, filmed on a cold start
- A written description you can use anywhere, including Marketplace
* A person checks the VIN against NICB's public stolen-vehicle and total-loss registry before a listing goes live. That covers what insurers have reported stolen or written off - it is not a full title history, and it is not a guarantee. For that, a service like CARFAX or a state title check is worth doing yourself before you buy.
Buying with your kid
The part nowhere else does. Your new driver gets their own seat on your account. They can look at everything and tap Want on anything. They cannot message a seller until you have said yes.
Either of you can start it. If your kid finds the site first, they sign up, start wanting cars, and send you one email with what they picked - claim it and you are both on the same household. If you find it first, invite them with a short code you read out loud, and they join the same way. No account has to exist before the other one does.
Family pass
$25 / 60 daysYour kid picks. You approve. Only then does anyone talk to the seller.
Not switched on - free for now
- Two seats on one household account: you, and your new driver
- They tap Want. You tap yes or no. The shortlist is only the cars you said yes to
- They cannot message a seller until you have approved the car
- Alerts that follow your rules - automatic, under your budget, near you, clean title
- The Saturday shortlist: one page, the cars you approved, a map, ready to screenshot
What we do not do
Worth being blunt about, so nobody expects something we are not.
- We never hold the money. You pay the seller directly, the way you would for any private sale.
- We do not do escrow, financing, insurance or shipping.
- We are not the DMV. We do not transfer titles or guarantee one is clean - we show you what the seller said and what the VIN says.
- We do not guarantee any car. Read the listing, then go and look at it, and have a mechanic check it.
- We are not a dealer. Every car here is sold by a private owner unless it says otherwise.