Looking to sell your car?
We've got several options for you, whether you want an immediate, no-hassle offer for your car, to trade it in to a dealer, or to sell privately.
When it comes time to sell, we've got options for you. Perhaps you will trade in, or maybe you'd prefer to sell privately to maximize your return. Sometimes you want to press the easy button and try one of our partners for a fast and hassle-free sale. Just like when you're buying, it pays to shop around and compare.
See what selling options are available to you from the services below:
Selling with PrivateAuto
PrivateAuto is the most effective way to list your own vehicle for sale on AutoTempest. Plus, their platform extends beyond just the listing. They're the first transactional marketplace that includes identity verification, an eBill of Sale, and instant transfer of funds. They enable you to close the sale, as a buyer or seller, anytime, anyplace!
By using code AUTOTEMPEST you can waive the listing fee, and you'll only pay the closing fee if your vehicle sells.
Learn more about selling with PrivateAutoSelling with Cars.com
Cars.com offers the best of both worlds - you can get an instant offer from a local dealership in just a few minutes, or you can choose to list on Cars.com (creating a listing is completely free!) and sell your vehicle yourself.
Get an instant cash offer from a local dealer in just a few minutes. There's no catch - all you have to do is enter a few details about your car, receive your offer, and then head over to the dealer to get a quick inspection of your car to confirm everything lines up with the details you provided. This option is ideal for sellers that want a quick & convenient experience.
Rather sell your car yourself? Cars.com offers free listings so you can easily get your vehicle in front of millions of car shoppers, of course appearing for Autotempest users too.
When using Secure Checkout, their premium service that is free for sellers, you get identity verification to protect you from scams, a safe and secure escrow for funds & payment options when you’re ready to make a sale.
Selling with Carvana
Carvana also offers two options to sell your vehicle with them, which we've outlined below. They also offer vehicle pickup, depending on your location, which can make the selling process fairly hands-off. Finally, unless the car has been misrepresented, you can count on getting the price quoted in the online offer.
Trade-in is offered when you sell your vehicle as part of the purchase process toward a new vehicle. This can be beneficial in minimizing state sales taxes.
Even if you're not buying a car from Carvana, you can still sell to them. After answering a few questions about your vehicle, all online, you'll receive a firm offer.
In our experience, Carvana is one of the most hassle-free options for selling your car. The online process is quite quick, as they are able to look up most of the information for your car just using the plate number. And once you have a quote, that process to actually pick up the car and finish the deal is very straightforward and quick.
Learn more about selling with CarvanaSelling with Hemmings
Hemmings specializes in classic collector cars, so if your car is a classic, they're likely your best option to attract the right audience. They will accept other vehicles as well though, so they're worth considering regardless. Hemmings offers three distinct methods to list, all of which will also appear prominently in AutoTempest results:
Get your car sold in as little as one week, with a fast-paced online auction and exposure through Hemmings' dedicated auction emails. Includes a Free CARFAX report with all accepted vehicles manufactured after 1981.
Sell your car directly to registered buyers, who make offers that you can respond to in real time. Includes priority placement in their marketplace.
The classic way to list, Hemmings classifieds are seen by more than 165,000 Hemmings Motor News subscribers (and, again, on AutoTempest!)
Selling with Cars & Bids
If your car is a bit cool or unique and you're open to an auction platform, then Cars & Bids is also worth checking out. It costs nothing to list your vehicle with them, and again, your car will also show up on AutoTempest. (Buyers pay a 4.5% commission on top of the sale price, up to $4500.) They focus on 1980's and newer vehicles. Below are the two different types of auctions they offer:
A reserve auction has a secret minimum price that you’ll accept in order to sell your car. If your reserve isn't met, the car does not sell (and again, you don't pay anything).
An auction without a reserve means that the car will sell to the highest bidder at the end of the auction regardless of price. This guarantees your car will sell, and may attract more attention to it (so potentially you'll get a higher sale price), but of course you risk selling for less than you wanted.
Looking for more options?
Facebook Marketplace is a great free option to list your vehicle. The downside is that you're more likely to get tire-kickers and won't reach as wide a geographical audience as other sites (except for people using AutoTempest - though we don't show these listings directly in our results, we do generate a series of links that help you quickly search all of Marketplace!).
But you can't beat free for price, so you might as well list here too, as long as you have time to deal with a bunch of people asking, "Is this still available?"
Learn more about selling with Facebook Marketplace
eBay is the classic site to sell anything, including cars. Once again, anything listed on eBay will also appear on AutoTempest, and you have a couple different options to sell: a classified listing, or selling through eBay with an auction or a fixed price "Buy it Now" listing.
Classified listings work just like listings on Facebook Marketplace or old-school newspaper classifieds: it's just a place to advertise the vehicle, but you're responsible for completing the transaction yourself. With an auction or "Buy It Now" listing, the transaction is run through eBay, which can attract a wider audience and provides more safeguards, but of course they take a cut.
Learn more about selling with eBay