6 Top Tips to selling your car on eBay motors

There is an increasing trend for people to sell their car on eBay motors, rather than going the traditional route of putting an ad in a trade magazine.

Unlike a newspaper or magazine advert there is much more control over how your advert is displayed on eBay and there is the ability to display more detailed information about the vehicle.

To achieve the best price when selling on eBay look at these profitable tips:

1 Pictures – Buyers like to see plenty of pictures so they can get an idea of what your car is like. Before you start taking pictures make sure you give the car a good clean, inside and out, so it is looking it’s best. Then take around 20 exterior and interior shots. Cars always look best in the sunshine so look out for the good weather. Once you have your pictures choose the best 10-12.

2 Protect your Data: To avoid car cloning, blank your number plate out on the images you display on the auction. Most image manipulation software will have a blur or pixelate feature which is useful for this purpose.

3 Be honest: There is no gain to be made from describing your car as something it is not. If the auction winner comes to collect the vehicle and discovers they have been misled, they will simply walk away. If you car has known problems, detail them in the description. A lot of buyers on eBay are in the motor trade and take any problems into account when bidding.

4 Low bid price attracts interest: eBay is such a busy site these days that you can take the risk of starting bidding at 1p safe in the knowledge that your car will usually achieve its market price. For piece of mind a reserve can be set but a 1p no reserve auction always attracts more interest from bidders.

5 Answer questions: Once the auction is live you’ll start getting questions from existing and potential bidders. Be sure to answer these questions promptly or bidders interest might switch to another vehicle.

6 Prepare your documentation: Any service history is a bonus but the most important document to have is the V5 logbook. Without this, you cannot sell your vehicle legally and no purchase will pay for a vehicle that does not have a logbook.