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Once upon a time when I wanted to sell my car, the choices I had on how to do this were pretty limited. Before I could sell my car online, I may have opted to advertise my car by putting an advertisement in the newspapers classifieds section or be forced to sell my car to a used car dealer and in all likelihood not get it’s true value for it. Then the internet came along and not only revolutionised the way we buy and sell things but more importantly to me, allowed me to sell my car online not just cheaper but to a much wider audience. It used to be that in most cases before I could sell my car online, I would have to advertise it to people within the same city at best but these days I can sell my car online not just to this small base of potential customers but to individuals around the country, both private and commercially.

The harder thing to figure out when looking to sell my car online, considering how many different websites are out there, is exactly which websites to use to sell my car online. The first step when I sell my car online is to always think about two things, the first is that to have the best chance of being able to sell my car online I would need to advertise it a place where interested people will look at it. For example there would be no point in my advertising to sell my car online on a site that is designed to allow people to buy and sell houses! So before I sell my car online on a particular website, especially if it is a paid advertisement, I always check to see that there are plenty of other similar adverts or at least vehicle adverts! The next thing to consider is the amount of people that will see my advertisement to sell my car because without plenty of visitors to the site the chances of me being able to sell my car through it is pretty small.

There are plenty of websites that allow me to sell my car online but fit the requirements above, from specialist car sale websites such as autotrader to the more general sites such as gumtree, craigslist and even auctions sites like eBay. All of these receive hundreds of thousands of hits from around the country every month and as a result let me sell my car online not just locally but to any interested party in the UK. The majority of these are also free to sell my car online, with gumtree and craigslist being free classifieds site with optional features to help increase the chances of being able to sell my car online or enabling me to sell my car quicker. Autotrader also has a free listing facility with optional paid features such as an advert included in their magazines.

If I was to sell my car online via eBay on the other hand, they would charge a fee dependent on the amount that I sell my car online for – which is worked out on a percentage basis. The positive side of that is that if I don’t sell my car online via eBay for whatever reason, I wouldn’t have to pay any fees for trying to sell my car through eBay.

With the current economic uncertainty, it is becoming clear that most people are unable to support certain unnecessary expenses and as a result, the number of cars being sold by personal owners is increasing. What’s more, with living costs sky rocketing and thus people are looking for better ways to sell their vehicles with limited stress and maximum sale value. Thus when the need to sell something arises, then we mostly focus on online as an avenue to get the right customer. Thank God for existence of social sites, and free posting ad sites which will help your information to travel fast thereby giving you an upper hand in getting the right customer fast.

For what ever reason you are selling your car, i.e. buying a new car or in desperate need for money, online is the best platform through which this is possible. But at the same time, there are few facts you got to take into consideration. We are going to look at these facts and evaluate them effectively. First you need to prospect the market to find the right price for your vehicle. It would be stupid to sell your car for a much less value or a very high amount of money than expected as this will either leave you with your car or leave you regretting why you sold you car in the first place. Therefore if you want to sell my car, then you have to do some research prior to attempting any sale. You will then have to evaluate your cars defects and have it priced accordingly as I did when I chose to sell my car online. Ensure your car outlook is appealing and have it vanished, vacuum clean and polished.

Take real pictures of your car and upload it to the site where you are selling. Remember that paying attention to detail will go a long way and get the very best of exposure thereby improving your chances of selling the car.  While advertising online ensure your advert is a little more attractive and has readable yet trendy lettering. You can not sell my car fast when your online advert looks dull and is not well phrased. As a matter of fact, this will kill the buyer’s moral even further. Show your desire to sell and stand by that given offer you want on your car. This will prove to prospects that you are definite and will even wait further for better offers when and that you are not in a hurry.

Some of the sites which can hold your advertisement include eBay online market, Autotrader and others of the same nature. Just ensure you market on a platform which corresponds your nature and what you want. Most of these sites are globally viewed and for that reason, you will have majority of people watch and like your car. As a matter of fact, you may end up doing business with a great number of people form different parts of the world. Simply provide a email or a phone number, and you will be able to complete your sale. The whole process is thus very simple and will save you lots of money. All it takes up is your time during set up and that’s all you need to sacrifice but if you just think, ” I must sell my car” then you must put in the initial time to get your car sold.