THE BIDDING CLOCK
You set the bidding clock
When you list your car, you choose when bidding closes. An hour gets buyers moving now. 10 AM tomorrow gives every buyer near you time to look.
Two speeds to choose from
The listing form asks one question near the end: how fast do you want it gone? Your answer sets the clock. Buyers see it too, so they know how long they have.
For a car that has to go today. Buyers who want it bid right away, and your board lists the soonest pickups first. You can choose it until 2 PM where your car is. Listed before 8 AM, it takes bids until 10 AM that morning instead, so buyers are up to see it.
Bids close at 10 AM the next day where your car is, whatever time you list, so every buyer near you has time to see your car and bid. Your board lists the biggest bids first.
TRY IT
Watch a listing play out
Pick how fast you want it gone, then press Play or drag the time. The seller's board and a buyer's screen move together, and every text and alert shows up below as it would go out. The car, the buyers and the bids are examples.
1You list your car
The listing form, step 2. Every seller answers it.
Step 2 of 4
How fast do you want it gone?
This sets how long buyers have to bid.
Listing from 2 PM where your car is? There's no ASAP that day, and bids close at 10 AM tomorrow.
2Your board
The page we send you to after you list. The clock sits above the top bid.
Chat with buyers
2007 Nissan Altima
3A buyer's screen
What Example Tow Co. sees: cars near them, closing soonest first.
Cars for saleEvery text and alert, in order
What goes to you, to the buyers and to your board for this example car. Dimmed rows haven't happened yet at the time on the slider.
When the clock runs out
No new bids come in, and no bid can change. The bids you have still stand for a day, so you can still take one. We text or email you when bidding closes, with how many bids you got, the top one and the time you have until.
Take a bid in that day and book your pickup time. If you don't, your listing ends and the buyers are told. You can put your car back on the board for free, within 30 days and up to three times, and the bids that were standing come back.
Buyers see the clock too
- Closing soonest first. A buyer's list of cars puts the ones closing soonest at the top, and every car shows how long bidding has left.
- No waiting on a fast car. Buyers who asked for texts about new cars near them hear about a car that closes within two hours straight away, any time from 8 AM to 8 PM their time.
Listing in the afternoon or at night? From 2 PM where your car is, there is no ASAP that day, and bids close at 10 AM tomorrow. An ASAP car listed before 8 AM takes bids until 10 AM that morning. Buyers who bid by hand may be off the road or asleep, and we don't text or alert them about new cars from 8 PM to 8 AM, so a 10 AM close gives them the morning to see your car.
Questions sellers ask
How long do buyers have to bid?
You choose when you list. ASAP gives buyers 1 hour, and By tomorrow closes bids at 10 AM the next day, where your car is. ASAP is there until 2 PM, and an ASAP car listed before 8 AM takes bids until 10 AM, so buyers are up to see it. A clock on your board counts down, you can take a bid at any time, and your bids still stand for a day after bidding closes.
Can a buyer pick up my car today?
Sometimes. Every bid says the earliest time that buyer can come, and some buyers can come the same day. If you choose ASAP, bids close in an hour (at 10 AM when you list before 8 AM; from 2 PM there is no ASAP that day) and your board opens on the soonest pickups. You can book the time on a bid or any later one.
Is it free for sellers?
Yes. It costs you nothing to get bids or sell. Buyers pay us a fee only when they win your car, and it is on top of their bid, never taken out of it.
The rest of the sale, step by step, is on how it works, and every detail of the bids is in how bids come in.
Set your clock
Describe your car once, choose how fast you want it gone, and see what the buyers near you will pay. Free for sellers.