Every buyer prices your car their own way, so bids on the same car can be far apart. That spread is the point of getting bids: you see what each buyer near you will pay and take the one you want.
Instant bids
A buyer who has set up their prices bids the moment your car is listed. Their price starts from the year and the kind of car, a pickup, an SUV or a midsize sedan, for example. Then it moves with your answers about the car’s condition, with the title, and with how far the car is from them, since a long tow costs them more. Some buyers set prices for particular models, or price by the car’s weight. Each of those choices is the buyer’s own.
Bids by hand
Other buyers look at your listing first, your photos and answers included, and then bid. Clear photos help them bid with confidence.
Pickup time counts too
A bid is a price and a pickup time. A buyer who can come today may bid less than one who can’t come until next week, and the right bid for you depends on which matters more. Your board marks the biggest bid Top and the soonest pickup Fastest. Top, Fastest and Best of both explains the tags.
For more on how buyers work out a price, read how much to junk my car.