eBay, Has anyone used it for selling cars?

[bono426]

I'm doing a little bit of research here and I wanted to know if any of you guys/gals have used eBay to sell cars?

If so: What was your take away?
What works, what type of car sold best, and was it overall worth it for you?

Also, what was the average gross on the vehicle sold?

Thanks

 

[ddavis]

Charlie, years ago, many of us sold a lot of cars on ebay. Over time, most of us dropped off.

 

[bono426]

any reason why you guys stopped?

 

[ddavis]

Like anything else, that you do right, it is very time consuming. Fees went up along with strong competition from independents. The extent of their reconditioning is a detail. I had a lot of people that would buy and not pay. It just became more trouble than it was worth.

 

[bono426]

Like anything else, that you do right, it is very time consuming. Fees went up along with strong competition from independents. The extent of their reconditioning is a detail. I had a lot of people that would buy and not pay. It just became more trouble than it was worth.

*noted. Thanks Doug!

I want to propose putting some of our higher end vehicles up on there. Like corvettes and GT-R's, I feel like these would be more in demand than the every day Spark or Maxima and would perform better on sites like eBay.

Does anyone else have any experience?

 

[yagoparamo]

Charlie,



The answers to your questions (can you sell cars, what cars work, etc) are going to be different depending on:

What State you are in (WA is not competitive nationally but FL is)
Your dealer's set up (is eBay the "new thing" or are you 100% set up for eBay?)
The type of cars you have (classics or really cheap white Toyota Corollas for example)
Your expectations (talented people like Doug that can sell sand to the Iraqis realized that they could make more money with less headaches)
etc, etc

 

[Richie K]

It's 2024....is anyone selling New vehicles on eBay Motors? Any success, pros, cons, or just tell me to run far far away from eBay?

 

[Jeff Kershner]

It's 2024....is anyone selling New vehicles on eBay Motors? Any success, pros, cons, or just tell me to run far far away from eBay?

I nearly forgot about ebay selling vehicles. I've become too accustom going to Bring-A-Trailor or Cars and Bids for your traditional "ebay" vehicles.

 

[Alex Snyder]

I started using eBay again recently while I was rebuilding my CD collection. PSA—they're cheap right now and sound great!

But for cars, no. Cars and Bids is getting really strong for auctions.

 

[AlexCaradonna]

Ironically, my aunt and uncle love eBay Motors..they are one of the Top 10 sellers on there. They wholesaled for 20 or so years and then transitioned fully to retailing on eBay Motors. As my dad says, "there is an ass for every seat"

https://www.fi-magazine.com/310067/gone-ebaying