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Add your car
About 10 minutes. Start with the plate or VIN, then add photos.
Live dealer auctions, three times a week
Dealerscompete.Yougetpaidmore.
You set your price. We only get paid if we beat it.
Free to list No fee unless we beat your price Dealers never see your number
Live02:07 remaining
Current high bid
$19,800
ARDealer · 12 mi away$19,800
JMDealer · 12 mi away$19,300
Above your price
+ $0
Net to you
$19,800
Illustrative auction
How it works
Four steps from driveway to done.
Set the terms, watch licensed dealers compete, then decide whether the result works for you.
02
Set your price
Choose the lowest price you would accept. Dealers never see it.
03
Dealers bid live
The auction runs for two hours. Watch the offers climb in real time.
04
Drop off and get paid
Complete the handoff. The winning dealer pays you directly.
Your outcome
See what you'd take home.
Move the numbers to see how the performance fee works.
- Your price
- $0
- Winning bid
- $0
- Above your price
- $0
- Our share (10%)
- $0
- You take home
- $0
If the winning bid doesn't beat your price, you pay nothing.
Why Fair Value Auto
Competition where it counts. Control where it matters.
We only get paid if we beat your price
Our 10% share applies only to the amount above your price.
Your number stays private
Dealers bid without seeing your minimum.
No spam. Only the winning dealer gets your details
Your contact details stay protected during bidding.
See your dealer's rating before you hand over the keys
Know who you are meeting before the handoff.
Every dealer is licensed and verified
Participation is limited to approved automotive retailers.
Walk away free if the price isn't right
A result below your price costs you nothing.
Compare your options
A different way to find the market.
The important difference is whether buyers compete before you decide.
Fair Value Auto
- Who competes for your car
- Multiple licensed dealers
- Who sets the floor price
- You
- Time to sell
- One live auction
- Strangers at your home
- No
- Fee when it sells
- 10% only above your price
- Can you walk away
- Yes
Instant-offer sites
- Who competes for your car
- One buyer
- Who sets the floor price
- The buyer
- Time to sell
- Set by the buyer
- Strangers at your home
- No
- Fee when it sells
- Built into the offer
- Can you walk away
- Yes
Dealer trade-in
- Who competes for your car
- One dealer
- Who sets the floor price
- The dealer
- Time to sell
- At the appointment
- Strangers at your home
- No
- Fee when it sells
- Built into the trade
- Can you walk away
- Yes
Private sale
- Who competes for your car
- Individual buyers
- Who sets the floor price
- You
- Time to sell
- Varies
- Strangers at your home
- Possible
- Fee when it sells
- Listing costs may apply
- Can you walk away
- Yes
Example auctions · illustrative
See how competition can unfold.
2021 midsize sedan
18 bidsFinal bid
$24,300$2,100 above
2020 compact SUV
14 bidsFinal bid
$21,800$1,800 above
2022 family crossover
22 bidsFinal bid
$29,500$3,000 above
2019 premium sedan
11 bidsFinal bid
$26,400$1,400 above
2021 midsize sedan
18 bidsFinal bid
$24,300$2,100 above
2020 compact SUV
14 bidsFinal bid
$21,800$1,800 above
2022 family crossover
22 bidsFinal bid
$29,500$3,000 above
2019 premium sedan
11 bidsFinal bid
$26,400$1,400 above
Your auction
Watch it happen from your phone.
Follow the result without calls, pressure, or guesswork.
Live bids
Alerts at every milestone
The full breakdown before you commit
For licensed dealers
Dealers: free to join, free to bid, $350 per car you win.
Access clean private-party inventory without percentage buy fees.
Join the dealer networkQuestions
The details, without the fine-print fog.
Start with your plate