How Sell My Car Online works

How selling your car to us works, step by step

1. Request your offer. A few minutes. Tell us the year, make, model and mileage, how it runs and any damage, and add a few photos. You can do it from your phone, right where the car is parked.
2. Get your offer. Within an hour during business hours, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. your local time. We price every offer ourselves, and we aim to make a strong one. See how we price your offer.
3. Take time to decide. Up to 3 days. Your offer is good for 3 days. Accept it, compare it with others, or let it go. There’s no obligation.
4. Send what we ask for. Once you accept. A photo of the title, plus any photos of the car you haven’t sent yet.
5. We pick it up. Usually within 1 business day. We confirm the time with you, and you get a text when the driver is on the way. The tow is free.
6. Get paid on the spot. At pickup. You sign the title, and we hand you a Sell My Car Online company check.

What happens after you accept your offer

We ask for the title, and any photos we’re missing

Once you accept, we ask for a photo of the title, so we can check the paperwork before pickup and nothing holds up the sale. If you didn’t send all the photos of the car with your offer request, we ask for the rest then too, like the dashboard with the engine running, which shows the mileage, any warning lights, and that the car starts.

We confirm your pickup

Once we have everything we need, our team confirms a pickup time with you. We buy cars nationwide and work with tow companies across the country, and most pickups happen within one business day, wherever the car is parked: your driveway, your work or a parking lot. The tow is free.

We keep you posted

You’ll hear from us by text and phone along the way, from scheduling to pickup, and you get a text when the driver is on the way. We stay in the background as much as we can, and we’re a text or a call away if you need us, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. your local time.

On pickup day

Have these ready

• The title, in your name, with no loans or liens on it.
• A government-issued photo ID.
• Every key and remote.
• You, the owner named on the title, there to sign.

Take your things out of the car first: check the glove box, the trunk and under the seats, and take any toll tag.

The driver checks the car

The driver checks that the car matches what you told us. If something doesn’t, the driver calls our office, we take a look, and we give you a new offer. You can accept it, or say no at no cost to you. Here’s when an offer can change.

You sign the paperwork

You sign the title over to us, plus an odometer disclosure statement if your car needs one. We’ll tell you if it does.

You get paid on the spot

Once the paperwork is signed, you’re handed a Sell My Car Online company check. It’s our own check and we stand behind it, so there’s no stranger’s payment to worry about. If you have a question about it, text or call us.

After the sale

• Take your license plates if your state requires it.
• File a release of liability or notice of sale if your state has one.
• Cancel your insurance and registration, after the sale, not before.
• Clear your garage-door codes and unpair your phone, if you didn’t before pickup.

What you need to sell a car has the full checklist, before and after the sale.

Questions people ask

How soon can you pick up my car?

Most pickups happen within one business day, once we have everything we need. We confirm the time with you, and you get a text when the driver is on the way. We work with tow companies across the country, so it doesn’t matter where the car is parked.

Do I have to be there for pickup?

Yes. The owner named on the title needs to be there to sign it over.

How do you pay?

With a Sell My Car Online company check, handed to you at pickup once the title is signed.

Does pickup cost anything?

No. Pickup is free, wherever the car is.

Ready to start? Get your free offer. It takes a few minutes.