If you want to sell your second-hand car, you know that it is not easy to find a buyer who offers you a fair price for your vehicle. In this article we will give you a guide to sell your car getting the maximum profit possible.
1. Research the market
Before putting your car up for sale, the first thing you have to do is compare your car with other similar models to yours, in terms of:
- Brand
- Model
- Year
- Mileage
- Condition
This way you will have an idea of the price range in which cars with similar characteristics to yours are usually sold. You can check online sales websites, such as Wallapop, Coches.net or Milanuncios, to see the ads of other sellers and their price range. This way, you can set a competitive price for your car.
2. Prepare the car
The next step is to prepare the car to make it as attractive as possible to potential buyers. This involves cleaning it inside and out, taking care of all the details.
To clean the interior:
You have two options: do it yourself or go to a specialist in interior car cleaning. They will give you a better result, as they have vacuum cleaners and cleaning products suitable for cleaning every corner. They will also clean the upholstery of the seats and the most difficult corners of the car, which will help us improve the appearance of the vehicle and increase its valuation.
For the exterior:
You can repaint possible scratches or buy some spare parts to solve the small problems of the car. If you are looking for parts for this, the best place where you can get them is in scrapyards like ours. With all this, you make sure that your car looks its best and increases its final sale value to the maximum.
3. Publish the ad
Publish your car on the second-hand car sales platforms that you have chosen. Make a good description of your car, highlighting its features, its condition and its history. It is also essential that you accompany the ad with a wide variety of photographs from different angles, showing both the exterior and the interior of the car.
Once you have published your car, you will start receiving feedback from potential buyers, who will ask you questions or make you offers. This is when you have to assess the situation and decide whether to accept them or not.
If most of the buyers offer you prices well below what you had planned, maybe you can think of taking it to a scrapyard like ours and see how much money they can offer you.
4. Be a transparent seller
If you have buyers interested in your car, the last step is to close the deal. For this, it is best that you are a transparent seller, explain realistically the current situation of the vehicle and offer a test drive to the potential buyers. If you follow these steps, you will create a relationship of trust with the buyer and it will be more likely that they will carry out the final purchase. Just remember to have all the documentation of the car in order to be able to make the sale with all the guarantees so that there is no problem.
And if all else fails…
And if you finally decide not to sell your car and prefer to scrap it to avoid paperwork or see that you can not get it out in the market, at Desguaces El Malagueño we offer you a fair valuation for your vehicle. Visit us.
