Online Car Auction, a new way to buy yourself a car and sell your old one.

April 30, 2008 - PRLog -- If you are looking to sell your car and get another one, try online car Auction. It is a great way of finding a good bargain on a car without even stepping out as well as a great place to find a buyer for your car.  Unbelievably a large number of deals are cut on these Online car auction sites everyday.

The first thing that you need to do when you decide to sell your car is to find out which car auction sites are the best to sell. Try searching on the net; you sure are to get loads of sites. Choose a few sites that are looking very professional as well as have a lot of good references and a lot of good testimonials. Once you have chosen the sites,  it is time for you to create a profile of your car or look around for the car that you want to buy.

If you are selling your vehicle, make sure that you click a number of pics of the car from various angles. Choose the best ones. Once the pictures are ready, you are ready to post the profile.  Check the site as to how many pictures they allow to be posted, what information needs to be posted and what are the fees involved to sell or buy a car.  There are 2 kinds of sites, one which allow you to post free advertisements , but charge you a percentage of the size of the deal, the other usually charge you for placing an advertisement, but do not charge a percentage on a deal. The latter kind of sites have various pricing for various periods of advertising. So do check on that too.

There are another kind of online car auction company. They buy the car from you, refurbish it and then market the car later for a better price. The main advantage of these kind of sites are they save you a lot of hassles, though you might get a slightly lesser price. Once you have sold the car to them, it is absolutely not your worry as to who will buy your car.

If you are looking at buying a vehicle, the rules almost remain the same. Choose a good site with great references and good testimonials. Have a budget in mind and look out for a car that will be within that budget. Short list a few cars that you think will be the right ones. Start negotiating with the sellers. In a Online Car Auction, there are no steady fast rules that you should accept the price quoted. Similarly when you are selling your car, there are simply no rules that you should accept the first bid that’s put up.

Even though it is an Online Car auction, it is always best to make sure the car is in working condition. Test drive the car and take it to a service station who you trust and take their opinion. Also make sure the necessary documents are in place. Check if there are any unpaid bills or insurance or problems with the vehicle or if the car has been reported as stolen. Usually this information is posted online as well.

Happy driving with your new car

Written by Robert Riles, owner of http://www.skyfireproducts.com