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Selling your car to a stranger?
Get paid safely.

Your buyer is verified, the terms are papered, and the money is confirmed — held by licensed escrow, or verified in your account before the keys leave your hand. We never hold the funds ourselves.

Government-ID verification of both parties
Escrow.com custody, or same-day bank-verified direct payment
Signed agreement and a closing dossier you keep
1% of the sale, $1,500 minimum — only when it closes

Start your safe sale

Tell us about the car. The desk responds the same day, usually within the hour.

Two ways to settle

Express close
Same day

For local handovers. The buyer pays you directly, bank to bank. The desk verifies the money actually landed, then papers the close on the spot. No escrow queue.

Escrowed close
A few days

For remote buyers and shipped cars. Funds sit with Escrow.com, the licensed escrow service, and release only on your acceptance. Neither side can run with both the money and the car.

How it works

01
Tell the desk about your sale

The car, the price, and whether your buyer is local or remote. The desk responds the same day.

02
Both of you verify ID

You and your buyer each clear government-ID verification. Strangers become counterparties before any money moves.

03
The money is secured

Remote buyer? Funds sit with Escrow.com, the licensed escrow service, until you accept. Local handover? The buyer pays you bank to bank and the desk confirms the money actually landed in your account.

04
Keys change hands, on paper

Signed terms, a timestamped record, and a closing dossier you keep. If a question ever comes up later, you have the paper.

The scams this ends

The fake payment screenshot

A banking-app screenshot is not a payment. The desk confirms settled funds with your bank, not a picture of them.

The forged cashier's check

A check can bounce a week after your car is gone. Verified bank-to-bank settlement can't.

The reversible app payment

Zelle, Venmo, and PayPal payments can be disputed after the fact. The lanes the desk uses are final.

More in the field guides: how to sell a car privately without getting scammed and why escrow takes so long (and when you don't need it).

A broker takes ten percent. The desk takes one, only when your car actually sells.

Start your safe sale