Sell your car today. From your couch.
Answer a few questions about your vehicle and see a real cash offer in about two minutes. Accept it, schedule free pickup at your driveway, and get paid when they take the car. That's the whole process.
Free pickup · paid at pickup · no fees, no obligation
Offers powered by our buying partner — ★ 4.7 Trustpilot (205,000+ reviews) · ★ 4.5 Google (8,900+)
Three steps, no lot visit
Tell them about the car
Year, make, model, mileage, condition. Takes about two minutes online — no phone tag, no haggling, no lowball opener.
See your instant offer
A real number on the spot. Take a day to think about it if you want — the offer holds and there's zero obligation.
Free pickup, get paid
Schedule pickup at your home, work, or even a repair shop. Hand over the keys and title, get your payment right there.
The tow truck comes to you
Driveway, office parking lot, the repair shop that just gave you bad news — the driver meets you where the car sits. Running or not, the tow costs you nothing and you're paid before the truck pulls away.
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Instant online offer
Best if you want it sold this week. See your number in minutes, free pickup usually within a couple of days, payment at pickup.
- Real offer in about 2 minutes
- Free towing — runs or not
- They handle the paperwork
- Partner rated ★4.7 on Trustpilot (205,000+ reviews) and ★4.5 on Google
Talk it through first
Odd situation — missing title, estate car, lien, not sure it's worth selling? Call or text and a real person will walk you through it, free.
- Straight answers, no pressure
- Title & paperwork questions welcome
- No cost, no obligation
or send the details online and we'll reach out
Yes, even that one
- 01Doesn't start or drive. Dead battery, blown engine, bad transmission — tow trucks exist for a reason, and the tow is free.
- 02Wrecked or damaged. Collision damage, hail, flood — there are buyers for all of it.
- 03High mileage. Two hundred thousand miles is not a dealbreaker, it's a Tuesday.
- 04Expired registration. A car that's been sitting is still worth real money, and the rules for an expired registration differ by state.
- 05Title questions. Lien on the title, inherited car, lost title in some states — solvable. See the paperwork guide or call us.
Selling a car isn’t one process. It’s fifty.
There is no national rulebook for a private car sale. What you sign, who has to witness it, what the buyer owes and what protects you afterward all change at the state line — and the gaps are wider than most people expect. We read all fifty and cite the agency behind every figure.
- 7states make you sign in front of a notary. The other 43 don’t
- $2–$101range for a replacement title, depending on the state
- 7states where a private sale is untaxed outright
- 28different names states use for what the buyer pays
Run your own state through the title transfer fee calculator to see what the paperwork costs and who pays which part of it. Or read the full breakdowns: replacement title cost in all 50 states, and which states require a notary. Every state we cover has its own page with the rules spelled out and the official agency linked.
The paperwork, worked out in advance
Most of what goes wrong in a private sale goes wrong on paper — a box left blank, an odometer line that the title itself gets wrong, a signature in the wrong place that sends the whole thing back. So we took the forms apart.
Or go straight to a city page: Houston, New York City, Orlando, Dallas, Miami, Denver, Tulsa, Austin, Rochester, Las Vegas, Baltimore, Chicago, San Antonio, Sacramento.
Start with your state
Title rules, fees and deadlines are set state by state, not nationally — so every state gets its own page with the paperwork spelled out and the official agency linked. Here are twelve of the busiest; the rest are on the full coverage map.
Working through the paperwork instead? The duplicate title cost table covers all fifty states, and only seven require a notary on the seller's signature.
Things people ask first
How fast can this actually happen?
The offer takes about two minutes online. If you accept, pickup is usually scheduled within a couple of business days — often sooner in metro areas. You're paid at pickup, not weeks later.
Is it really free? Where's the catch?
Towing and pickup are free and the offer costs nothing. The buyer makes money reselling or recycling the vehicle — not by charging you fees. If any “buyer” ever asks you for money up front, walk away.
Do I need the title in hand?
It's the smoothest path, but not always required — some states allow sales with a registration and ID for older vehicles. A lost title can be replaced, and how long that takes is set by your state. Our paperwork guide covers it state by state, or just ask when you get your offer.
What if the car doesn't run?
Say so in the condition questions and the offer accounts for it. The pickup driver brings a truck that doesn't care whether the engine turns over. Running or not, the tow is free.
How do I get paid?
At pickup, once the driver verifies the car matches what you described — check in hand before the car leaves the driveway. Never accept a promise to “mail it later.”