British Car Connection is a community and online auction platform designed for those who are passionate about cars. Our mission is to give the enthusiast a destination to discuss, buy and sell the most interesting and collectible cars from every genre, and make the experience easy, trustworthy, transparent and most importantly, fun.
Nil. It is free to list a car on the British Car Connection marketplace, including both auction and buy-it-now listings.
You can submit your car by going here. Once you submit your vehicle, we will review your submission and get back to you to schedule a consultation, typically within 2 business days. Your consultant will work with you to complete the listing.
It usually takes 7-10 days from submission to get published live on the site. The more information you provide during the process, the quicker we can get your vehicle listing published.
The transaction for a car purchased through the buy-it-now or through an auction on British Car Connection is between the buyer and the seller. At a confirmed close of a sale, the buyer and seller will receive each other’s contact information via email to complete the sale.
Sure! We will consider cars from anywhere in the world.
Vehicles must be listed exclusively on British Car Connection for a minimum of 7 days (unless sold within that time frame) and may remain listed for any duration thereafter, at the discretion of the seller.
Auctions will typically start in the evening and end 7 days later. We don’t want anyone missing a chance to buy if they are working a 9-5. We are willing to discuss a longer listing timeframe if desired by the seller.
A reserve is the minimum price that a car will sell for. We work with sellers to set reasonable reserves. Reserve values are not shown on the listing, nor do we announce when reserves have been met. Cars being sold for “No Reserve” are displayed on the listing.
Buy-it-now listings can be edited on request by contacting your account manager. Auction listings cannot be edited once an auction goes live, but you can add additional information or submit more photos or media to your listing at any time during the live auction.
The British Car Connection content team writes the listings and works closely with each seller to develop an accurate and detailed description of a vehicle.
If your vehicle doesn’t sell by auction and you are interested in relisting as a buy-it-now, contact your British Car Connection account manager for more information on how to relist your vehicle.
We have recommendations and vendors we work with that can give you a good deal, but it is up to the buyer and seller to determine and coordinate vehicle transfer.
Yes, you are able to lower your reserve at any point. Contact your British Car Connection account manager if you are interested in lowering your vehicle reserve.
Live auctions cannot be canceled. If something happens to your vehicle while it’s up for auction, please contact your British Car Connection account manager to discuss.
If the auction reserve is met when the listing ends (or the auction has no reserve), British Car Connection provides the seller and winning bidder with each others’ contact information. The buyer and seller then work together to complete the transaction and arrange for shipping if necessary. British Car Connection Will provide assistance or answer questions during this part of the process. If the auction reserve is not met when the listing ends, British Car Connection will liaise with the highest bidder and seller to see if there is an opportunity to put a deal together.
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We have recommendations and vendors we work with that can give you a good deal, but it is up to the buyer and seller to determine and coordinate vehicle transfer.
To participate in bidding on a vehicle, users must have a completed profile with a valid credit card (This helps to ensure only those who are really interested are bidding on vehicles – Don’t worry, you aren’t charged unless you actually make a purchase). Sign up here and log in here.
During an auction, enter a bid that is higher than the current bid on the auction. You will become the high bidder and if someone outbids you, British Car Connection will send you an email notification in case you wish to increase your bid. For buy-it-now offers, you will receive an email notification from British Car Connection informing you whether your offer has been accepted.
No. Buy-it-now offers are only available for explicitly labeled “buy it now” listings. Auctions end with the vehicle going to the highest bidder (assuming the reserve has been met).
Yes. If you win an auction we charge 5% of the final bid price on top of the winning bid, with a minimum fee of $250. The fee for sales higher than $100,000 is capped at $5,000.
A reserve is the minimum price that a car will sell for. We work with sellers to set reasonable reserves. Reserve values are not shown on the listing, nor do we announce when reserves have been met. Cars being sold for “No Reserve” are displayed on the listing.
Yes. It’s strongly encouraged! Comments are available on all auctions to assist both the potential buyers and the seller, as well as allow the British Car Connection community to add their expertise.
No. We encourage community participation and you do not have to be a buyer to be part of the conversation.
Look for the big Contact Seller button on every live auction. That will let you send a message to the seller and they’ll be able to reply to the email address you have on file with British Car Connection. You must be registered to bid in order to do this. If you receive no answer from the seller, please contact us directly.
Our goal is to ensure that all vehicles are accurately and honestly presented so that there is no need to view in person. If you would like to learn more about a specific aspect of the vehicle, please comment on the listing or contact the seller directly so they can provide more information.
A direct question to the seller would be recommended. You will probably find that the British Car Connection community may well chime in with some useful facts and interesting tidbits.
During the last 2 minutes of a live auction, the clock resets to 2 minutes after every new high bid. This happens until no more bids are placed and the auction ends. This gives everyone a chance to place their bids and gives sellers a chance to sell to the true high bidder.
Yes. Our goal is to ensure that all vehicles are accurately and honestly presented.
We really hope that the description provided in the listing will give you a thorough representation of the vehicle. It is always a good idea to have a vehicle inspected and we encourage sellers to have appropriate inspections and include supporting documentation included in the listing. Pre-purchase inspections are not a requirement for selling a vehicle on British Car Connection and are not a contingency for completing a sale on the marketplace. Any decision to perform an inspection on a vehicle is at the sole discretion of the buyer/seller post-sale. Buy-it-now offers with PPI contingency will be reviewed on a case by case basis. Pre-purchase inspection is the responsibility of the buyer.
If the auction reserve is met when the listing ends (or the auction has no reserve), British Car Connection provides the seller and winning bidder with each others’ contact information. The buyer and seller then work together to complete the transaction and arrange for shipping if necessary. British Car Connection Will provide assistance or answer questions during this part of the process. If the auction reserve is not met when the listing ends, British Car Connection will liaise with the highest bidder and seller to see if there is an opportunity to put a deal together.
British Car Connection accepts most credit and debit cards. Our fee is charged at the end of a successful sale (auction or direct sale). The buyer and seller will work together to complete the transaction for the vehicle and arrange for shipping if necessary. Our team is happy to provide assistance or answer questions during this part of the process.
We can provide information and advice for shipping and storage companies that may be available in your area. We are not contracted with any suppliers or logistics companies at this time, but we’re happy to connect you with our contacts.
Not at the moment but we hope to provide options to support this in the future.
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