Jon

We got 6k for it and it had 80k miles.

We had a 58 plate 3 door 118d M sport in white a few weeks ago and sold it in 3 days, and to be fair could of sold it 10 times over.

I wish I could deal with polish buyers all day long, by far the easiest customers to deal with.

We haven't had any joy with ebay, tried everything from 2k -12k cars advertised as classified ads. It might be cheap compared to A/T but return on investment has been terrible for us.

Manheim Haydock this evening . It was a white Cooper D 23k ex Arnold Clarke contract hire.

Just returned from Mannheim empty handed again! 2011 Mini Cooper d cab, cap clean £5700 sold for £6800 plus fees ????

Grant we are finding audis/Mercedes a lot easier to move than the more run of the mill cars at the minute, and we are trading from home.

I disagree i dont think it is unusual to stock 1 or 2 more expensive cars however you need to know they are the right cars. Twerp all premium plus come with pan roof, upgraded stereo, memory seats etc as standard. Grant you should be ok with this if you keep it around 22k

Cardealer5 for me too.

My local Manheim is the same grade 4/5 cars going through above cap avg but not being sold, in some cases for 3 or 4 weeks on the bounce . There has been some real shite of late maybe 1 or 2 cars in the whole auction worth buying.

Bcc how are you getting such results from Facebook if you don't mind me asking , we are advertising on there both on our own page as well as on all the local buy and sell groups . Are we missing something?

Thanks Arfur that's exactly the insight I was hoping for.

Thanks for all the advice , our stock is predominately between 3-7 years old ranging in price from £2500-£12000. I understand that what works for one person doesn't always work for another but what percentage of leads come from AT compared to other sources? As some have said it's all about ROI rather than the actual monthly costs.

I'm not moaning at all , I was just wondering how others have found AT and what percentage of sales/leads came through AT that's all. I also deal with amazon now their fees are worth moaning about !!!

It is more than I was hoping for to be honest , but the way they put it is "we know it works so that's why we can charge that amount and don't need to offer incentives unlike others" . £670 per month is a lot for a start up business to swallow but as you know we wont be in business long unless we sell cars consistently.

I know it's very expensive Tom but we are struggling to generate leads , how do you manage without using AT ?

Evening all, after finally getting to speak to the new business team at AT they have offered me a "deal" of £440+ vat for a 6 car package + 3 free car adverts per month. With an additional £119 + vat for a AT powered website. Although it is a significant cost is it value for money? As we have tried Facebook ,ebay, gumtree, motors etc with only limited success. We always have well written adverts with good pictures and reasonabley priced stock. I know there is a strong anti AT feeling on here but is it the only platform that constantly delivers leads? Many thanks.

Cheers for the info , going to take it for diagnostics hoping it's something simple as it's a really nice thing apart from that. its a one owner full history car with 40k , just hoping it doesn't need a new filter.

Hi recently bought a Mazda CX-5 2013 which has started showing the dpf inspection warning light on the dash. Has anyone come across this problem before ? If so how did you fix it . Any advice greatly appreciated. cheers.

Thanks betginge for your response, We have bought some stock from manheim s and advertised it on AT etc . I were really enquiring as to whether home traders find there is a ceiling on what price people are willing to spend without the comforts of a showroom. Do first time buyer type cars sell from home or do these customers rely on finance ? I were trying to get some advice as to which type of stock would sell more readily from a home environment. Daylight to answer your questions, I run a number of businesses outside the motor industry but have always been interested in getting into the motor trade. My business partner has been in the motor trade for many years at different levels but has no experience from trading from home . We are fully aware of our legal/ financial obligations and do not want to make a quick buck but want to make a long term success of this business. We are looking for suitable premises at the moment but I am sure you understand it is difficult to find them in the right location at a reasonable rate.

Thanks for your insight....

Hello, I have recently set up trading from home and wondered what sort if of age/price/make/mileage cars you can sell easily when trading from home without the typical dealership facilities ? Do you have certain make/model that you stick to ? Many thanks.

Hi all , I have recently set up an car sales business and have recently registered with all the dealer pix sites but are these the best places to get good quality fairly priced stock from ? Where do you get stock from? ps I am trying to do this correctly , and have registered with companies house, trade insurance etc etc and I am starting to wonder if genuine dealers can actually make a good living from this ? Many thanks in advance.