Compare ways to sell your car

Honest, side-by-side comparisons of the main ways Australians sell a car — including where Motorly is not the right answer.

• Motorly vs Carsales

  Carsales can achieve a higher headline price if you are willing to spend weeks managing a private listing; Motorly is free, takes 24–48 hours, and returns up to three competing licensed-dealer offers without listing fees, strangers or test drives.

• Motorly vs cash-for-cars services

  Cash-for-cars services are faster for scrap, unregistered or non-running vehicles, but because they make a single non-competitive offer they typically pay well below market; Motorly puts up to three licensed dealers in competition for any roadworthy car, which lifts the price you are offered.

• Motorly vs dealer trade-in

  A dealer trade-in is the most convenient way to dispose of a car when you're buying another one, but because the trade-in figure is negotiated inside the new-car deal it is rarely the best price; getting competing dealer offers first tells you exactly what the trade-in is costing you.

• Motorly vs Red Book

  Red Book is a published valuation guide that estimates what a car should be worth from historical transaction data; Motorly is a free live-market valuation that prices your specific car against current Australian dealer listings and then puts up to three licensed dealers in competition to actually buy it.

• Motorly vs Glass's Guide

  Glass's Guide is a trade-oriented valuation reference used mainly by dealers, lenders and insurers to estimate what a vehicle should be worth; Motorly is a free consumer valuation priced from current Australian dealer listings that also returns up to three real, competing offers from licensed dealers.

• Free valuation vs paid reports

  For selling a car in Australia you do not need to pay for a valuation: a free live-market valuation plus real dealer offers tells you what your car will actually fetch, and paid reports are generally only worth it when you need a formal, documented figure for insurance, finance, probate or a legal dispute.