Listing costs nothing. Buyers bid over seven days. When it's over, the top bid comes to you as an offer, and you decide whether to take it.
A bid is what someone's willing to pay. It isn't a sale.
Most people arrive here expecting the forced-sale auctions they've seen elsewhere, where the hammer drops and the item is gone at whatever number it landed on. That's not this. Bidding ends, the highest bid is handed to you as an offer, and you've got 24 hours to accept it or pass.
Pass and you owe nothing. Let the 24 hours run out and you can relist whenever you're ready, with your photos and description still attached.
From the photos on your phone to the keys in someone else's hand.
Photos, the details, and your proof of ownership. Five short screens, then our team reviews it. There's no upfront fee and no cap on how many items you post, so you can find out what something is worth without spending anything.
Free to listYour listing goes live to Copart's buyer network and the public, nationwide or inside a radius you set. For the next seven days they bid against each other. You don't have to do anything but watch the number move.
7-day windowBidding closes and the highest number lands in your account. Read that again: it lands as an offer, not a completed sale. Nothing has been sold yet.
Offer, not a saleTwenty-four hours to decide. Happy with the price? Accept. Short of what you hoped for? Decline, and it costs you nothing. Want to hold out for a better one? Let it expire and relist.
24 hours to respondOnce you accept, we put you and your buyer in touch to arrange payment and pickup. The sale runs through QuickAuction, which is what keeps both sides protected. That's also the moment your seller fee applies.
Sale completeTwo and a half minutes through the whole wizard, screen by screen, so you know what to have ready before you start.
No percentage of the sale price. No listing fee. Nothing at all if the item doesn't move.
| Seller pays | Amount |
|---|---|
| To list an item | $0 |
| Sold under $500 | $10 |
| Sold $500 to just under $5,000 | $40 |
| Sold $5,000 and up | $95 |
| Didn't sell, or you passed | $0 |
Sell for $9,000 and the fee is $95. Sell for $50,000 and it's still $95. The more your item is worth, the more of that value stays with you.
A flat 6% of the winning bid, billed separately to the buyer. It doesn't come out of your side.
QuickAuction Unlimited is $500 a year and waives the seller fee on every sale. It pays for itself at six sales over $5,000. Run the numbers.
The fee goes to the card on your account once the sale completes. Whatever you and your buyer agreed on is what you collect.
You choose at the start, and the rest of the flow is the same either way.
Set a starting bid and give buyers seven days to compete. Good when you're not sure what something is worth, or you think competition will push it higher than you'd have asked.
Post it at a fixed price and take offers as they come. Runs for 30 days rather than seven. Change the price any time, pause it without losing the listing, and bring it back in one click.
No. The highest bid arrives as an offer and you have 24 hours to accept or decline it. Declining costs nothing and there's no penalty for doing it.
When the sale completes, not when you list and not when bidding ends. It goes to the card on your account as a single flat charge of $10, $40, or $95 depending on the final price, before any applicable sales tax.
You pay nothing. Same answer if you pass on the offer or let it expire. The only charge that ever happens is the flat fee on a completed sale.
Copart's buyer network and the public. You choose whether it goes out nationwide or only to buyers inside a radius you set, from 25 up to 500 miles.
Once you accept, we share contact details and the two of you arrange payment and pickup directly. The sale is tracked through QuickAuction so both sides have a record of it.
Automobiles, motorcycles, watercraft, heavy equipment, auto parts, and a miscellaneous category for everything that doesn't fit the others.
List it, let buyers compete for a week, and decide when the offer lands. If you don't like the number, walk away.