Benefits of HELP! NOW!
Why get my new book HELP! I Gotta Sell My Car NOW! This is what you’ll learn to do:
- how to prepare your car, including when an investment in fixing it up pays off
- price your car so you get everything coming to you – and not leave money on the table
- where to post your ad – start on free classified websites
- how to use free websites, including Craigslist, Kijiji, Oodle, and Backpage
- how to use premium sites, including AutoTrader and Cars.com
- how to create an ad that SELLS
- what pictures to take and how to take them
- how to record a video walk around – the secret sales tool that even dealers don’t know about
- how to SAFELY test drive your car
- how to negotiate like a pro
- completing the paperwork, including what needs to be in the bill of sale
- counting the money, including what to do if there is a loan against the vehicle
- the final checklist before you hand over the keys
Still not sure? Read the FREE sample chapters.
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L. James Johnson’s new book, HELP! I Gotta Sell My Car NOW! New Rules for Selling Your Vehicle Online! is available for download at BayAreaCarGuy.com.
backpage.com – An Up and Coming Classified Website!
We all know that Craigslist is the towering giant among free online classified websites. Over 50 million unique visitors land on Craigslist each month making it the 8th largest website in the U.S., and the 24th largest in the world.
Does this mean that you should rush out and post your car, truck, or SUV only on Craigslist? The answer depends on where you live. Classified websites offer a local approach for selling to local buyers. This means that Craigslist is not the leader in all U.S. markets. In fact, it comes in number three in some markets.
One of the up and comers giving Craigslist a run for their money is backpage.com.
I like working with backpage.com because I have an affinity for my local San Francisco Bay Area alternative weekly. backpage.com is owned by the original alternative newspaper, New York’s Village Voice, but your ad may be displayed along with classified ads from the back of many local papers including my SF Weekly, the LA Weekly, City Pages (Minneapolis), and the Seattle Weekly.
backpage.com online ads are free, but you have the option of paying a fee to add your post to the local, printed newspaper and to post online in multiple cities.
I recommend using Craigslist as a strategic site to post your online vehicle ad, but don’t forget about backpage.com. Remember the “mud on the wall” theory:
You never know when that last post on some obscure website will generate a phone inquiry about car.
Be smart and begin with the largest, high-traffic sites in your area, but why not use as many free sites as you have time and energy for. That includes backpage.com. After all, it’s free, right!
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L. James Johnson’s new book, HELP! I Gotta Sell My Car NOW! New Rules for Selling Your Vehicle Online! is available for download at BayAreaCarGuy.com.
Backpage.com – An Up and Comer!
With classified websites organized to provide a local service, how do you determine which free websites to use when selling your car, truck, or SUV? It’s always smart to use as many as possible. What the heck, they’re free, right? You’ll only be out the time it takes to create each post.
Which Ones to Use?
The world of online classified websites is constantly changing. Craigslist is the towering giant among current players with over 50 million visitors a month. An up and coming player in this game is backpage.
backpage is owned by the original alternative newspaper, New York’s Village Voice. Your ad may be displayed along with classified ads from the back of various local alternative newspapers including:
- SF Weekly (my local alternative choice in the San Francisco Bay Area)
- LA Weekly
- City Pages (Minneapolis)
- Seattle Weekly
The ads in backpage are free. However, you have the option of paying a fee to add your post to the local, printed newspaper, and for posting online in multiple cities.
Mud on the Wall
Remember the “mud on the wall” theory? Always throw up as much “mud” as you have time and energy for because you never know when that last post on some obscure website will generate a phone inquiry about your car. backpage is a growing player in the world of online classified websites. It could very well be the difference between your car selling or not. What the heck – it’s free, right?
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L. James Johnson’s new book, HELP! I Gotta Sell My Car NOW! New Rules for Selling Your Vehicle Online! is available for download at BayAreaCarGuy.com.
