What is the best online medium for selling a used car?

Question

I have a 2001 Ford Taurus SES in great condition with 114k miles that I am trying to sell. I have tried the Houston Chronicle and have had no luck there. I have had a few responses via Craigslist but no one serious enough to make an appointment to see the car.

Out of places like autotrader, cars.com, vehix.com, etc., which site gets the most traffic and would be most likely to sell my car? Any other online sales suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Answer 1

i sold my car 3 months ago using carsoup.com. it took less than a week, but it depends what area you are in.

the site is http://www.carsoup.com.

good luck

Answer 2

How are you managing the leads you do get?

The reason I ask is that if not handled correctly it will not matter how many calls come in...and it only takes one to sell the car.

Sellers often get too caught up in trying to sell the car when someone calls in. The focus should be to give as little information about the car as possible, yet just enough to make the caller want to see it. The goal of the conversation should be to get the appointment to see the car...the car will sell itself if the customer is there.

Craigslist is excellent and free. Autotrader.com is very popular in Texas...online as well as in print and would be the best form of advertising in that region.

Good luck