Two questions: does the app let you separate out dealer ads? And can you search the dollar amounts without getting the idiots that list their Camaro for $10?
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Love it or hate it, there’s no arguing that eBay Motors usually has more cool cars for sale than every other site on the internet. Heck, just their collector car category currently has more than 13,000 vehicles listed–and that’s just a small fraction of the broader automotive category.
There is a catch, though. eBay Motors hasn’t always been the easiest place to sell or shop for a car, and the reason is obvious: The site was clearly built with shippable items in mind–iPods, purses, T-shirts and watches–with that architecture adapted over to car auctions. And while that works well for eBay Motors’ parts sales listings, it’s always been a clunky way to buy or sell your car.
The way eBay Motors tells it, those days are now behind us. Today the company is launching the beta test of their new mobile app with a singular goal: Make buying and selling cars on eBay Motors easy.
And they seem serious about it, building this app from scratch with zero lines of code inherited from the traditional eBay site. In fact, this new app only works for cars: You’ll find no other products to distract you from that sweet project car that you could totally keep at your friend’s house for a few months until you figure out how to sell the idea to the rest of the family.
We’ve been test-driving the app for a month now, and have to say: We’re impressed, to the point that we’ve already been bidding on a few cars.
What makes it good? eBay points to a few key reasons:
So it’s easier to list and find a car, but we’re big fans of the new layout, too. In short, the eBay Motors app makes car listings look good. If you’ve ever seen a poorly coded HTML listing from a used car dealer, you’ll appreciate this layout:
eBay Motors seems to have put some effort into the new search features, too, as it’s now easier to find the weird cars we love. The homepage is personalized with recommendations for each user, too, officially making this app a worse influence on us than that friend that’s always emailing us used car links at 11 p.m. This new app is the first from eBay to prioritize location filtering, too, which matters much more when buying a car than when buying a pair of headphones.
Worried about completing something as complicated as a car purchase over the internet? eBay Motors thought of that, too. The app includes eBay Motors’Vehicle Purchase Protection (VPP) plan, which covers up to $100,000 for vehicle non-delivery, missing title, or major undisclosed defects. This service is free for most vehicles sold on the platform. And in a few months, once the app officially launches, eBay Motors plans to launch a new escrow service, meaning it will be a professional–not a random person on the internet–making sure each party fulfills their end of the bargain.
In short, eBay Motors realized things could be better, built a new app from scratch, and is letting our readers take it for a test drive before the broader world even knows it exists. Download the free app right here to check it out for yourself.
Two questions: does the app let you separate out dealer ads? And can you search the dollar amounts without getting the idiots that list their Camaro for $10?
I never used to be believe in ebay motors, as I always had most success on Craigslist
however I sold 3 cars last 18 months
mazda5
tacoma 4 door
2005 lexus ls430
and all transaction I got what I wanted, went smooth, and out of state buyers gobbled them up for more than I would get locally
I am a believer .
I bought my current car from eBay Motors after months of scouring the other outlets. Got frustrated while browsing at work, popped up eBay Motors just out of curiosity, and there it was.
Called the seller on Friday made him a Buy It Now cash offer that included guaranteed trailer pick up before 10am on Saturday, deal done.
Now I'm going to go to the attic dig out all of those iPods that I can apparently discard on eBay. 
Facebook Marketplace (I don't FB) and Bring a Trailer have destroyed the market at both ends of the spectrum of cars I'm interested in. Hopefully eBay Motors provides a nice middle ground between the cheapest and costliest places to buy cars.
_ said:Two questions: does the app let you separate out dealer ads? And can you search the dollar amounts without getting the idiots that list their Camaro for $10?
Don't ever, for any reason, do anything to anyone for any reason ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you've been, ever, for any reason
Yes, you can filter for each of those things.
I should sell the E30 on eBay.
Might actually see a profit if I sold it that way instead of local.
Can't wait to test this out in a few weeks.
You’ll find no other products to distract you from that sweet project car that you could totally keep at your friend’s house for a few months until you figure out how to sell the idea to the rest of the family.
Downloaded the app, it only lets you go to a minimum of $10,000. That makes it harder to find challenge priced cars.... not sure if this was one of those promotional type posts from the staff. If it is, please let the person at eBay you're talking to know about this.
_, I'll pass that along. Pretty cool that the GRM Forum is serving as eBay Motors' focus group here.
In reply to Tom Suddard :
My experience with E. Bay is less than Sterling.
I listed and sold my Black Jack special and in the sprited bidding It reached nearly what I felt it's current market value was.
A day later the bidder admitted he couldn't pay for it and I was forced to re-list it. Now bidders assumed the worst and the few bidders best bid was much less than 1/2 its previous high.
Twice I've been the high bidder only to have the car/ item withdrawn. Once at the buy-it-Now price.
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