The Honest Way to Buy and Sell Vehicles
Professional listings in 5 minutes. Complete transparency for buyers with full service history, damage disclosure, and quality scoring. You keep 100% of your sale price.
We’re a listing marketplace—messaging included; payment/transfer handled by you. Clean titles only; watermarked photos are rejected.
What Makes PleaseStart Different
We're a quality listing marketplace, not a transaction platform. Our focus is creating transparent listings that save sellers hours and give buyers the information they need to research confidently.
Professional Listings, Fast
Your VIN fills in the specs. Service receipts become a timeline. Damage is disclosed in photos. Quality is scored. All in about 5 minutes.
Clean Titles Only
Hard rejection of salvage, branded, or rebuilt titles. Unlike other marketplaces where 15-30% of listings have salvage history, we maintain 100% clean title integrity.
$19.99 Flat Fee
No commissions. No percentage fees. Competitors charge 2-6% or $99-$500+.
You keep 100% of sale price
You're in Control
Direct messaging with buyers. Arrange payment, test drives, and transfer your way. No platform interference or forced services.
Professional Listings in 5 Minutes
Stop wasting hours writing descriptions and organizing paperwork. Your VIN and photos do the heavy lifting.
Enter VIN & Upload
Enter your 17-character VIN. Year, make, model, trim, specs, MSRP, and factory options are filled in automatically.
Upload photos (minimum 25) and service records (receipts, invoices, maintenance logs).
Your Listing Takes Shape
In under 60 seconds:
- Generates factual description
- Extracts service timeline from receipts
- Organizes and sorts your photos by angle
- Calculates quality score (0-100 points)
Review & Publish
Review the generated description. Approve or regenerate. Add custom notes if desired.
Pay $19.99 flat fee (30-day listing). Your listing goes live immediately.
Then what? Respond to buyer inquiries through secure messaging. Arrange test drives, negotiate price, and complete the sale your way—cash, check, wire, or third-party escrow like Escrow.com.
Research with Full Transparency
Every listing includes complete service history, damage disclosure, and quality scoring.
Search by Quality
Filter by make, model, year, price, body type, and location. Sort by quality score (0-100 points).
All listings are clean title only—salvage and branded titles are automatically rejected.
Research Thoroughly
Each listing includes:
- Complete service timeline
- TruthPoint™ damage disclosure with marked photos
- Factual description (no hype)
- Quality score breakdown
Contact Seller
Message sellers through secure platform messaging. Your contact info stays private until you choose to share it.
Then what? Arrange test drives, inspections (third-party if desired), negotiate price, and complete purchase your way. PleaseStart connects you—you handle the transaction independently.
How We Compare
We're a listing marketplace focused on quality and transparency—not a transaction platform that charges commissions.
| Feature | PleaseStart | Other Marketplaces |
|---|---|---|
| Listing Fee | $19.99 Flat fee | $99-$500+ or 2-6% commission |
| Commission Fee | 0% - Keep 100% | 2-6% of sale price |
| Title Quality | 100% Clean Titles | 15-30% salvage/branded |
| Automated Listing | ||
| Damage Disclosure | TruthPoint™ Required | Optional/None |
| Listing Time | 5 minutes | 1-3 hours |
| Transaction Control | 100% Your Choice | Platform managed |
What We Don't Do
We don't handle escrow, financing, delivery, or inspections. You arrange everything your way—cash, check, wire, or third-party services like Escrow.com. This keeps our costs low and our incentives aligned with yours: quality listings at honest prices.
Frequently Asked Questions
We're a quality listing marketplace focused on transparency, not a transaction platform. Professional listings take minutes, not hours. Buyers get complete service history, damage disclosure, and quality scoring. We don't take commissions — you keep 100% of your sale price and transact your way.
No. PleaseStart is a listing marketplace—we don't process payments, offer escrow, or arrange delivery. After connecting through our messaging system, buyers and sellers arrange payment (cash, check, wire, third-party escrow) and vehicle transfer independently. You control the entire transaction.
Since transactions occur off-platform between buyers and sellers independently, we're not involved in post-sale disputes. This is why transparency is critical—buyers see full service history, TruthPoint™ damage disclosure, and quality scoring before purchase. Many buyers choose to hire third-party inspectors for additional peace of mind.
About 5 minutes. Enter your VIN (specs are filled in automatically), upload photos with any damage marked using TruthPoint stickers, upload service records, and review the generated description. VIN decoding, description writing, and service record extraction all happen automatically — saving you hours compared to doing it manually.
Clean title vehicles only. Salvage, branded, and rebuilt titles are automatically rejected, along with watermarked photos (dealer logos, phone numbers, SOLD overlays). 25+ photos recommended for higher quality scores. Service records (36 months recommended) improve your quality score and help buyers research with confidence.
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