Frequently asked questions

It is the number that would make you actually sell. You set it privately against your vehicle. It is never displayed to a dealer, never included in any dealer-facing screen or export, and never used to anchor a dealer’s offer. It exists so we know when to interrupt you.

No. There is no public advertisement, no classifieds page and no search engine result for your vehicle. Verified dealers see an anonymized record inside the platform, and only if you have chosen a status other than “Just Curious”.

Never for vehicle owners. Setting a number, tracking value and receiving offers are all free. Dealers pay for access; no commission is taken from your sale.

Change your number, pause the vehicle, switch back to “Just Curious” or delete it entirely. Accepting an offer is the only action that commits you to anything, and even then nothing is final until you sign a purchase agreement after inspection.

Only when an offer satisfies the notification rule you chose: an exact match or better, within $500, within $1,000, or every verified offer. Below your rule, we stay silent. You can change the rule at any time.

No. A dealer sees only that an offer was submitted, viewed, accepted, declined or expired. There is no “you were $200 away” signal anywhere in the dealer portal, because that would let dealers reverse-engineer your number over time.

No. Every offer is conditional. It is subject to a physical inspection, verified vehicle history, lien status and the information you provided being accurate. If the odometer reads 40,000 km more than declared, the offer will change.

Accepting releases your contact details to that dealer and opens an inspection and documentation workflow. It does not complete a sale and it does not transfer your vehicle. You and the dealer sign a purchase agreement directly with each other, and Auto Market World is not a party to it.

Yes. Multiple verified dealers can offer on the same vehicle, and every offer that clears your rule is shown to you. You are never obliged to respond to any of them.

Year, make, model, trim, kilometres, colour, transmission, fuel type, condition, declared accident and service history, whether a lien exists, the first three characters of your postal code, your photographs and the last six characters of your VIN. Nothing else.

No. Dealers have no way to reach you until you accept an offer or explicitly request more information. Contacting an owner outside the platform is grounds for removal.

Yes. You can delete a vehicle from your dashboard at any time, and you can submit a personal data deletion request from the privacy page.

Yes, and it is common. Record your approximate loan balance and your passport will show your estimated positive or negative equity. Dealers declare on each offer whether they can handle a lien payout directly with your lender.

Select “Leased” as your lien status and enter the buyout amount you have been quoted. Some dealers buy out leases regularly; the offer will state whether they can. Always confirm the exact buyout figure with your leasing company, as it changes month to month.

Directly between you and the dealership, using the payment method stated on the offer — typically a bank draft, certified cheque, direct deposit or Interac e-Transfer. Auto Market World never holds funds and never takes payment from an owner.

Generally your vehicle permit (ownership), valid identification and, if financed, a lien payout statement from your lender. A registered dealer will walk you through the transfer documents. This is general information, not legal advice.

In this build, from an Auto Market World demonstration model — a transparent depreciation and demand calculation, not a live market feed. We are not connected to Canadian Black Book, CARFAX Canada, a commercial VIN decoder or the Ontario plate registry, and we do not claim to be. The system is built so a licensed provider can be connected without changing how the product behaves.

Different models weigh kilometres, condition, trim and region differently, and wholesale is not retail. Treat every estimate — including ours — as a range, and treat a real conditional offer from a real dealer as far more meaningful than any of them.

Wholesale is roughly what a dealer would pay to buy your vehicle outright. Retail is roughly what the same vehicle is advertised for on a lot after reconditioning. The gap between them is the dealer’s margin — knowing it is what lets you set a realistic number.

OMVIC-registered Ontario dealerships. Applications require a legal business name, OMVIC registration number, business address, contact details and a supporting document, which we review before granting access.

No. We review the registration details a dealer provides so that owners are dealing with real, registered businesses. We do not certify, endorse or guarantee any dealer’s regulatory standing, and owners should verify independently before completing a sale.