A buyer's guide to how we work

The unique way to get the best price for your new car. Guaranteed.

What if there was a way to get all car dealers together and have them compete against each other to give you the lowest possible price on a new car? Well you can with Auto eBid.

We started Auto eBid back in 2003 to do exactly that, because no matter how hard we negotiated, we felt that we never got the best deal on a new car. Driving away from the showroom with the feeling that we could have got a better price always took away some of the pleasure of buying a new car.

Take the hassle out of haggling

Get the best deal on your new car, without the hassle of trawling through websites or spending hours in dealerships. Car showrooms can be intimidating, and haggling on the forecourt is uncomfortable, but with Auto eBid you can remain anonymous while the negotiating is done for you. Use our website to build the car you want and we'll tell you the lowest price that we know that car can be bought for. Once you're happy with the price, we will contact the relevant dealers from our database of 3,000+, and they will bid against each other, driving down the cost of the car you want.

Since 2003, thousands of customers have saved millions of pounds buying their new car this way.

Everyone's a winner with Auto eBid.

Auto eBid receives NO sales commission from any of our registered dealers - so we're on your side all the way.

Specify your new car, then name your price.

Build your perfect car to your exact specification using our online tool. As you add each option its price will be shown on screen, together with the Auto eBid discounted price. In the unlikely situation, you are offered a better price than our Max Price, you can simply state this price on step 5 and our system will automatically reduce an additional £100 to give you a new lower Max Price.

How it works

On our site, we show the Max Price. This price is as it sounds, it’s the most you will pay including our fees, delivery to your door, 12 months road tax and all other costs for a UK vehicle with a full UK warranty…

In addition, unlike any other service in the market. You could potentially save thousands more than the price you agreed to buy at…
 
To place an order simply follow steps 1-5 on our site, then the last stage is to pre- authorise our fee to make your order live. Remember that this is a no win no fee service, so if we can't get you your Maximun Price we won't charge you anything. This is a bit like when you check into a hotel where they swipe your card to make sure you have funds in place to pay for your stay.

Our suppliers offer better prices when a real deal is on the table and you have committed to purchase, but remember our fee is only charged on a no win, no fee basis.

Every time you receive an offer it also gets emailed to you and you can ask any questions to each bidder, if require. At the end of the auction (and we recommend just 2 days to run the service) you selected the offer you prefer the supplier then contacts you and you pay them a small deposit by credit card and then the balance only once the vehicle has been delivered to you. Not before, making the entire process entirely safe and secure.

You then take the vehicle to your local franchised dealer for servicing and warranty work.

It’s that simple to get the best deal in the market. No time wasting, No Hassle.

What happens after my order goes live?

Just sit back and watch the bids coming in.

We broadcast your order to over 1,300 registered suppliers across the UK by email, fax and we chase up our suppliers by telephone!

Every time you receive an offer it also gets emailed to you and you can ask any questions to each bidder, if require. At the end of the auction (and we recommend just 2 days to run the service) you selected the offer you prefer from one of our 5 Star suppliers, the supplier then contacts you and you pay them a small deposit by credit card and then the balance only once the vehicle has been delivered to you. Not before, making the entire process entirely safe and secure.

You then take the vehicle to your local franchised dealer for servicing and warranty work.

It’s that simple to get the best deal in the market. No time wasting, No Hassle.

So why not join thousands of our happy customers and place your order now.

You tell us that you are ready to commit to buy by pre-authorising your credit card with our fee (click here to see our Fee Structure), having specified the duration of the auction (between 2 and 10 days).

Car dealers like Auto eBid as it provides them with a nationwide rather than just a local market. For the Auto eBid customer, the service benefits include:

• Better availability as all Auto eBid cars are sourced nationally
• Access to dealers from across the whole country
• Best possible pricing as dealers underbid each other
• Access to manufacturers' nationwide stock
• New cars all built to your personal specification
• Quicker factory orders
• Once the best price is agreed we put you in direct contact with the winning dealer
• Only when you are 100% satisfied do we collect our pre-authorised fee