About us
Car people who fixed car selling
Instant Car Bid exists because selling a car privately shouldn't mean strangers in your driveway and games at the dealership.
Instant Car Bid started with a simple observation: the two ways most people sell a car are both miserable. List it yourself and you get lowball texts, no-shows, and strangers at your house. Take it to a dealership and you get hours of waiting and an offer that shrinks at the last minute.
So we built a third way. Instant Car Bid connects you directly with a nationwide network of state-licensed, bonded dealers who compete to buy vehicles like yours. Our team has decades of combined experience in the auto business, and our pricing technology watches live market data across every major US region — which is how our buyers can put a strong, honest number in front of you fast.
Since launch, our buyers have purchased more than 10,000 vehicles from people just like you. We're proud to be based in McKinney, Texas, and prouder of how we do business: a fair bid up front, paperwork handled completely, and a real person you can call by name until the money is in your hands.
10,000+
Vehicles purchased
90 sec
To request your offer
$100K
Max loan payoff
100%
Licensed & bonded dealers
What we stand on
Licensed, bonded, accountable
Every vehicle we buy is purchased by a state-licensed, bonded dealer. That means real consumer protections, proper title transfer, and your liability removed — guaranteed.
Market data, not guesswork
Our pricing technology monitors live automotive market values across every major US region, so the offer you get reflects what your vehicle is actually worth today.
People first
Software finds the number, but a human closes the deal. Your assigned buyer has years in the car business and stays with you from first call to final payment.
Offers that win
We earn business by bidding strong up front — not by grinding you down later. It's why we confidently beat valid written CarMax offers.