Private Car Sales Without the Worry

Detailed listings with required PPI’s give you unprecedented transparency.

Escrow-based transactions make scammers a thing of the past.

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Why Shop on Topmarq?

The Stress-Free Private Marketplace

Scams used to make buying private difficult and risky for everyone. Not anymore. Transact through Topmarq to ensure that both parties are protected using secure escrow payments.

Unprecedented Transparency

Topmarq provides independent 3rd party specialty pre-purchase inspections (PPI) for every vehicle because we think transparency matters. Sellers can never alter the reports because they come straight to us!

Haggle-Free Pricing

Avoid haggling with our auction-style pricing system. Buyers submit competitive offers that sellers can accept or reject. Once a seller accepts an offer, Topmarq ensures there’s no last minute re-negotiating.

Photo Friendly

Craigslist is awesome, but we like to make major purchases using more than a few photos. Topmarq listings are photo and video heavy and feature detailed background info.

Buy Used Vehicles With Confidence

Transparent Listings

Be confident in your purchase with full disclosure through specialty PPIs and Carfax reports

Verified Identities

ID verification helps keep everyone accountable and the process secure.

Secure Transactions

Using an Escrow.com backed escrow system, Topmarq ensures that transfer of the vehicle occurs and money is verified.

The Win-Win Marketplace

Luxe vehicles can see the gap between trade-in price and retail sales prices balloon to more than $10,000. Topmarq helps close this by connecting high-end buyers with verified luxe vehicles.

2016 911 Carrera 2018 BMW M5 2017 Audi S5

Trade In

$58,800

Topmarq Price

(Private Party)

$62,600

Fair Value

(From Dealer)

$67,600

+$3,800

Gain for Seller

+$1,800

Savings for Buyer**

*Estimates From KBB values

What are people saying about us?

I was able to sell my Porsche quickly and for a great price using Topmarq! The transaction was smooth and I felt safe knowing that the money had been verified in escrow before signing over the title.

Larry W.

Topmarq made getting rid of my Maserati quick and painless. Private party value without private party hassle.

Norm L.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does Topmarq save me money?

Topmarq saves both the buyers and sellers money by removing the reseller component that is often included in used car sales. Rather than have a car go from seller to dealer to auction to dealer to buyer, Topmarq allows the car to go straight from seller to buyer. Those savings are passed along to both parties.

What does selling a car privately mean?

Selling a used car privately refers to when an owner sells their vehicle directly to another end-user of the vehicle. This is often the alternative to selling a vehicle to a dealer. Our article of dealers vs. private sellers goes into detail.

What kinds of cars do you list?

We focus on Luxe vehicles that include well spec’d european vehicles, sports cars, luxury trucks, exotics, and collector vehicles. Roughly, if the list price is more than $25-30k your vehicle probably sits within this group.

How does escrow protect car buyers?

An escrow is a financial structure where a trusted third party holds and regulates payment of funds required for two parties involved in a given transaction. It helps make transactions more secure by keeping the payment in a secure escrow account which is only released when all of the terms of an agreement are met as overseen by the escrow company. This helps protect car buyers by ensuring that their hard earned cash doesn't get released to the seller until the vehicle is confirmed to be transferred.

Rather than rely on tribal knowledge of how best to avoid scams or illegitimate sellers on other car websites, Topmarq allows buyers to rely on tried and true financial systems that are used to secure all sorts of high value item purchases from watches to houses.

How do we know Topmarq escrow is safe?

Our mission at Tomparq is to make private used car buying so easy everyone can do it. One of the key pieces of that is to ensure that every transaction is secure. That's why we decided to implement Escrow.com's industry leading escrow system that has names like GoDaddy and Shopify as partners.

About Escrow.com

Escrow.com is headquarted in California and is licensed, bonded and regularly audited. As the world’s leading provider of online escrow services, Escrow.com are pioneers in their industry. The company has more than 1.5 million customers and has transacted over $4.5 billion in payments.

What is a pre-purchase inspection (PPI)?

A pre-purchase inspection is a key part of the used car buying process in which you enlist a qualified mechanic to do a complete review of the vehicle you’re considering buying. The purpose is to ensure that somehow who knows what to look for is inspecting the vehicle vs. just you armed with what you read on the internet. While some people like to think they can check a vehicle themselves, it’s completely reasonable to surrender that job to a professional. See our article on pre-purchase inspections for more.