Starter
Start buying direct
- 25 valuations a month, included
- Your buying site on our address
- Instant valuations and online booking
- Lead and booking alerts by email
- Monthly savings against auction
- 1 location
- A price, not a callbackSellers see their offer instantly
- Booked in, not chasedThey pick a time you've made available
- MOT history checkedMileage and advisories, before you see it
- On your phone in secondsA text the moment they book
Same car.Less money,bought direct.
Buy the car from the person who owns it and you skip the buyer's fee, the transport and the bidding war. The car's the same. The money isn't.
What auction adds on top:
- Buyer's fee and charges on every lot
- Transport from the hall to your forecourt
- Bidding against every dealer, often for a car you haven't seen
One car, two waysIllustrative
- At auction
- Hammer price£8,000
- Buyer's fee£806
- Transport£250
- Landed£9,056
- With Buying Desk
- Your offer£8,000
- They drive it in£0
- No buyer's fee£0
- Landed£8,000
You keep£1,056on this car
Four cars a month like this: £50,688 a year.
Illustrative example. Standard published buyer's fee at a major UK auction for an £8,000 car (March 2026), ex VAT, plus typical transport. Same price paid for the car, before your Buying Desk plan.From their driveto your forecourt.
We build it for you
We set up your buying site in your name. Once it's live, you control your prices and get every lead and booking as it happens.
We help you get found
It works with the visitors you already have. On higher plans, we help bring more sellers to it and get your name known locally.
They book in, you buy
Sellers get a real price, pick a time that suits you, and you get a text. No chasing, just inspect and buy.
Stock bought direct · SeptemberExample
£3,357saved on 3 cars
- 52valuations
- 7booked in
- 3bought
| Vehicle | Paid | At auction |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 Ford Focus ST-Line | £9,450 | £10,551 |
| 2018 VW Golf SE | £7,850 | £8,888 |
| 2020 Kia Sportage 2 | £13,100 | £14,318 |
See what you savedevery single month.
Your dashboard shows every valuation, booking and purchase, and what each car saved you against auction.
- Every lead and booking, the moment it happens
- Your prices, set and changed whenever you like
- Cost per car against auction, every month
- Unlimited users and leads on every plan
Your area.Nobody else's.
Take exclusivity and no other dealer in your postcode districts can run Buying Desk. You're not competing with the lot down the road for the same sellers.
Included on Premium. An add-on on Standard.
Every plan buys cars.Higher plans find more sellers.
Every plan gives sellers an instant price and online booking, and shows you what each car saved against auction.
Standard
RecommendedBring more sellers to you
Everything in Starter, plus:
- 100 valuations a month, included
- On your own website address
- A text the moment someone books
- Follow-ups to sellers who didn't book
- Local pages to help you get found on Google
- 2 locations
- Area exclusivity available as an add-on
Premium
Own your area
Everything in Standard, plus:
- 200 valuations a month, included
- Your area locked, included
- Local pages written for each location
- Hands-on help bringing more sellers to you
- Emails sent from your own domain
- Unlimited locations
- Priority support
Not sure which fits? Get your buying site and we'll tell you honestly.
Guides for dealers
All guides
Part exchangeNegative equity part exchange: the gap to write downA negative equity part exchange is when the settlement is higher than the car is worth to you. Here is what to do with the gap, and what not to do.
Buying at auctionMotorway trade sales: how a dealer actually buysMotorway trade sales charge a purchase fee on top of the bid, from a schedule on your account. Here is what the dealer terms publish, and what they do not.
Starting in the tradeVAT qualifying car: when the margin scheme does not applyA VAT qualifying car is one the margin scheme usually cannot cover. Here is HMRC's current test, as at 27 September 2026, and what to read on the invoice.
Questionsdealers ask us
Straight answers. Anything else, ask us directly.
Charlie Wood
Founder, Buying Desk
We build websites for independent dealers, and we kept seeing the cars they wanted go through auction instead of to them. Buying Desk is the buying site we built so those sellers come straight to you. Ask us anything. You'll get a straight answer.
Get your buying siteHow it works
How does a seller book in?
Sellers get a real price, pick a time that suits you, and you get a text. No chasing, just inspect and buy.
Do I have to change my website?
No. One DNS record can point a subdomain here, or we host the page if we already host your site. Nobody moves your nameservers, and your email is left alone.
How accurate is the offer?
The offer uses the MOT history, the mileage record, the photos and the condition answers. We will not publish an accuracy percentage we cannot evidence.
Won't people take the price to a national buyer?
The figure appears only after they've confirmed the car and given an email address.
Getting sellers
I don't get enough website traffic for this
It works with the visitors you already have. On higher plans, we help bring more sellers to it and get your name known locally.
Do higher plans bring more sellers?
Higher plans do more to bring sellers to you. They still start with the visitors you already have.
Does the dealer down the road get it too?
Not if you take exclusivity. Premium includes it, subject to availability. On Standard it can be added, also subject to availability.
What do I see each month?
Your dashboard shows every valuation, booking and purchase, and what each car saved you against auction.
Cost and commitment
What does each valuation cost me?
They're included in your plan and already paid for. You can buy more if you need them. You're told well before you run out, and it never stops mid-valuation.
How much do I save against auction?
Buying direct keeps around £1,000 on a typical £8,000 car. That's the buyer's fee and transport an auction adds, worked the same way as the example further up this page.
What happens if I stop?
What you've collected is yours. You can export it, and it is not deleted when you cancel.
Who sets the prices?
You do. Once the buying site is live, you control your prices and get every lead and booking as it happens.
Charlie Wood
Founder, Buying Desk
We build websites for independent dealers, and we kept seeing the cars they wanted go through auction instead of to them. Buying Desk is the buying site we built so those sellers come straight to you. Ask us anything. You'll get a straight answer.
Get your buying siteReady to buy cheaper stock?
Tell us about your dealership. We'll check your area, walk you through it and set up your buying site with you.