Seller protection
Sell your car without handing out your life
Selling privately usually means giving strangers your phone number, your address and a photo of your logbook. OwnerCars is built so you don't have to.
List your car freeThe listing is where the risk starts
To sell a car, you have to be findable, and fraudsters know it. They want exactly what a buyer asks for: your number, your address, your registration and your documents.
“Both documents contain key identifying details that scammers can use to steal your identity or even clone your vehicle.”
DVLA, on the vehicle logbook and driving licence
Private by default
Your advert shows the car, its key details and the nearest town. It never shows your phone number, email address, home address or postcode, and your registration isn't listed as an advert detail.
Photos can still show a number plate, so we ask you to cover or blur it before you upload.
Messages stay on OwnerCars.
Buyers need an account to message you, and every conversation happens here. You never have to hand out your number to answer a question.
You decide what to share, and when.
Your registration and address are never on your advert. If a buyer needs them, for an insurance quote or to arrange a viewing, you choose whether and when to tell them.
Your documents, on your terms.
Put your MOT certificate, service history and a redacted logbook in your secure vault. Buyers request them one at a time, you approve each one, and the link expires after 15 minutes. Nothing is sent by email or WhatsApp.
Buyers see the town, not your house.
Your postcode is used only to show buyers roughly how far away the car is. They see the nearest town, never the postcode.
What no website can do for you
No website can make scams impossible. Someone can still invent a courier or ask for a code through our messages. So we've written down the messages sellers get most often, and what each one really means.
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List your car freeWhich?, May 2024 · Ofcom, October 2025 · DVLA, April 2025 · DVLA figures, April 2026