Trust & Safety
Built for safer vehicle transactions
Buying and selling a vehicle between strangers should not feel risky. Garage Bids is being designed to make transactions safer for both sides — including identity, VIN and title verification, transaction guidance, fraud prevention tools and public ratings. Payment for the vehicle itself always happens directly between buyer and seller.
Planned protections
Coming soonNone of the features below are active yet. They are listed so testers can tell us which matter most.
Identity verification
Confirm that buyers and sellers are who they say they are.
VIN verification
Check the VIN against the vehicle before an auction goes live.
Title & ownership verification
Verify the seller has a clean, transferable title.
Vehicle history reports
Attach an accident, odometer and ownership history report.
Transaction guidance
Step-by-step guidance for both sides so nothing is missed at handover.
Fraud protection
Monitoring for suspicious bidding, listings and payment requests.
Buyer & seller ratings
Public reputation built from completed transactions.
Garage Bids' role
Garage Bids provides the technology and platform that connects vehicle owners with prospective buyers. Garage Bids does not own vehicles, take title or possession, act as the seller, process the vehicle purchase price, or transfer titles. Buyers and sellers complete payment, title transfer, registration and taxes directly with each other.
Users are responsible for determining and maintaining any dealer, business, tax, registration, or other licenses required for their activities. Garage Bids provides an online vehicle marketplace and does not determine whether a user is required to hold a particular license.
What's real today
Today Garage Bids is a working prototype of the listing, bidding and auction-close experience. Vehicles, bidders, ratings and history reports shown in the app are examples used for testing.