At its core Route 66 Auctions works like Octane: bidding happens online and the car stays with the seller. But the sale costs you a 3% success fee, minimum €300, the buyer pays 9% excluding VAT with a €20,000 maximum excluding VAT, and the auction revolves around a fixed Thursday evening in Waalwijk. If you are looking for an auction that costs you nothing, with lower costs for the buyer or with a campaign around your car, there are alternatives. Below they sit side by side.
Online auction platform for enthusiast cars in Western Europe. You pay no seller commission, the car stays with you, we write the listing and around every auction we run a targeted campaign in twelve countries, at our cost on regular auctions.
Western Europe: the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden and Finland
Online auction for enthusiast cars
International, with a clear focus on the United Kingdom and Australia
Online auction platform for enthusiast cars and motorcycles, alongside a fixed-price offering (Direct te koop)
The Netherlands: the car must be located in the Netherlands (just across the border by arrangement). Promotion national and international
Read the full Octane vs The Collectables comparison →Generalist online auction platform with weekly auctions in many categories; classic and collector cars are one of them
Worldwide: according to Catawiki active in more than 60 countries and 17 languages
Read the full Octane vs Catawiki comparison →Auction house with monthly online auctions; the cars are physically at the auction site, with viewing and collection days
The Netherlands: fixed locations in Uithoorn, Breedenbroek and Eibergen; site in four languages and, according to CCA, an international network of buyers
Read the full Octane vs Classic Car Auctions comparison →Auction intermediary with physical intake and showrooms; the cars are shown on its own site, the bidding runs through external auction platforms (Bright Auctions or Troostwijk)
The Netherlands: locations in Milsbeek and Tiel; according to Automotive Auctions, buyers in more than 50 countries
Read the full Octane vs Automotive Auctions comparison →International online marketplace for classic vehicles: classified listings and, since July 2024, online auctions. Also fixed-price and make-an-offer sales
International, from Berlin: by Classic Trader’s account, listings from more than 35 countries and buyers worldwide, with the site in ten language and country versions. Not available in the United States; an auction usually runs in the seller’s currency
Read the full Octane vs Classic Trader comparison →Online marketplace for classic and special vehicles with listings, a separate auction product and Make an Offer
International with British roots; auctions for cars across Europe, in pounds or euros, with local sites for the Netherlands, Germany, France and Italy among others
Read the full Octane vs Car & Classic comparison →American online auction platform and enthusiast community for classic, collector and enthusiast vehicles
International from the United States, with cars from anywhere in the world, the Netherlands included. Cars in the EU are auctioned in euros, in the United Kingdom in pounds, elsewhere in dollars. More than 750,000 registered bidders according to BaT, which does not publish how many of them live in Europe
Read the full Octane vs Bring a Trailer comparison →Rates as published by the platforms; every comparison page lists the sources and the date checked.
Three things to weigh when comparing. What do you keep yourself, since a success fee comes straight out of your proceeds? What does the buyer pay on top of their bid, and is it capped? And how does the money move after the auction: through the platform’s escrow account, or directly between buyer and seller?
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