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Selling your car or truck yourself can make you as much as 20% more than trading or selling your used car to a car dealership. So how can you advertise your pre-owned car for free so the rest of the world knows your are trying to sell it. Here is a list of ways to sell your car for free. This list is by no means exhaustive but it will provide you with enough ideas to get the word out.

Free online classifieds:

• www.everycarlisted.com – National exposure
• www.craiglist.org – Local market exposure
• www.motors.ebay.com – eBay has a free listing available for local markets
• www.vehix.com – National exposure
• www.oodle.com – Local exposure
• www.kijiji.com – Local exposure

There are hundreds of other sites that allow you to list your car for free but these are the free online classified websites that we feel will get the advertisement for your used car in front of the most people.

Social Media:

Turn your friends and family into your sales force by using social media sites like www.Twitter.com, www.Facebook.com and www.MySpace.com. By using social media, you let all of those people that follow you know your are selling you car. You would be amazed at how the word will spread when friends and family see your used car for sale. Your friends and family will be happy to tell coworkers and other acquaintances about the used car your are selling. To make it easy for people to get information on the car you are selling, place a link to your used car classified on your Facebook wall or every couple of days send out a tweet with a link to your ad. If the link is too long to fit in a tweet you can use a service like www.tinyurl.com to shorten the link for you.

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