Marketplace rules

These are the marketplace rules for OwnerLot. Creating an account, listing a car, or writing in chat means you accept them. Breaking them is a ban: the account is closed, live ads are taken down, and you may not open a new account to get around it.

No dealers

OwnerLot is only for private owners selling their own car. Licensed dealers, wholesalers, auctions, flip lots, brokers, and anyone selling as a business are not allowed. There is no dealer package and no inventory feed. If we see a lot, a storefront, or wholesale stock, the account is banned.

No duplicate listings

One car is one listing. A VIN can be listed once and does not become free for another account after you take the ad down. Do not post the same car twice, clone photos, shuffle pictures, change the title, or list the same VIN from a second login. Duplicate and near-duplicate ads are banned.

Honest city and VIN

Pin the city where the car actually sits. Do not use a bigger metro to get more views. Type the real 17-character VIN. Fake cities, cloned VINs, and reused photos from another listing are a ban.

Account limits

One person gets one account: one phone, one browser, and a tight cap on new signups from the same network. You may keep up to 3 live personal cars. Extra accounts to dodge limits are treated as duplicates and banned.

What you may list

Personal used cars, pickups, and vans are free. Semis, buses, cranes, dump trucks, boom trucks, and other special equipment cost $12 to publish. You cannot list a crane or tractor as a passenger car to skip the fee — the VIN, make, and body are checked. We still do not sell TOP placement.

Chat and photos

Messages and chat photos stay between you and the other owner. Chat photos are kept 60 days. Do not spam, scams, or send contact details in listing text — use the site chat.

Ban

Dealers, duplicate listings, fake VINs, fake cities, photo clones, and extra accounts are a ban. We may remove ads and lock the account without notice. Questions: hello@ownerlotcars.com