--- title: "List Your Plates On The UK’s Largest Open Plate Marketplace - Buy Private Number Plates Online – Instantly Search The DVLA Database" url: https://buyprivateplates.uk/dealers/ site: "Buy Private Number Plates Online – Instantly Search the DVLA Database" published: 2026-05-21 modified: 2026-07-22 language: en-GB --- # List Your Plates on the UK’s Largest Open Plate Marketplace For private plate dealers ## Sell more plates. Keep every penny. List your stock on the UK's largest open plate marketplace. No commission. No listing fees. No contract. Enquiries come straight to your inbox. [Apply to list your plates](#apply) [How it works](#how) 0% Commission on sales £0 Listing fees 201+ Plates currently listed Thousands Buyer searches per month ## How it works Simple. Honest. Built for dealers, not platforms. 1 ### Apply for an account Fill in the form below. We approve dealers manually so the catalogue stays clean. Usually one working day. 2 ### List your plates Use your dashboard to add plates one at a time or paste a full inventory in bulk. Set your own guide prices. 3 ### Get enquiries direct Buyers see one platform with thousands of plates. When they enquire about yours, the email lands in your inbox. You handle it from there. 4 ### Close the sale Negotiate and complete however you normally do. We're not in the middle of the conversation. Mark sold on your dashboard when done. ## Why dealers choose us ### No middleman cut You keep 100% of every sale. We never invoice you, never debit your account, never take a cut. If a plate sells for £10,000, you get £10,000. ### Shared audience, your inventory Buyers browse one big catalogue. They don't see who's selling what. That means a small dealer gets the same exposure as a big one. You ride on the size of the platform. ### You stay in control Set your own prices. Reply directly to buyers in your own voice. Take the deal off-platform if you want. Mark sold when sold. It's your business, we just provide the shop window. ### Voluntary thank-yous The only money flow is the other direction. If a lead from us turned into a sale and you want to send a coffee, there's a button on your dashboard. No suggested amount. Most months we run on that goodwill, and so far it's worked. ### Bulk inventory uploads Paste your full stock list in one go. Format is just "registration, price" per line. Saves hours over the first listing run. ### Free stock widget for your website One paste-in snippet shows your live listings on your own site, always in sync — add, edit or sell a plate here and your website updates itself. Every plate links to its listing page, so enquiries reach you the usual way. ### Buyers stay buyers Your name is never shown on listings, so buyers can't go around your back to your competitors. Listings carry a simple "Dealer Listing" label (or an "ID Verified Dealer" badge if you take the optional verification), and each enquiry routes only to the dealer who owns that specific plate. ## The honest pricing breakdown Because "free" sounds too good to be true, here's exactly what we charge. | | Cost | | --- | --- | | Account setup | £0 | | Monthly subscription | £0 | | Per-listing fee | £0 | | Commission on sales | 0% | | Featured / boosted listings | Not offered (level playing field) | | Optional ID verification (verified badge + instant publishing) | £250 one-off | | Cancellation fee | Nothing to cancel | | Voluntary contribution after a sale | You decide, when and if | We make money from the voluntary contributions, the optional ID verification, and from our own plate sales (we're plate dealers ourselves). The dealer marketplace runs at break-even for us, which is why we can keep listing free. ## Questions dealers usually ask **What's the catch?** Genuinely no catch. We run the marketplace as a service to the trade and ourselves. Most contributors send something after their first or second sale, and that covers our costs. Some never do, and we don't chase. The model works because it's voluntary. **How do enquiries work exactly?** A buyer fills in the enquiry form on a plate's page. The email is sent to the dealer who owns that specific listing (using the email address tied to your dealer account), with Reply pre-addressed to the buyer. Every enquiry also appears in your dashboard under Enquiries. We keep a log on our side for audit only — we never use it to compete with you. **Do you sell my contact data?** No. Buyer contact data goes to the relevant dealer and to us. We never sell it, share it with other dealers, or use it for our own marketing beyond the obvious operational stuff like confirming their enquiry was received. **What's the ID Verified badge?** An optional one-off (£250) identity check. You upload two forms of photo ID and a proof of address; once approved, every one of your listings carries an ID Verified Dealer badge — buyers are told we hold verified identity documents for you — and your new listings publish instantly without review. Listing stays free either way; unverified listings simply note that we haven't verified the dealer's identity. **How do you decide who to approve?** We approve dealers we have a track record with, or who come recommended, or who pass a basic sanity check (real business, real stock, reasonable prices). The bar is low but not zero — we're trying to keep the catalogue clean. **What if my plate sells elsewhere?** Mark it sold on your dashboard, done. Takes a second. We do send a reminder if a listing hasn't been confirmed in 60+ days, but that's a one-click confirm, not a hassle. **Can I list plates I don't own yet?** Please don't. If a buyer enquires about a plate you can't actually deliver, that's a bad experience and it reflects on us as well as you. Only list plates you control. We will pull dealer accounts that consistently can't fulfil what they list. **What about pricing? Will I be in a race to the bottom?** Set your own prices. Buyers can negotiate via enquiry but the guide price is yours. We don't price-match, don't compare-shop, don't show "cheaper alternatives" alongside your listing. The buyer enquires about your specific plate and the conversation is yours. ## Apply to list your plates Quick form. We review every application by hand. --- Source: https://buyprivateplates.uk/dealers/