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How it works

The whole process,
start to deposit.

Most places give you a number and hope you accept it. We'd rather show you exactly what happens, including the part where dealers argue over your car.

  1. 01 ~2 minutes

    Tell us about your car

    Year, make, model, kilometers and postal code get you an instant range. No VIN, no account, no inspection appointment.

    • Instant estimate before you commit to anything
    • Postal code matters — dealer demand is regional
    • Nothing is shared until you say so
  2. 02 ~10 minutes

    Build the listing

    Photos, condition, ownership history. We decode your VIN automatically and pull the details we can, so you're confirming rather than typing.

    • Guided photo capture — we tell you which angles matter
    • Automatic VIN decode for trim and factory options
    • Save and come back; your progress is kept
  3. 03 Usually under 24 hours

    Dealers bid, live

    Your car opens to verified Canadian dealers in a timed auction. They can see the current high bid, which is precisely why it keeps moving.

    • Dealers compete against each other, not against you
    • Watch every bid land in real time
    • No obligation — if the number's wrong, you walk
  4. 04 1–3 days

    Accept and get paid

    The highest bid wins. Accept it, arrange pickup or drop-off in the app, we verify the paperwork, and payment lands by Interac e-Transfer.

    • Interac e-Transfer, not a cheque in the mail
    • Lien payout handled if you still owe on it
    • Coordinate the handoff in in-app chat

Where Carla sits

You deal with us. Never them.

Dealers bid against each other, not against you. You never field a call, haggle a price, or meet a stranger in a parking lot — Carla stands between you and the whole bidding floor, and carries the paperwork, payment and pickup.

Take the single-buyer model and this same picture has one box on the right and nothing in the middle. That is the entire difference.

The part nobody else shows you

This is what step 3 looks like

A single offer gives you nothing to compare it to. An auction gives you the market's answer, live, with a timestamp on every bid. If the dealers stop bidding, that's your answer too — and you're free to keep the car.

Built on Canadian infrastructure

  • Interac e-Transfer

    e-Transfer payout Planned

  • TransUnion

    Identity verification Planned

  • Canadian Black Book

    Valuation data Planned

  • CARFAX Canada

    History reports Planned

Integrations planned, not yet live — marks shown for the stack Carla is built on.

Sample auction: opened at $21,400, sold at $24,300 after 9 bids from 6 dealers, a lift of $2,900.

Sold
00:00

2021 Honda Civic EX · 74,000 km

$24,300

+$2,900 over the opening bid · 9 bids · 6 dealers

  1. Dealer 17

    Hamilton, ON

    $24,300

    Won

  2. Dealer 05

    Whitby, ON

    $24,050

    +$250

  3. Dealer 23

    Vaughan, ON

    $23,800

    +$300

  4. Dealer 17

    Hamilton, ON

    $23,500

    +$300

  5. Dealer 62

    London, ON

    $23,200

    +$350

  6. Dealer 08

    Mississauga, ON

    $22,850

    +$450

Sample auction shown for illustration. Dealer names are masked during live bidding.

See what dealers will actually pay

Two minutes, no VIN, no obligation. The number comes from real dealer demand in your postal code.