Owners who came to sell
Sellers find Swapt through our ads and search. Each one enters their own plate or VIN on swapt.ca and answers questions about the car.
For Ontario dealerships
Buy cars from private sellers in Ontario
Ontario owners list their cars on Swapt with photos, mileage and condition. You browse for free, then pay with credits for the sellers’ contacts you want.
- ✓ Free to sign up and see every car
- ✓ 1 credit is $1, and you choose what to offer
- ✓ You call the seller and you buy directly
First top-up doubledPay $100, get 200 credits. The bonus goes up to 1,000 credits, once per dealership.
Owners who want to sell, on one board
Phone confirmed by code
A seller confirms their phone with a one-time code before their listing goes live.
At least 4 photos
A car reaches dealers once it has at least 4 photos, so you can judge it before you spend anything.
What you see on every car, for free
- Year, make, model and trim, decoded from the plate or VIN
- Mileage, and the seller’s rating of the condition
- Damage the seller declared, with their notes and photos
- Whether the car is owned, financed or leased
- The seller’s city
Three ways to get a seller’s contact
Top up by card, then use credits. 1 credit is $1. Car feed dealerships come first, and all three ways share a limited number of places on each car.
Offers
Offer credits for a seller’s contact. Offers are sealed, so you never see other offers or where you stand. The highest offers get the places that remain when offers close. If you don’t get the contact, your credits come back in full. You can raise an offer, but you can’t lower or withdraw it.
Buy now
When the button shows on a car, pay the price it shows and get the contact right away. No waiting for offers to close.
Car feed
For dealers taking 50+ cars a week. Matching cars reach you first and automatically, with no offers to place. Talk to sales: we agree your filters and price on a call.
What Swapt isn’t
- A contact isn’t a sale. You get the seller’s name, phone and email. The seller may not answer, may already have sold, or may decide not to sell.
- It isn’t exclusive. Other dealerships may get the same contact. Places on each car are limited, and we don’t tell dealers how many.
- Credits aren’t refundable. They have no cash value, and they don’t expire while your account is open.
- We don’t check the cars. Details come from the seller and lookup services, so inspect the car before you buy.
- We don’t check dealerships either. You confirm your OMVIC registration in the Dealer Terms when you sign up.
- We’re not part of the sale. You agree the price, payment, pickup and paperwork with the seller, and you pay them directly.
- A contact is for that car only. Use it to talk to that seller about that car, and never resell it.
From sign-up to your first call
Create your account
Tell us about your dealership, give your OMVIC number and confirm your phone with a code.
See the cars
Every car is open to you straight away. Set your filters and save the searches you care about.
Pick how you buy
Top up by card from $100 to $50,000, or ask for the car feed. Payments are processed by Stripe and charged in Canadian dollars by ROCKETECH PTE. LTD.
Comparing channels? Read where Ontario dealers can buy used cars from private sellers, which covers trade-ins, wholesale platforms, Autotrader’s program and classifieds.
Questions from dealers
What am I paying for?
Access to a seller’s contact: their name, phone and email. You aren’t buying a car, and a contact isn’t a promise of a sale.
How much does a contact cost?
You decide when you make an offer: any whole number of credits, at least 1, where 1 credit is $1. The highest offers get the places that remain. A car with a buy-now button shows its price on the button. If you offer and don’t get the contact, your credits come back.
How does the first top-up bonus work?
Your first paid top-up is doubled, with a bonus of up to 1,000 credits. Pay $100 and get 200 credits. Pay $2,000 and get 3,000 credits. Later top-ups have no bonus.
Do you add tax to top-ups?
No. The amount charged equals the credits you get. Your own tax treatment is yours to work out.
Can I get my credits back?
Credits held for an offer come back if you don’t get the contact. Otherwise credits aren’t refundable, including when a seller doesn’t answer or has already sold.
Who can sign up?
A dealership registered with OMVIC. You give your number and confirm your registration in the Dealer Terms. We don’t review a dealership before it can use Swapt, but we can hold a new account until we’ve looked at it.
Where does Swapt operate?
Ontario, and every price is in Canadian dollars.