Marketplace Path
How fixed-price listings work
Find the car, see the full landed cost up front, enquire, and move through 7 Deal Room phases.
Discover the listing Day 0
Cross-border marketplaces hide the real number. The price tag is one figure; what shows up at your port is another.
List the seller price. The clock and the surprise fees stay in the fine print.
Browse the marketplace — fixed price, no clock. Filter by body, fuel, container share, or inspection. Listings show price, mileage, ships-to, and verified status on the card.
Open the listing Day 0
Detail pages bury the total cost three clicks deep — if they show it at all.
Quote the headline price. Duty and freight are "ask the broker".
Each VDP shows the seller price PLUS the full landed cost to your country — shipping, duty, and fees. No additions at port.
Enquire Day 0–3
You message a stranger overseas and hope you hear back. No structure, no record.
Pass you off to email. Threads die; the deal dies with them.
Use the inquiry button on the VDP to start a conversation with the seller. This opens Deal Room Phase 1 (Initial Inquiry). WATTSHIP marketplace does not have a "Make Offer" flow — you enquire and negotiate inside the Deal Room.
Phases 2–4 — quote, agreement, documents Day 3–14
Quote sent over email; signed PDF emailed back; documents emailed to the broker; everything sits in inboxes you can't audit.
Push the paperwork burden onto you. The state of the deal lives in someone's memory.
Phase 2 (Quote & Negotiation) — seller proposes a final number; you accept, counter, or reject. Phase 3 (Agreement & Deposit) — both parties sign the trade agreement; the buyer pays a 10% deposit via Stripe Checkout. Phase 4 (Documentation) — required country-specific documents upload; the WATTSHIP operator reviews each one before unlocking the next phase.
Phase 5 (Payment) — balance Day 14–21
You wire the balance to an overseas account on trust. If anything goes sideways your money is already gone.
Direct wire to the seller. If the deal breaks, you chase it across borders.
Once documents are reviewed and unlocked, you pay the balance via Stripe Checkout. The vehicle moves into shipping.
Phases 6 & 7 — shipping & inspection Day 21–60
You go silent for weeks. The unit arrives and you have minutes to spot anything wrong before signing.
Give you a tracking link and disappear. Last-mile inspection is your problem.
Phase 6 (Shipping) — real-time vessel tracking through transit. Phase 7 (Inspection) — a 15-point arrival inspection at delivery; the deal closes only when you accept the unit. Both parties can rate the trade.