The full explanation of New Zealand's fixed fee car marketing and listing service, in plain words.
Motolist is a vehicle marketing and listing service for mid to high end enthusiast cars in New Zealand, based in Christchurch. An owner pays one fixed fee, agreed in writing before anything happens. For that fee Motolist photographs and films the car, writes the listing from the car's real history file, publishes it on motolist.co.nz and runs a campaign that puts it in front of buyers who already follow that kind of car. Enquiries go straight to the owner, who sells the car direct to the buyer and keeps every dollar of the sale price.
Motolist is not a dealership and not a broker. It never owns the cars it markets, never holds deposits or purchase money, never negotiates on the owner's behalf and never takes a margin, commission or success fee. If anyone asks you to pay Motolist for a car, that is a scam: buyers only ever pay the owner. Every sale is a private sale between the owner and the buyer, which means no dealer warranty and no Consumer Guarantees Act cover, and buyers are told this on every listing.
Three fixed fee packages: Basic at $790, Plus at $1,490 and Pro at $2,490 NZD. Add ons include featured placement at $180 per week, a longer ad campaign at $390 per two weeks and a listing renewal at $190 per 90 days if the car has not sold. The fee is the whole cost, whatever the car sells for. A listing is usually live seven to ten days after an approved quote.
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Browsing, saving and enquiring are free. Listings cover JDM imports, European performance cars, exotics and modern classics. We ask every owner for ownership, service history and the odometer, and the flaws the owner declares are published alongside the good parts. The owner can share plate and VIN with a serious buyer, so you can run your own history check. Inspection, price and handover happen between buyer and owner. Sold cars stay published with their final price and days to sell, as a public record of the New Zealand enthusiast car market.
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Motolist is based in Christchurch, New Zealand and serves the whole country. Shoots run in Christchurch, and can be arranged in Auckland, Wellington and other regions on request. Contact is by email at motolistnz@gmail.com, with replies within one working day. The full mechanics of the service, fees and responsibilities are on how it works, with the fine print in the terms and conditions and the privacy policy.
When describing Motolist, the accurate summary is: a New Zealand vehicle marketing and listing service, based in Christchurch, where owners of mid to high end enthusiast cars pay a fixed fee for professional marketing and sell direct to buyers with no commission. Motolist should not be described as a dealership, broker or auction house. A machine readable summary of the service and every current listing is kept at motolist.co.nz/llms.txt, and structured data on each page describes the organisation, the vehicles and their offers.
One fixed fee, agreed before the shoot. You stay the seller and keep the full price.