Market insights 2026 · $69
Not sure what to list your car for in 2026?
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The market has moved more than most sellers realise — Chinese-brand competition is putting pressure on resale values in some segments, some petrol models are seeing softer demand, and hybrids are holding up well in several segments. Get a plain-English pricing strategy for your exact car, built by people who price cars for a living. Delivered in 24 hours.
Real listings, not averages
We read what comparable cars are actually listed for in your state right now — including how long they've been sitting.
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The market moves weekly. Your report lands in your inbox within one day, while the data is still true.
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If the report doesn't tell you something new about your car's market position, we refund the full $69.
Why “just check Redbook” doesn’t cut it anymore
Right now, average discounts off asking price on one-to-five-year-old cars in Australia have widened to 3.7% — and most of those cars sell for less than they were listed for. Chinese-brand competition is putting pressure on resale values in some segments, while others are holding value better than expected. A generic valuation tool gives you a number. It doesn’t tell you why that number is moving, what’s actually happening with your specific make and model right now, or what to do about it.
List too high and your car sits for three months while it gets stale and buyers assume something’s wrong with it. List too low and you’ve left real money on the table. Either way, you’re guessing.
Price too high, or too low — both cost you
Price too high
Your car sits on Carsales for weeks. Fewer serious buyers enquire, negotiations get harder, and eventually you may have to drop the price anyway.
Price too low
Your car sells quickly — but you may have left money on the table.
Car Price Genie helps you find the middle ground.
Why pay for Car Price Genie?
Free valuation tools are a genuinely useful starting point — we use them too. The difference is what happens next: we take that starting point and turn it into a specific plan for your car, in your state, right now.
Free valuation tools
Car Price Genie
General valuation
Specific pricing recommendation
Broad market information
Research focused on your vehicle
You interpret the results
We tell you where we'd price it
Generic valuation range
Recommended listing price
Limited pricing strategy
Expected sale range
No negotiation strategy
Negotiation floor
No price-drop strategy
Recommended timing for price changes
Mostly self-service
Human automotive experience + market research
What you get for $69
A short, specific pricing strategy report for your car — not a generic number, an actual plan. Within 24 hours of submitting your details, you’ll get:
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Recommended listing price — the number to put in the ad, based on comparable cars actually listed in your state right now.
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Realistic sale price — what to actually expect to walk away with.
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Comparable listings — the real, current listings we compared yours against, not a database average.
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Market position — where your car sits against similar cars right now and what's moving the number.
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Negotiation floor — the walk-away price, so you don't get talked below it.
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A price-drop plan — exactly when and how much to cut if it hasn't sold by a set point.
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Vehicle-specific advice — what's worth fixing before you list, and what isn't.
This isn't generated by an algorithm. It's built by automotive pricing experts with hands-on experience selling both new and used cars, who understand exactly how hard it is to land on the right price and maximise your return when you sell.
Want the ad written for you too? A professional listing ad-copy rewrite is an optional $15 add-on at checkout.
A preview of what lands in your inbox
Recommended listing price
$28,990
Realistic sale price
$27,200
Estimated time to sell
18–26 days
- List at $28,990 — just under the $29k search filter most buyers use in your state.
- Comparable listings are sitting ~24 days; expect one round of negotiation around week three.
- Fresh service history and a detail before photos are worth roughly $600–$900 on final price.
Comparable live listings (anonymised)
| Listing | Kms | Asking | Days listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private seller · VIC | 71,400 | $30,450 | 41 |
| Private seller · VIC | 80,200 | $28,700 | 12 |
| Dealer · VIC | 76,900 | $32,990 | 27 |
| Private seller · SA | 83,500 | $27,500 | 6 (sold) |
We’re not just giving you a number. We’re giving you a strategy.
Your negotiation floor
$26,400
Below this you’re under every comparable private sale in your state — walk away rather than accept it in week one.
If it hasn’t sold by day 21
Drop to $27,990
One clean price move re-surfaces your ad in buyer alerts. Avoid repeated small cuts — they signal a motivated seller.
Illustrative only. Your report is built from current listings for your exact car.
Why Car Price Genie
Car Price Genie was built by automotive experts with over a decade in Australian car sales, including running our own car sales business. We know the grind of trying to price a car right — list too high and it sits for months, list too low and you’ve left money on the table. Car Price Genie exists to cut through that guesswork and tell you, plainly, what your car is really worth right now.
Three steps, 24 hours
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Tell us about your car
make, model, year, kms, condition, state, and what (if anything) you've already tried to list it for.
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We do the digging
comparable listings, days-on-market, and current segment trends for your specific car.
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You get your report
a clear, no-jargon pricing strategy sent straight to your inbox.
Built for private sellers, not dealers
If you’re selling your own car privately and want to price it right the first time — instead of guessing, undercutting yourself, or watching it sit unsold for months — this is for you.
How Car Price Genie Performs in the Real World
We’re a new service, so we’re not going to invent results. As customers sell their cars, real outcomes will appear here — vehicle, what we recommended, what it listed and sold for, and how long it took.
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One report, one price
Price your car too low and you could leave hundreds or even thousands of dollars on the table. Price it too high and you could spend weeks chasing buyers who never turn up. For $69, we research the current market before you put your car up for sale.
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Full pricing strategy report, delivered within 24 hours.
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