How Kamocars Prices Your Car (Honest Breakdown)
Wondering how online car buyers come up with their offers? Here's exactly how Kamocars values your car — market data, condition, demand, and the small factors that move the number.
We get this question a lot: how do you decide what my car is worth? The short answer is data, not guesswork. Here's the long answer.
1. Live wholesale market data
Every offer starts with the wholesale auction price for your exact year, make, model, trim, and mileage band — the price dealers and remarketers are actually paying for cars like yours this week. That number moves constantly, so an offer today and an offer in three months can be meaningfully different.
2. Condition
Condition is the biggest lever you control. We grade on a simple scale — clean, average, rough — and the gap between grades can be hundreds to thousands of dollars. Honest reporting here matters: if the car arrives in worse shape than described, the offer changes.
3. Demand and regional pricing
A 4WD pickup is worth more in a snowy region than a coastal one. A convertible is worth more in spring than November. We factor in where you are and what's selling locally so the offer reflects what your car is actually worth in your market, not a national average.
4. The small stuff that adds up
Smaller factors that move the offer up or down:
- · Service history and documentation
- · Number of previous owners
- · Accident or title history
- · Tire tread depth and recent maintenance
- · Aftermarket modifications (usually a deduction, not a bonus)
Why our offers don't change at pickup (when you're honest)
Some online buyers are famous for dropping the price when the inspector arrives. We hate that as much as you do. As long as the car matches what you described online, the offer you accepted is the number we pay. Full stop.
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