If your registration mark is on a vehicle:

In order to comply with the regulations of the government Cherished Registration Mark Transfer Scheme all vehicles must be taxed (or tax exempt) have a current MOT (if of the required age) and be easily identifiable from their chassis numbers.

You must be the Keeper of the vehicle or be acting with the complete consent of the Keeper in order to use this service. 

Check your Vehicle Registration Document (V5C or V5NI) does not say ‘Non-transferable registration mark’. If it does, then unfortunately your vehicle registration mark cannot be sold or transferred.

If your registration mark is held on a government certificate:

The certificate must currently be in date and you must be recorded as the Grantee, the Purchaser or be acting with the complete consent of the Grantee or Purchaser in order to use this service

Please note: We do not give valuations on the telephone or otherwise as this is a completely free sales service.

Most of our sellers have a good idea of how much they wish to sell their private number plate for. This will often be based on what they paid for it and how long they have owned it as often they increase in value as the years go by.

The key to selling your plate in a reasonable time is to be realistic with the price and not to over-value it. Just take a look at similar number plates on our sales lists to get an idea of current market values.

Buyers will often make offers if they like your registration mark but cannot afford your asking price or have seen similar marks for lower prices elsewhere. We will contact you should this be the case.

We believe it is important to both buyers and sellers that our pricing structure is transparent. Our unique business model means that we can honestly display your asking price and make a small charge to the buyer for providing our expertise to ensure successful completion of the transfer and our guarantees.

Unlike other organisations, we will not charge you (the seller) to list and sell your registration mark through us provided you act in an honest and timely manner throughout the sales process.

Advertised price

The price that will be displayed in our search results is your asking price plus a small cash handling fee. When the buyer clicks to view your registration mark they will be presented with a full breakdown of costs involved including the Department of Transport transfer fee and a fee for our Assured Transfer Administration service.

Department of Transport transfer fee

This fee is the DVLA or DVLA NI charge for changing the details of the vehicle(s) involved in the transfer and producing all new documents including V5, MOT and Tax discs. The fee will vary depending on the status of the registration mark and the purchaser’s requirements.

VRM Assured Transfer Administration Fee

Our Assured Transfer Service ensures a secure, speedy transfer with an expert handling your paperwork at the DVLA Vehicle office here in Swansea. Your documents and information will only ever be seen by VRM Swansea and Government staff. The buyer’s payment is held securely by VRM Swansea from the point that an order is taken until the transfer is complete. At which time, payment will be made by means of a cheque.

We cannot give you an honest answer to this question. The most important factors in selling any personal registration mark within a reasonable time are as follows:

- Accurately gauging its level of desirability
 
- Getting the asking price right from the result of the above
 
- Constantly advertising and marketing the registration mark to prospective buyers
 
- Assessing the changing conditions in the registration marketplace (and the wider UK economy)
  and responding accordingly
 
- Making it as easy as possible for the buyer by accepting the most popular methods of payment.

 

We make no promises other than:

Your plate will be advertised for free until it's sold

We will use our very best endeavours to secure a sale as soon as possible

You will pay no sales commission to us

We will contact you as soon as any offer is made

We will conduct the entire transfer for you when your buyer is found

You will receive your funds as soon as the transfer is complete

Upon a sale being agreed (with yourself accepting the proposed amount), the following steps are undergone:

1. Proof of ownership

You must supply us with a copy of your proof of ownership to the registration mark. This can be via Fax, email or post and must be a copy of one of the following:

• V5     vehicle registration certificate
• V778 certificate of retention
• V750 certificate of entitlement

2. Payment secured

The buyer’s payment is taken and held for you until the transfer is complete.

3. Contracts drawn up and sent out

A contract is sent to you, confirming the offer along with a set of instructions should you wish to formally accept.

4. Transfer documents received here

When your vehicle/ registration documents are received here, they are checked by an expert transfer agent and held securely until the buyers documents are received.

5. Transfer completed at Swansea DVLA local vehicle office.

An expert transfer agent will personally visit Swansea DVLA local vehicle office to complete your transfer.

6. Payment made.

Payment is sent to you by cheque on the same day that notification of transfer completion is received from the DVLA.

The entire period can take anywhere between 2 and 6 weeks. We always endeavour to complete the transfer and make payment to you as soon as is safe to do so.

Please note: due to the water tight way that our business is conducted, there is no benefit in advertising a registration mark that you subsequently cannot supply (i.e. you do not have the rights to it).

Our fees are paid for entirely by the buyer. We believe that these fees are reasonable considering the amount of work involved and the guarantee that we offer. As we believe these fees are fair we have no problem being completely honest about them.

You can also choose to list your registration mark privately and then request that we get involved once a buyer has been found, therefore offering you the insurance of having a qualified, expert team involved in the deal.

We do not recommend that you complete the full transfer on a private sale basis because the way in which the government transfer scheme works leaves room for either the seller or the buyer of a registration mark to be a victim of fraud if an intermediary party is not involved.

Definitions:-

The 'Company' referred to here is VRM Swansea (Vehicle Registration Marketing) also trading in the name of Plates 4 less

The 'Seller or Vendor' referred to here is the person or organisation which is wishing to dispose of the rights to a registration mark. It will be assumed that if a seller is not the documented keeper of the vehicle to which the registration mark is assigned, he or she is acting with the complete authority of the keeper.

The 'Buyer or Purchaser' referred to here is the person or organisation wishing to acquire the rights to a vehicle registration mark via the Company, either for themselves or another, in exchange for a monetary consideration.

The 'Donor vehicle' is the vehicle from which the registration mark is being transferred.

The 'Recipient vehicle' is the vehicle to which the registration mark is being transferred

The 'Assignment' is the transfer of the vehicle registration mark from an official government holding certificate to a vehicle.

The 'Transfer' refers to the process of moving a vehicle registration mark between vehicles.

The 'Registration Mark' is the unique letter and number combination issued and authorised by DVLA Swansea, or DVLNI which is to be displayed in order to identify the vehicle.

The company deals in the 'Rights to display' vehicle registration marks. These rights are the tradable commodity and it is the keeper of the vehicle or ‘grantee’ named on a certificate of entitlement who has control over these rights, granted them by the Government.

The 'Number or License Plates' are the physical plastic (acrylic) or metal plates which will be fixed to the vehicle displaying the registration mark.

The 'DVLA Cherished Transfer Scheme' is the scheme which the Government Department of Transport has created through the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, to allow the public to transfer the rights to vehicle registration marks upon compliance with specific rules and payments of prescribed fees.

The 'Government Fees' are fees payable to the DVLA or DVLA-NI for the assignment and transfer of vehicle registration marks or for certificate extensions and amendments. They do not presently attract VAT.

The 'License disc' (also known as the tax disc or road fund license) is confirmation that the current road fund tax has been paid for the vehicle.

The 'MOT Certificate' is the Department of Transport Test Certificate of road worthiness of a vehicle. Vehicles in mainland UK require such a certificate once they are 3 years old and (if registered) in Northern Ireland, once they are 4 years old.

1. The person or persons selling the registration mark (the vendor) instructs VRM Swansea to use its best endeavours to secure the sale of the registration mark's transfer rights to the purchaser.
2. The vendor shall not be responsible for the Dept. for Transport transfer fee, although the vendor will have to supply and fit a set of replacement number plates to the donor vehicle after transfer approval by the DVLA Local Vehicle Office (LVO) if applicable.
3. VRM Swansea will undertake the legal transfer documentation on behalf of the Vendor. The vendor agrees to supply any vehicle or registration mark documentation required, promptly by return of post, giving all necessary consents and signatures of authority as requested.
4. In the case of a registration mark held on a retention or entitlement certificate where the vendor wishes to transfer entitlement rights directly from such a document, the vendor agrees to pay the prescribed nominee addition and certificate renewal fees as necessary in order to complete the transfer, promptly to the Department for Transport through DVLA Swansea.
5. The Vendor undertakes to deliver any vehicle to which the registration mark is assigned for inspection by the Local Vehicle Office at the specified time if and when requested to do so.
6. The payment agreed shall be payable to the Vendor immediately upon approval of the transfer by DVLA Swansea (DVLNI for Northern Ireland) and when VRM Swansea receives copies of new registration documentation to the Vendors' vehicle (if applicable). It is the Vendors' responsibility to forward such documentary evidence to VRM Swansea in order to receive payment, if and when requested.
7. The Vendor undertakes to notify VRM Swansea immediately in the event of withdrawal of the registration mark from sale.

Notes:
i) No responsibility can be accepted for losses howsoever caused or for delays caused through the buyer delaying the forwarding of his/her documents or for the inability of the buyer to conclude the transaction.

ii) No specific time period can be guaranteed for a buyer to be found or the Dept. For Transport to conduct the transfer, as such circumstances are beyond the control of VRM Swansea. Neither can any responsibility be accepted for any changes of Dept. For Transport transfer rules.

iii) The forwarding of vehicle documentation (as requested) does not affect the Vendors' ability to continue using the vehicle on the public highway (assuming it is roadworthy etc.) and the ownership rights of the vehicle are not affected in any way.

iv) Once the vendor is no longer the registered keeper of the vehicle or if it is destroyed or stolen, then the registration shall be deemed not available and the Vendor must withdraw it from sale immediately.

v) A buyer shall only be deemed to have been found once a part payment has been received by VRM Swansea from that buyer.

vi) The Donor vehicle must be both taxed and MOT'ed in order to qualify for the transfer process. However under Section 8 of the Department of Transport Rules states that where you were the registered keeper of the vehicle at the time when the M.O.T. was valid, you have up to 6 months to effect a transfer from the expiry date of the road tax (if it is not current) provided your road tax expired naturally (i.e. was not returned for a refund).

Decide on your price and fill in a short form. As stated this is a free service. In return all that we ask is that you let us know should you no longer wish to advertise your registration mark for sale so that we can keep our sales lists up to date.