AutoRetta Fees
Browsing, bidding research, watchlists, and alerts are completely free. The only AutoRetta charges apply when you complete a Buy Now purchase through our checkout — and we show every one of them up front.
AutoRetta Fee
$100
Flat fee per Buy Now purchase.
Processing Fee
3% / $20
3% on card · flat $20 on bank (ACH).
The AutoRetta fee is a flat $100.00 added to each Buy Now purchase. A payment processing fee also applies: 3% of the total if you pay by credit or debit card, or a flat $20.00 if you pay by bank account (ACH). Both fees appear as their own line items in the checkout breakdown before you confirm.
What's always free
Browsing the full inventory — all makes, models, and auction sources
Viewing real-time bid prices, sale dates, and vehicle details
Transparent fee breakdowns before you commit to a bid
Saving vehicles to your watchlist
Setting search alerts for new listings
Accessing the bid tracker to monitor your auctions
Our commitment to transparency
We show you every fee before you commit — the auction payment fee, the online bid fee, the gate fee, the environmental fee, the AutoRetta fee, and the card processing fee. Nothing buried in fine print.
The AutoRetta fee and the card processing fee each appear as their own line items in the Buy Now checkout alongside all other fees — with a plain-English explanation of what they cover and why they exist.
No hidden fees
Every cost is surfaced before you commit. What you see is what you pay.
Itemized always
AutoRetta fees will always be a separate, labeled line — never bundled into auction fees.
Explained, not assumed
We'll tell you what any fee is for and link to a page like this one.
What about auction house fees?
Auction host fees are not AutoRetta markup — they are separate line items on your receipt (payment fee, bid fee, gate fee, environmental fee) so you can see what belongs to the auction. You may complete purchase payment through AutoRetta's secure checkout; those fees are still the auction's charges, not an AutoRetta platform fee.
See Copart's fee scheduleSee IAAI's fee schedule