You list your bus with its registration document and photos. Verified dealers and exporters then submit binding bids, and you decide whether to accept one. The purchase contract, payment and collection run through truckoo – not through the dealer. For you the sale is free of charge, even after you accept.
Through truckoo you sell city buses, intercity buses, coaches, school buses and minibuses – with diesel, gas or electric drive. Vehicles with high mileage, technical defects or engine damage also find buyers, mostly in the export markets.
With buses, the seating layout is part of the decision. A coach with 49 seats, galley and toilet serves a different market than the same bus with 59 seats and no extras.
The sale consists of four steps: list, receive bids, accept a bid, hand over. Until you accept a bid you can cancel at any time at no cost – and even after that you pay nothing.
Photograph the registration certificate, enter the mileage, take six mandatory photos. The listing process guides you through each photo. Around ten minutes.
Every bid is binding and valid for a fixed period. You see all bids side by side, not just the highest.
If none suits, you don’t sell – at no cost. Once accepted, there is no renegotiation.
Handover at a partner workshop or collection from your premises. Then payout by instant bank transfer. Deregistration can be added as an optional service (from 49 €).
Four factors determine the price: the emissions standard and with it access to low-emission zones, the seating and equipment, the condition of drivetrain and body, and, on electric buses, the state of the battery. On city buses, operating hours say more than the odometer reading.
With buses, the emissions standard determines where the vehicle can be used. Euro 6 runs without restriction in all German and European low-emission zones, which makes it interesting for public transport operators and tour operators. Older standards go almost exclusively to export, above all to Eastern Europe and North Africa, where scheduled and school services generate constant demand.
The interior determines the pool of buyers more than for any other commercial vehicle. The number of seats, the type of seating, a kitchen, toilet, air conditioning, wheelchair ramp and low-floor design decide whether a vehicle is a candidate for scheduled services, coach travel or school transport. Two identical buses with different seating are two different products.
On city buses the odometer says little, because a large part of the engine running time is spent stationary. What is meaningful are the operating hours, the door cycles and the condition of the gearbox and axles. On coaches, by contrast, the odometer is the right measure.
With electric buses, the state of health of the battery is the single most important value. The remaining capacity, the number of charge cycles and whether the battery is owned or leased determine how marketable the vehicle is. If a current battery report is available, it belongs in the vehicle details – without it, dealers calculate on the worst case.
Buses can hardly be compared through listing prices. Two structurally identical vehicles with different seating, emissions standard or equipment are two different products, and the ad shows only one of them. Added to this are the five items that separate every dealer purchase from the selling price:
With buses, reconditioning and days in stock weigh especially heavily: an interior refurbishment is more involved than on a truck, and the circle of buyers for a particular seating concept is small. It therefore pays to have several dealers calculate at the same time instead of taking your bearings from an advertisement.
Condition rules out no bus. For vehicles with high mileage, technical defects or a worn interior, exporters are the main buyers – in Eastern Europe and North Africa there is constant demand in scheduled and school transport. Reconditioning at your own expense almost never pays off.
An expired roadworthiness test is no obstacle. On buses it is more involved than on rigid trucks, which is why dealers allow for it anyway – having the test done at your own expense almost never pays off.
Buses that are not driveable also find buyers, predominantly exporters and workshops with their own repair facilities. Describe the damage precisely; a known defect reduces the bid less than an unexpected one.
A million kilometres is normal for a service bus. More meaningful are the operating hours, the door cycles and the condition of the gearbox and axles – state these figures if you have them.
Worn seat covers, damaged trim or a defective air conditioning system are reconditioning items that dealers know and allow for. Reupholstering the seats at your own expense does not pay off as a rule.
Electric buses with reduced remaining capacity can also be sold. What matters is transparency: the remaining capacity, the number of charge cycles and whether the battery is owned or leased. Without these details, dealers calculate on the worst case.
An ongoing contract does not stand in the way of a sale. truckoo obtains the settlement amount from the bank or the leasing company and offsets it against the purchase price – you receive the difference.
On truckoo, 1500+ verified dealers and exporters from 35+ countries submit bids. Every buyer is checked for proof of trade registration, VAT identification number and solvency before being approved. You yourself have a contract with none of them – your contractual partner is truckoo.
The difference from a classified ad is the number of calculations. With buses there is the added point that the circle of buyers for a particular seating concept is small and hard to find: a coach with galley and toilet interests different operators than the same bus in school-bus seating. Through truckoo you reach both groups at the same time.
For sellers, selling through truckoo is free of charge – completely and permanently. There is no listing fee, no brokerage commission and no deduction from the purchase price, not even when you accept a bid and actually sell.
As a rule, a few working days after the vehicle details are complete. With buses the interior counts too – plan for photos of the driver's area, the passenger compartment, the seating and the luggage compartment, otherwise dealers will come back with questions and it takes longer.
No. You see every bid and decide freely. If you accept none, no costs arise and the vehicle stays yours. There is no deadline by which you have to decide – only the individual bids are time-limited.
truckoo. The sales contract, the payment and the processing all run through truckoo, not through the dealer who bids. You have a single point of contact, even if something needs clarifying after the handover.
On the day of handover. As soon as the partner on site has confirmed that the vehicle, keys and documents have been handed over in full, truckoo pays out by instant bank transfer. You do not have to chase your money and you do not have to pay anything in advance.
The number of seats, the type of seating and the equipment: kitchen, toilet, air conditioning, luggage compartment volume, wheelchair ramp and low-floor or low-entry design. These details decide whether your bus is a candidate for scheduled services, coach travel or school transport – and therefore who bids.
Yes. With electric buses, the condition of the battery is the single most important value. State the remaining capacity, the number of charge cycles and whether the battery is owned or leased – if you have a current battery report, upload it as well.
Either at a partner workshop or at your own location. With buses, collection is the norm, because not every workshop has the necessary ceiling height. truckoo coordinates the appointment.
Ten minutes to create the listing, then you decide at your own pace. For sellers the sale is free of charge – even when you do sell.
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