Why people buy cars from the US
Millions of people around the world have already taken advantage of the benefits.
You can usually buy a car with low mileage at auctions in the US and Canada.
This is due to the fact that Americans tend to change cars every 3-5 years.
The trend is facilitated by low interest rates (starting from 2%) and high popularity of leasing cars in the US.
The roads in America are mostly flawless. The asphalt laid on top of concrete covers the joints and spares the car’s suspension.
Service stations in America work with insurance guarantees and repairs are done as soon as they are needed, so you will get a well-maintained car.
When ordering a car in the US, you will get a golden mean between the starter and top tier options of the model. Upper or Premium option is also common.
It comes with the most powerful engine in the line, reliable automatic transmission, alloy wheels, expensive speakers, and leather interior.
Even new cars are cheaper in the US than in any other country in the world, with the exception of Australia.
Used cars, for instance those repossessed by the bank, are also sold cheaper than anywhere else - at prices that buyers are willing to pay for them at auctions.
Profit $8000
Toyota
Profit $9000
Lexus
Profit $5000
BMW
Profit $3000
BMW
Profit $3000
BMW
Profit $3500
Audi
Profit $3200
Audi
Profit $4500
Toyota
Profit $2000
Toyota
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Partnering with Columbus is lucrative. Even with all expenses like auction fees, delivery and repairs, the final cost of the car is still lower than the market price of the same car in Europe. Typically, the income of a dealer working with Columbus is over $5,000 a month with the sky as the limit as to how much more you can earn.
Through partnerships with the world's leaders in logistics, Columbus provides cost-effective overland transportation to harbors in America.
The vehicles can be shipped from most major US and Canadian ports - Los Angeles, Newark, Savannah, Houston, Indianapolis, Montreal, Toronto.
The Columbus dealer network operates internationally opening up new business opportunities.
Today the company helps send cars from America to 18 countries of the world - Slovakia, Armenia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Bulgaria, Germany, Holland, USA (including by rail ), Canada, UAE and Oman.
For over 10 years Columbus has been organizing the purchase and delivery of vehicles from North America - cars, minivans, motorcycles, boats and other vehicles, both new and used.
The company shares its extensive experience, effective business tools and methods with all its dealers that strive to succeed in the global car market.
The status of an authorized agent of the largest 3PL providers specializing in international container shipment and the expansion of the Columbus office network in various cities and countries come with serious obligations.
Today, the company’s customers and partners can get assistance from the managers in eight languages - Slovak, Armenian, Lithuanian, English, Georgian, German, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian and Arabic.
Among the perks that the company offers to its partners and customers is free car placement at port sites (terminals) in the United States.
Cars delivered from the auction can stay there for as long as needed until they are loaded into a container. Some large ports have two terminals.
How to start working with Columbus?
Go through simple formalities and start your business!
You can also start working with us by calling the Columbus hotline +(995) 596 00 00 45, or sending a direct message to any of the company’s social media profiles.
You will be immediately contacted by a professional who will tell you all about the conditions of collaboration, benefits provided at the establishment of a business, and answer any other questions you might have.
Columbus signs a standard agreement with every dealer and agent. The legal document records the obligations of the parties and defines key terms. In particular, it stipulates the mandatory dealer expenses related to the purchase and delivery of the vehicle - from the amount of the auction deposit and the terms of payment for the car to customs duties.
The benefits provided to dealers can be discussed on individual basis. The company provides discounts depending on the number of units in a batch of vehicles purchased at a car auction.
Columbus offers its partners free training to continue working as qualified dealers. Columbus experts will reveal all the secrets of working with popular American auctions providing indispensable knowledge on how to select promising cars.
Particular attention is paid to training in vehicle diagnostics, checking their history through American online services, properly filling out export documents, maintaining financial records, including the use of the personal account features.
Once you have completed your training, you can move on to practice. Avoid rushing into things if you want to make lucrative purchases. To get started, look around the auctions: check out what bids win lots, calculate the cost of shipping, customs clearance costs, spare parts and repairs. Get into the details. Which auction will make for a cheaper delivery to the port? Is it true that the state of cars from metro areas is worse than of those from the country side? Should private sellers be trusted? You can always get answers to all your questions from Columbus managers.
Working with Columbus allows you to expand the geography of sales.
Today the company provides consulting services to dealers who send cars from American auto auctions to 16 countries around the world.
Columbus supports its partners all the way. The company provides a number of services to dealers free of charge. These include forwarding documents within the United States, the right to use licensed accounts on the world's leading online auctions, and unlimited port storage. An important bonus is the availability of paying for transportation payment in installments.
Why is building a dealer network lucrative? This allows you to cover a lot of area with minimum expenses, expand sales markets and through this increase your income.
Scale your business with these features from Columbus - direct access to auctions, reduced marketplace fees, installment payments and more.
Columbus managers will help you build your network the right way, tell you about sales and customer acquisition strategies, provide an estimate of start-up costs and a road map to launch a promising business.
Despite the unstable political and economic situation in the world, importing cars from America remains a profitable business.
Typically, the markets for new and used cars differ in sales by a ratio of 1:3 or 1:4 but the shortage of new cars, and in some countries income decline, have changed the usual balance: people who typically bought new cars are increasingly looking towards the secondary market.
At the same time, the used car market in America is normalizing with the prices going down.
It's hot time for car dealers again!
We have people’s trust
A variety of consumers confirm that not only should you work with
Columbus but you will enjoy doing it.
Benefits of working with Columbus
Customers and partners of Columbus have access to all its features
and opportunities.
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No intermediaries
Columbus is an official representative of leading international shipping companies.
Working directly with reputable logistics companies allows customers to reduce shipping costs, opens up access to closed auctions, and provides an opportunity to purchase a car at a low price.
In addition, Columbus customers have access to the terminals of the company's partners in the largest ports of the world with free of charge parking/storage which allows for significant savings.
Working with one trusted partner carrier rather than dozens, as some companies do, allows Сolumbus to ensure quality loading and delivery, saving the company's customers all the hassle including the risk of additional damage to cargo during shipping.
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Accounts on car auctions
Columbus brokerage accounts are available to its customers and allowing them to purchase cars at low prices.
Columbus has licenses that allow the company to participate in the largest online auctions as a broker. Columbus customers can use company accounts of the highest category (A) free of charge, including in states closed to ordinary buyers like Alabama, Milwaukee, and Wisconsin. Other companies provide this service on a paid basis starting from $30.
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Personal account
Enables wholesale buyers to view their transaction history and effectively keep records of them.
The best calculator in Georgian auto trading is available in the account allowing you to get a detailed breakdown of the cost of shipping a car from America, the auction commission, customs and other expenses.
Thanks to transparent bookkeeping, the company's customers can be confident that they are not charged any extra fees. Each service provided (delivery by land and sea, insurance, forwarder services, commission) is detailed separately, and is not lumped into a total which opens up opportunities for abuse. Columbus price quotes are open and honest. In addition, we train our clients to properly calculate the cost of a car themselves, thanks to which they can successfully sell it in Georgia.
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Safe loading, reliable and cost-effective shipping.
The company's partnership with logistics giants ensures reliable and money saving delivery of cars around the world.
Thanks to cooperation with the world's leading carriers, Columbus ensures the safe loading of containers in US ports, efficiently works with customs, and provides the ability to track cargo.
The surcharge for the delivery of a hybrid car is only $100 whereas the competitors charge $125-150. And there are no surcharges for the transportation of crossovers at all.
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24/7 support
The company’s managers are available around the clock, seven days a week to provide customers with any information they might need.
In particular, they can recommend a specific lot within the specified budget, check and sort out the paperwork, calculate the cost of delivering a car, and order its inspection on an online service.
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Training opportunities
Partners are given the opportunity to improve their dealer skills free of charge.
In the future, each wholesaler will be able to purchase vehicles with dealer discounts, represent the company's trading interests in the area/region, and receive important updates and information that will facilitate your business operations.
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Low insurance costs
The service fee is only 1% of the cost of a car purchased at an auction.
Insurance claims are paid out as quickly as possible - within 5 working days after receiving the corresponding claim. The customer can use a flexible insurance scheme for any stage of the shipping route - i.e. from port to port, from auction to port, etc. - and thus save money.
Columbus works with reliable forwarders and thanks to that may help with compensation to customers who have not paid for the service (under certain force majeure circumstances).
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Title restoration / replacement
If necessary, Columbus can help its partners quickly restore the important document.
The wide range of paperwork in the US makes reissuing difficult if the original was lost or damaged. Сolumbus will help you restore any document related to the car. Our customers can request the title, CARFAX report and photos of the car in just one click using the company's chat bot. And our company does not charge an additional fee for the Title Pending status, that is, delayed receipt of an American registration certificate, while other companies charge $100 for it.
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Integrated approach
Our Team
Experienced professionals that build the company’s impeccable reputation
Auctions you will work with
America's most lucrative marketplaces
Our Ports
- Land shipping:
- from $150
- Shipping by sea:
- from $1100
B2B Account
A virtual workspace for company partners offering a variety of useful features
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Columbus personal client account is an innovative development that allows buyers to track the history of their transactions and effectively keep records of them.
The cabinet displays the general and current balances, as well as payments for auction services, invoices, and carriers
Furthermore, it provides a number of additional features that customers highly value, such as the ability to track the appearance of the car at various stages of delivery, information about its location, and the function of checking a number of documents, including the Title (registration certificate). It is also critical that the company's partners can create accounts in their personal accounts for their sub-dealers or agents, which provide similar control and accounting options.
After entering the VIN-code of the vehicle in the company’s customer account, a photo report of the inspection of the car at the auction, at the terminal before shipment, and its loading into a container at the port will be available. High-resolution photos give a complete picture of the state of the car (images provided from all sides) at all the important stages of delivery.
5 Secrets of Buying Cars at Auctions
All used car auctions are done online with websites and mobile device apps available to bidders. You need to learn to navigate these marketplaces as well as their rules which may differ. Pay attention to the description of the product as well as to the information about the seller. Check out their history - how many cars have they sold, are whether there any reviews about them online.
Beware of intermediaries offering help with buying a car.
The rules for communicating with them are simple: do not pay in cash, always sign a notarized service agreement, look for people who can confirm the reliability of this person or company. Always check and double check. Before bidding, examine the odometer readings and compare them with the year of manufacture of the car you picked using the CARFAX and AUTOCheck online services.
Do not stop at the first car with a suitable price. Bookmark it and keep searching. Identify at least three suitable lots, and only then proceed to the next stage of selection. Avoid chasing very low prices. Please note that each vehicle has a price range that an experienced seller is aware of. The lower the price, the higher the chance of running into a crook.
Take your time when bidding - carefully read the description of the car and collect information about the lot for sale beforehand. If the model you like is available in two lots at the same price, choose the seller with more sales under their belt. And it won’t hurt to find out the details regarding the subsequent shipping of the car. It is preferable for a larger logistics company to handle it.
There is no risk-free auction. Therefore, the car must be inspected to the best of your abilities. To do this, you can hire an expert located in the US for $300-500. They will look under the hood of the car, take additional photos, and share their doubts with you, if any. But the most reliable thing to do when purchasing a car is to trust the recommendations of Columbus professionals. This will save you from unnecessary risks and hassle as well as help save time and money.
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