Number plate dealer

Number plate dealers appeared in the UK way back in the late sixties when the transferring of private number plates began to take off. Suddenly registration numbers were a valuable commodity and as such supply and demand created an instant market for the most desirable combinations.

It wouldn't be until the 1980's when the DVLA began to sell registration numbers direct to the public- so in the interim period the few pioneering car number plate dealers and the hundreds who joined the bandwagon began to establish a new market in car number plates.

Cherished number plate dealers initially act in a similar manner to estate agents- advertising cherished plates on a commission sale basis- as well as buying and selling cherished number plates of a high quality. Since the launch of DVLA Select number plates; registration number plate dealers have also become DVLA resellers- reselling the millions of registration number plate combinations offered by the DVLA - but at a mark-up to what you would pay if you went directly. The thought being that the personal number plate dealer transacts the sale on your behalf and thus earns the fee.

With the advent of the internet personal number plate dealers moved online and have enjoyed a buoyant few years with ever increasing prices for the most sought after personal plates. The internet has also brought with it classified advertising and websites such as numberplateclassifieds.co.uk are establishing their own niche in the private number plate market as the alternative to using a commission based private number plate dealer.

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