There are various outlets that sell private number plates.
Firstly the DVLA have private plates for sale that anyone can buy.
If you go onto the DVLA website you will find private plates for sale which may seem good value for money.
While the DVLA have over 30 million registrations at one time to choose from you would think that is brilliant however they are limited because they are just selling private plates not issued before.
However it is a good starting point, you may be looky enough to find something you want here.
But with more people and more businesses looking for private plates for sale many of the best and more unique cherished number plates have already been bought. So you are not going to find cherished and personalised plates like P4 ULL for paul or P3 TER for Peter.
The DVLA also run their auctions but if you have a particular requirement it can be difficult getting the plate you really wany through this method.
If you want more choice when looking for private plates for sale it is best to use a seller or dealer of private plates like ourselves.
A private plate seller/dealer like ourselves sells private plates on the behalf of the DVLA, we also sell private plates that we actually own and we also sell private plates on behalf of their owners.
This means the chance of finding the best personalised number plates and cherished number plates are much higher.
We can sometimes negotiate on price for the buyer msking us an ideal place to come to to buy cheap private plates.
There is also Auction website/platforms(such as eBay). You will also find a lot of plates on these sort of websites. They do not have a search facility like a private plate seller like ourselves meaning it is difficult to quickly find the personalised registration that you are searching for.
You will have to spend a lot of time entering different combinations of your first choice to get near what you require.
The other problem with eBay is they take a portion of the sellers asking price in fees, meaning any plates will be overpriced.
image c/o DVLA website
