What you actually pay on top of your winning bid at Copart: every auction fee from the published schedule, plus shipping and the rest if you add them.
The first line is what your invoice calls the “Buyer fee”. The other auction fees are charged separately, which is why the real cost runs higher than the buyer fee alone.
Estimates from each auction’s published buyer fee schedule; late payment and relisting fees are not included. Not affiliated with Copart or IAA. Always check the final invoice.
On a clean title, as a public buyer paying by wire: $1,000 bid → $503, $5,000 bid → $958, $10,000 bid → $1,098 in Copart fees. The buyer fee grows with the bid; the gate, title and bidding fees are added on top. Fees from Copart's published schedule, checked August 2026.
Yes. Copart bills non-clean titles on a separate, higher schedule: an $8,000 bid costs $1,088 in fees on a clean title and $1,215 on a salvage title.
A public buyer pays the standard schedule: $1,088 in fees on an $8,000 clean-title win. A licensed business buying 25 or more cars a year pays $963 on the same car.
Fees and shipping are half the answer. AuctionMate Go shows the profit at your bid and at the Buy Now, what similar cars sold for, and the car’s run history.