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Handing the records to the buyer

A handover moves the records, not the title. The buyer receives them free, and you keep a copy of the page as it stood that day.

Once the car sells, start a handover from the car's page by entering the buyer's email. It needs a live Vinfirmed Sale. The buyer gets an invite to receive the records into a free account.

Nothing moves until the buyer accepts. Then the whole timeline and every document carry over unchanged, and the buyer manages the records from then on. You stay in the car's ownership history for your time with it.

Your records page is archived at the same link, frozen as it stood on the handover date and marked no longer active. An archived page shows the timeline, amounts and redacted documents from that day, and nothing the buyer adds or edits appears on it. The buyer can publish the car again with their own Vinfirmed Sale when they sell.

You keep your own copy of the archived page under Transfers, in the menu at the top of the app. It stays there even if the buyer makes the public page private or removes the car from Vinfirm.

An invite expires after 14 days. Until it's accepted you can cancel it, resend it or send it to a different email, and your records page stays live. Only a completed handover uses up your Vinfirmed Sale, so trying again costs nothing.

The mileage you entered at checkout is stamped on the records page and can't be changed once the buyer accepts.

This hands over documentation only. It isn't a title transfer or a bill of sale, and it doesn't change who legally owns the car.

Still stuck? Check the FAQ, or write to help@vinfirm.com.