Plateshop.com.au
 No Fees No Commissions No Catches No Worries!

About Us & FAQ

Our Mission statement

To be the largest, cheapest and easiest to use number plate site in Australia.

Why choose PlateShop.com.au?

During the time that we have been online, a number of other sites have come and gone. Why waste your time listing plates on a site that may disappear at any time? PlateShop.com.au is different, we are a registered Australian business (The Cooper Consultancy, ABN 42 580 154 284) and operate under the rules and regulations of the Office of Fair Trading.

Commercial opportunities

We are always looking for ways to grow our business and take it to the next level. If you are interested in partnering with our website or have any other type of proposal, please email info@plateshop.com.au

Why did the name change from FreePlates.com to PlateShop.com.au?

As our business grew, we knew that we needed a '.au' domain name to identify ourselves as an Australian website. We could have stuck with the FreePlates name, however the decision was made to change to a more suitable name. The word 'free' may be gone from our name, but the free listings are definitely not going!

About PlateShop.com.au

After trying to sell my own personalised plates, I found it very difficult to decide which advertising was going to work and which advertising was a waste of money. Most of the existing sites appeared to be very similar in design and popularity, not to mention having a lot of the same number plates for sale. Then there's eBay, which generally I'm a big fan of, but when it comes to number plates you may have noticed that most of them are passed in with zero offers. It takes longer than a ten day auction to sell a number plate.

I realised that there needed to be one stand out site that could rise above all others and be the first choice for people hunting for that special plate. I questioned how these existing sites could justify charging up to $30 for a few lines which only lasted for six months or so, and in some cases take commissions from sellers or charge finders fees etc. I wanted to make the process as cheap as possible, and realised that you can't get any cheaper than free!

I hope you enjoy our site and service as much as we enjoyed creating and maintaining it.

 

 

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The Cooper Consultancy ABN 42 580 154 284