Live in Alberta · Verified listings up now

Buy From the
Real Owner. Every single time.

No dealers. No flippers. No wasted drives across Calgary chasing curbsiders. Every listing is a verified Albertan selling their own car. Identity matched to vehicle registration before it goes live.

0%
Dealer Listings
1/yr
Max Per Seller
$0
GST on Purchase
How It Works

Three checks before a listing goes live.

Curbsiders work because Marketplace and Kijiji don't verify anyone. We do, at the identity, ownership, and frequency level. Here's the gate every seller passes through.

01
ID verified by Stripe
Government-issued photo ID plus live selfie match through Stripe Identity. No anonymous sellers. No fake accounts. Done in 60 seconds.
02
Registration matched
The name on the verified ID must match the registered owner of the vehicle in Alberta. No "selling for a friend." No curbsider flips.
03
One listing per year
A real Albertan sells one or two cars a decade. A curbsider sells 10–30 a year. We cap listings at one per verified identity per year. Built-in filter.
Why ShieldMotors

The market is broken. So we rebuilt it.

Anyone who's spent a month on Marketplace knows the pain. Fake private sellers, hidden rebuilt titles, dealer flippers in disguise, Carfax surprises, ghosted VIN requests. Here's what changes.

No Hidden Dealers

Zero curbsiders. By design.

Curbsiders pose as private sellers on Facebook Marketplace and Kijiji to dodge AMVIC rules and resell auction cars. Registration matching makes that impossible here.

vs. Marketplace: ~30% of "private" listings are curbsiders
No GST

You save 5% just by being here.

Buying from a private seller in Alberta means no GST on the purchase. On a $10,000 car, that's $500 in your pocket vs. buying the same car from a dealer.

vs. Dealer: $500–$2,000 in GST + admin fees
Title Transparency

Every car shows its title status.

Clean, Rebuilt, or Salvage. Disclosed upfront on every listing. No more discovering a total loss in the Carfax after you've driven across the city.

vs. Marketplace: title status buried mid-description or hidden
Real People

Talk to the actual owner.

Not a dealer's lead-gen rep. Not a curbsider with 13 reviews. The verified person whose name is on the registration. They answer your questions directly.

vs. Most platforms: 1 in 3 sellers ghost on VIN requests

Get matched to your car.

We're live in Alberta and new verified listings are being onboarded now. Tell us what you're looking for and you'll hear about matching cars before anyone else. Selling instead? First 30 Alberta sellers list free.

✓ You're in. We'll email you when a listing matches what you're after.

No spam. One email when we go live. Unsubscribe anytime.
Common Questions

The honest answers.

Real questions from the 48 Albertans already on the list.

Marketplace and Kijiji don't verify anyone. Anyone with an email can post anything. ShieldMotors verifies every seller's identity through Stripe and matches it against the registered owner of the vehicle. Plus we cap listings at one per year per identity, which structurally eliminates curbsiders.
Browsing is always free for buyers. Sellers pay a one-time $35 listing fee that covers Stripe Identity verification and the registration match. No commission on sale. No hidden fees. The seller keeps everything they sell for.
We're live now. The first verified listings are up and new sellers are being onboarded personally every week. Browse listings anytime, and sign up above to get matched when a car fitting your criteria goes live.
No listing. Their $35 is refunded automatically. If the ID doesn't match the registered owner, or the identity check fails, the listing never goes live. That's the whole point.
Sellers can attach a Carfax report to their listing, and we always recommend it. We also surface title status (Clean / Rebuilt / Salvage) on every listing card so buyers know upfront before they ever click in.
Alberta first. BC and Saskatchewan are next on the roadmap. Each province has different registration systems, so we expand one at a time to make sure verification works correctly in each one. Join the waitlist and we'll tell you when your province opens.