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Practical guides for Irish dealers.

VRT, imports, photo tactics, listing tricks, and how the marketplaces actually rank you. Short, honest, no fluff.

📸·3 min read

The 6 photos every used-car listing needs (and the 14 most dealers waste their time on)

After looking at thousands of used-car listings on Carzone and CarsIreland, the pattern is clear — most dealers shoot too many photos, and the wrong ones. Here's the 6 that actually move buyers.

PhotographyListingsConversion
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VRT calculator for Irish car imports — what you actually pay in 2026

The VRT formula explained, the OMSP lookup nobody tells you about, and how to avoid the €2,000 surprise that catches new dealers buying cars in the UK.

VRTImportsIrish dealers
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How to list a car on Carzone (and CarsIreland and DoneDeal) without re-typing it three times

The painful way most Irish dealers do this, the lazy-but-clever way that saves an hour per car, and a 60-second walkthrough of doing it right.

CarzoneWorkflowIrish dealers