Frequently Asked Questions

What is Buy & Sell Trees?

What does it Cost to use the Service?

What happens with my personal details?

If I have a Home growing backyard Tree or Palm to go, what are my options?

Does Buy & Sell Trees come out to inspect and identify the tree I want to advertise for sale?

How much can I get for selling my mature Home growing trees?

What happens after I've placed my Advertisement with Buy & Sell Trees?

How do I Buy a Tree online?

 

What is Buy & Sell Trees?

Buy & Sell Trees allows you to Buy, Sell & Recycle trees online.

Trees are available for you to Buy & Sell. They come from either Backyard Gardens or Professional Growers. Buy & Sell Trees gives you the unique choice of sourcing or selling trees online from either Hobby or Home Gardens or Professional Nursery Outlets.

Turn your Nursery stock or valuable backyard trees into cash.

Track down mature trees and advanced pot trees.

You can even Give Away your home growing backyard trees to save on removal and dumping fees while helping to preserve our planet's precious Green Assets. Give the Environment the Green Light. Recycle and Save a Tree today.

Local Council's - Tree Preservation Order. Before you can remove any advanced tree or mature tree growing on your property, you will need to check your Local Council Tree Preservation Order. Your local council's Tree Preservation / Parks & Gardens Officer will let you know whether it is Ok to remove or prune any trees growing on your property and what environmental considerations you may need to adhere to.

Moving Trees. Buy & Sell Trees encourages tree owners to enlist the services of a Professional Horticultural Service / Tree Transplanting Company to relocate your trees. They can inform the owner about the trees; viability for relocation & any environmental considerations to be aware of to minimise the risk of spreading weeds, pests and diseases, in addition to pointing out any trees laws and regulations which may apply in your state. See United States National Plant Board for more detailed information, see Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) or your relevant body depending on where you live.

Why list your Home grown tree with Buy & Sell Trees?

Home growing trees which are advertised can be pot trees, in ground trees or palms that are "unwanted" by the home owner because they are either in the way of building works or have grown too big for their environment. "Unwanted" mature & advanced trees which are growing in people's backyards all over the world are needed by landscapers & developers all the time, to create instant greenery & impact for new building works. Rather than just cutting the problem tree down and losing its value to the environment forever, Buy & Sell Trees allows you to advertise it's availability via an online catalogue of mature trees. Home owners can get rid of "unwanted" problem trees or palms growing on their property and make money by Selling them.

What does it Cost to use the Service?

It is Free to Browse or search the trees stock availability of all the trees advertised for sale.

It costs $22 dollars to advertise a Home growing tree or backyard tree for sale, and Buy & Sell Trees will keep your Ad until you Sell it!

If you have multiples of the same tree species to sell, (eg. 10 bangalow palms) you just fill out your advertisement and indicate the quantity you have to sell, and it only costs the one advertisement fee.

You need to fill out a separate advertisement for each different species of tree you want to profile for sale, (eg. 1 alexandra palm & 1 umbrella palm) requires you to fill out 2 separate advertisements).

Nurseries are welcome! Please send us an email to buyandsell@itworx.com.au, we have 3 monthly advertisement plans for 5, 10 and 20 Ads at a very convenient cost for you. Your company will be part of our ongoing organic Search Engine Optimisation will be able to find your products and your company.

Guarantee: Buy & Sell Trees guarantees to list your tree(s) until you sell them, provided you inform Buy & Sell Trees every 3 months to let us know your trees are still available. Otherwise your advertisement will expire automatically 3 months after your last update. There is no further charge when you Renew, Edit or Delete your tree’s advertisement.

Guarantee for Nurseries: Buy & Sell Trees guarantees to list your tree(s) and your company name will be part of our organic Search Engine Optimisation. While you meet the quarterly payment for your advertisement plan, your Ads will be part of the active Ads in Buy & Sell Trees otherwise your advertisement will expire automatically 3 months after your last payment. There is no further charge when you Renew, Edit or Delete your tree’s advertisement.

You can upload up to 5 Actual images to support your tree Ad.

What happens with my personal details?

Once a Buyer finds your tree advertisement they will contact you directly via the phone number or email address you listed when you placed your advertisement.

Regarding what we do with your details, we don't store yours or anyone’s credit card details. We don't give out customer details. Your privacy means a lot to us and we promise to maintain it. Please refer to our Privacy Policy.

If I have a Home growing backyard Tree or Palm to go, what are my options?

Advertise with Buy & Sell Trees in Sell A Tree to turn your valuable backyard trees into cash.

Ring your Local Council to see if they can use it. Your Local Council's approval for the removal of some mature trees & advanced trees may be required. Please check your Local Council's Tree Preservation Order before you remove a mature tree, palm or any advanced tree from your private property.

Ring Landscapers from your local newspaper to see if they can use it.

Contact a local Tree Transplanter to see if they want it.

Give your "unwanted" home grown trees away by advertising them as free to a good home availability in Sell A Tree. This can save you the costs of having the tree cut down and associated dumping fees. But more importantly, you are helping to preserve our planet's precious "Green Assets" rather than cutting them down and losing their value to the environment forever. Give the Environment the Green Light. Recycle and Save a Tree today.

Does Buy & Sell Trees come out to inspect and identify the tree I want to advertise for sale?

As Buy & Sell Trees is an information and advertising service only, we do not come out to your place and inspect your tree you wish to sell. We have a comprehensive tree picture library to help you identify your tree.

Buy & Sell Trees does not take your tree.

We rely on customers to supply correct information when placing their advertisements and to report all bought and sold promptly. Buyers and sellers are responsible for completing their own inspection, assessment and relocation of all trees.

Buy & Sell Trees encourages tree owners to enlist the services of a professional horticultural service to relocate their trees. They can inform the owner about the tree's viability for relocation & any environmental considerations.

If you need help with identifying the tree you want to advertise:

Try Buy & Sell Trees treepedia wiki page.

Ask your Local Council to come out and identify your tree as part of their Tree Preservation application for removal process.

Take a picture or a piece of the tree's foliage, flower or fruit to your Local Nursery for their professional nursery staff to identify.

How much can I get for selling my mature Home growing trees?

It is entirely up to you what price you want to sell your home growing tree for. You can get rid of your tree for free or sell it for $100s to $1,000s of dollars, depending on your type of tree, how easy it is to move and what the demand for it is.

NB: Before you can remove any mature tree growing on your property, you will need to check your Local Council’s Tree Preservation Order.

As a guide to what you can get for selling your home growing trees, go to Buy A Tree and search on the type of tree you are selling to see what others are asking.

Then, when you are profiling your tree's advertisement in Sell A Tree you can decide to set a $ Asking price, or select Negotiable and see what the market offers. If you decide to advertise your tree as Free to get rid of it from your property, you are still coming out ahead because the new owner is covering the cost of your tree's removal from site. Plus you are doing your bit for preserving our planet's precious "green assets".

What happens after I've placed my Advertisement with Buy & Sell Trees?

Once you have advertised your home growing tree or palm with Buy & Sell Trees, it goes online immediately and remains available for Buyers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

As every tree advertised is unique in its location & size, the time it takes to sell or find a new home for a tree is never really a set period. Therefore, Buy & Sell Trees guarantees to list your tree(s) until you sell them, provided you inform Buy & Sell Trees every 3 months to let us know your trees are still available. Otherwise your advertisement will expire automatically 3 months after your last update.

Guarantee: Buy & Sell Trees guarantees to list your tree(s) until you sell them, provided you inform Buy & Sell Trees every 3 months to let us know your trees are still available. Otherwise your advertisement will expire automatically 3 months after your last update. There is no further charge when you Renew, Edit or Delete your tree’s advertisement.

We will keep your individual Advertisements listed until you decide to remove it, try Sell A Tree now. Nurseries will keep your Ads while you are in a 5, 10 or 20 ads plan.

Once a Buyer finds your tree advertisement they will contact you directly via the phone number or email address you listed when you placed your advertisement. It is entirely up to the Buyer & the Seller how they exchange the tree. Buy & Sell Trees does not get involved in the sale of the tree or make money from the sale. Buy & Sell Trees is an information and tree advertising service only.

Buyers and sellers are responsible for completing their own inspection, assessment and relocation of all trees and palms.

How do I Buy a Tree online?

You can buy trees online by clicking on Buy A Tree, perform a search and browse through the listings, then contacting the tree owner direct via their email address or phone number.

It is entirely up to the Buyer & the Seller how they exchange the tree. Buy & Sell Trees does not get involved in the purchase and/or sale of the tree. Buy & Sell Trees does not make money from the purchase and/or sale transaction of the tree advertised. Buy & Sell Trees is an information and tree advertising service only.

Buyers and sellers are responsible for completing their own inspection, assessment and relocation of all trees and palms.

Buy & Sell Trees encourages tree owners to enlist the services of a professional horticultural service to relocate their trees. They can inform the owner about the tree's viability for relocation & any environmental considerations.

Everyone can Buy trees from the general Buy A Tree menu.