Buyers Guide
Buying Guide:
Use one of the searches from either our home page or search page to find a number plate you like. You can enter your initials, name or any text you like into our general search box, or use our pre-defined Genre searches, 4 letter prefix searches or quick 3 letter word searches.
Our most popular choice of cherished number plates are 'prefix' style, which consist of 1 letter followed by up to 3 numbers and then 3 more letters. Typically the last 3 letters would refer to either your initials or nick name and where possible you might look to repeat your first name initial at the start of the plate. For example Rachel Louise Marshall might want to concider a plate such as R90 RLM. However you might also want to concider using letter and number substitions to make names or words.
Typical substitions include:
| A | = |
4, | 8 | N | = |
11 | |||||||
| B | = | 8 | O | = | 0 | ||||||||
| C | = | 0 | P | = | 9 | ||||||||
| D | = | 0, | O | Q | = | 9, | 0, | D | |||||
| E | = | 3 | F | R | = | 2, | 12, | 112 | |||||
| F | = | E | S | = | 5 | ||||||||
| G | = | 9, | 6 | T | = | 7 | |||||||
| H | = | 11 | U | = | 11 | V | |||||||
| I | = | 1, | 11 | V | = | U | |||||||
| J | = | 1 | W | = | VV | ||||||||
| K | = | C, | X | X | = | ||||||||
| L | = | 1 | Y | = | 1 | ||||||||
| M | = | 111 | Z | = | 2 | ||||||||
Also worth concidering is the general shape of the word and number of substitions. A word can be created using substitutions if the shape and letter count is correct for example from our own stock we have a registration SPU 2S, which most people immediately associate as reading SPURS.
If you see several plates you like, use the ‘Remember’ button to automatically store your favorite’s to ‘My Plates’.
When you have found the number you would like to purchase, make sure that it can be transferred to your vehicle. The basic rule is that you not permitted to transfer a number plate to any vehicle if the vehicle itself is older than the year indicated by the indicator numbers or letter on the plate. For example, a car that originally had a ‘M’ year prefix plate may not display a ‘Y’ prefix plate as that would falsely make the vehicle appear younger than it is.
If you do not have a vehicle or youare buying the plate as a gift or simply wish to store your plate for future use, you may still purchase your registration and retain it on a special certificate until you are ready to transfer it to a vehicle. If you choose this method the registration mark will be issued in paper form on a Retention Document (V778) or a ‘Certificate of Entitlement’ [V750].
When you've identify a number thats of interest click the 'BUY' button on our website to find out more details about the price, including VAT and and any government fees.
Having identified a number plate you wish to purchase and you have a means of payment simply click the “Proceed to Enter Your Details” at the bottom of the page after selecting the 'Buy' button. Then simply follow the instuctions inserting the relavent information, with particular attention to ensure you proide the correct details for the nominee name.
Once complete we typically look to deliver you certificate within 5 - 10 days, depending on postal services and holiday periods.
