Guides
Plain-English, fully sourced guides to personalised plates in New Zealand and Australia: how transfers work, what things cost, the rules in each state, and the records.
Buying and selling · New ZealandHow to transfer personalised plates in New ZealandA step-by-step guide to selling, buying and transferring personalised plates in New Zealand: who signs what, what it costs, moving plates between cars, and getting plates remade.
Buying and selling · New ZealandCar, motorbike or trailer? Making sure a personalised plate suits your vehicleWhich New Zealand personalised plates fit a car, motorbike or trailer, how to switch a plate to a motorbike, and the LicenSys steps for getting plates made, remade or moved.
Buying and selling · AustraliaPersonalised plates in Australia: the rules in every stateWho sells personalised plates in each Australian state and territory, whether you own them outright or pay every year, and how private sales and transfers work.
MarketingCan a personalised plate grow your business? What the evidence saysAn honest look at what a personalised plate can do for a business: what the research on vehicle advertising and memorable brand assets says, what it doesn't, tax questions, and how to get the most from a plate.
RecordsThe most expensive number plates sold in Australia and New ZealandThe record prices paid for number plates in Australia and New Zealand, from NSW 1 at over $11 million to New Zealand's charity-auction BUGGER, with dates and sources.
FactsNew Zealand number plates: 100 years of facts, rules and rejected platesA century of New Zealand number plates: from green steel plates in 1925 to 334,000 personalised plates today, the six-character rule, the slashed zero, and the plates NZTA said no to.
Plate storiesNUTZ, SNAGD and NODRMA: how Onform Signs turned its fleet into a talking pointEvery Onform Signs vehicle is clean, signwritten and wearing a personalised plate. Some sell the business, some are a joke, and all of them get customers talking.