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Subject: TWL: Re: Boat sales and brokers
From: Bob Clinkenbeard (arider@XXX.XXX)
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 19:02:54 EST
> Unfortunately gaining exposure on a boat is not quite as easily
> accomplished. In my opinion the absolute premier site for computerized
> marketing of boats is Yachtworld.com, however individuals are not able to
> advertise there, only brokers. This leaves private sale advertising
> limited still to local ad's or a few computer sites, most notably
boattrader.
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I disagree completely and I use my immediate experience selling my boat as
my prime example.
I put up a free web site first and then listed the boat with a couple of
free sites along with one that cost $25. per quarter. Trawler World BST is
another great place to list your boat and I did that too.
Thinking that I needed to be on Yachtworld I listed with a non-exclusive
broker also.
If you do a search on Google for a "56 Chris Craft Roamer", my boat is the
*top* 6 hits....but not one is Yachtworld!!
I sold the boat myself saving the 10% listing fee and in only a couple of
months.
Exposure is........listing your boat on sites that are searchable from the
search engines we commonly use.
The Yachworld ad and broker produced 2 visits to the boat and neither
bothered to respond after the visit. I, on the other hand was able to
recieve e-mails and phone calls that I could respond to personally and that
produced a quick sale for me.
Bob Clinkenbeard
Looking at trawlers this weekend!!
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