Why Use a Broker / Boat Dealer?
The value of the Yacht Broker when selling
Here are a few points about the benefit of using a Yacht Broker to sell your boat for you. If you are interested and would like to know more, you will find over 300 Yacht Brokers advertising on YachtHub.com, each represented with a link to their own website where you can obtain more information on services offered by each brokerage.
- The professional approach
The experience and expertise of a professional can achieve better, faster results when selling your boat. Apart from knowing about boats, Yacht Brokers increasingly extend their sales service to include features that cater for all aspects of selling your boat. Some Yacht Brokers offer value added service, like appraisals with a written report suggesting improvements or repairs to do, so a quick sale can be achieved for the maximum price. Others offer marketing strategies that include additional advertising to gain maximum exposure for your vessel.
A Yacht Broker knows what buyers are looking for and will advise you on how to make your boat attractive to appeal to prospective buyers. Some brokers offer maintenance service and berthing of your boat at their marina location as part of the deal.
- Setting the price
Undoubtedly, it will be the Yacht Broker who knows the best price achievable for a boat. Setting the price too high may keep an interested party away, setting it too low means losing out. Being a professional in the industry gives that 'insider knowledge' by being in touch with both parties, the seller and the buyer, around the clock.
- Negotiating skills
The Yacht Broker acts as the agent between seller and buyer and is free of the 'emotional attachment'. He is selling just the boat and will negotiate on the basis of market value and price achievable.
- Networking with other brokers
Yacht Brokers may go into co-brokerage arrangements with other Yacht Brokers, which maximises exposure to buyers. When a Yacht Broker has a buyer but not the boat he will try to find it at another brokerage. For a boat sold by co-brokering, you don't have to pay more, but the Yacht Brokers will share the commission you have agreed to pay in the first place.
- Customer database
Most Yacht Brokers maintain a customer database of who wants to buy what. Being able to bring together the seller and buyer in a time efficient way, means a sale can be achieved in a very short time.
- Access to Historical Boat Sales Data at yachthub.com
All Yacht Brokers who advertise their boats for sale on the Yacht Hub have access to the BlueWater Boat Sales Data. This presents them with sales information that includes the type of boat, time on market until sold and the actual sales price. This database is available only to Yacht Brokers.
- Saving time
If your time is valuable or you simply haven't got the time, the Yacht Broker will do it all for you. To be always available for enquiries and an inspection of the boat is important to the interested buyer. The Yacht Broker can also arrange for a survey report and attend a sea trial.
- Legal know-how
The legal aspects when selling your boat are an important part of any sale. Professional Yacht Brokers understand all legal aspects of a sale, such as sales contract, ownership certificate, transfer of title, sales tax, import duties, foreign registrations and also operate trust accounts to hold deposit funds.
- Being Internet savvy
Yacht Brokers affiliated with the Yacht Hub operate in today's market place empowered by the latest Internet technologies. Whether receiving enquiries from buyers via their website on a 24/7 basis or delivering up-to-date detailed sales information via the Internet, Yacht Brokers who employ modern technology are capable of dispersing and receiving information faster resulting in better service and better results for their customers.
For a list of Yacht Brokers who advertise on Yacht Hub go to our Yacht Brokers / Boat Dealers page.