Frequently Asked Questions

Buyers

No, we do not charge a fee for buying or selling your boat on our website. It is completely FREE!

To search for a specific type of boat with Boats for Sale with our easy-to-navigate sales listings, sophisticated filters, and proprietary tools. If you are looking for a certain make, go to the browse by makes page and scroll down to the make you are looking for. If you are looking for a specific type, go to the browse by types page and search for the type you are looking for. Or go to the search page and utilize the filters on the left-hand side of the page to narrow down your selection by condition, type, size, make, location, and more.

Go to the search page, on the left-hand side there is an area to enter your zip code to search for boats within a specific mile radius. Or, you can choose to search for boats in your region, state or other countries.

Private Sellers

No, we do not charge a fee for listing or selling your boat on our website. Your listing is completely FREE! 

Publishing your listing is easy! Follow these steps:  

  1. Log into your Boats for Sale account. 
  1. Click your name in the top right corner and select ‘My Listings’. 
  1. Tab to ‘Unpublished’. 
  1. Edit or publish your listings from here.  
  1. If you choose to edit, you can update any information you would like.
  1. When your edits are complete, click ‘Publish’ on your listing. 

If your listing has sold, you will need to remove it. You can remove your listing by following these simple steps. 

  1. Log into your Boats for Sale account. 
  1. Click your name in the top right corner and select ‘My Listings’. 
  1. Find the listing you need to unpublish that is currently in the ‘Published’ tab.  
  1. Click ‘Unpublish’. 

Editing your listing is a common practice and simple to do with Boats for Sale. Edit your listing using these steps: 

  1. Log into your Boats for Sale account. 
  1. Click your name in the top right corner and select ‘My Listings’. 
  1. Find the listing you would like to change and select ‘Edit’. 
  1. Make sure to click ‘Save’. 

No, once you publish your listing, it will immediately appear on the website. If you are not seeing your listing, click ‘My Listings’ in the top righthand corner, and ensure your listing is published status.

No, at this time we do not provide an option to list trailers on our website.

Use our Instant Price Evalution tool to find out the estimated market value of your boat.

Dealers

Boats for Sale is an online marine marketplace and the most powerful platform of its kind. Our mission is to make it easy for buyers to find their dream boat and for broker/dealers to reach new customers.

Brokers, Dealers, and Private Sellers list their boats to expose their inventory to potential buyers actively searching. For buyers, we streamline and simplify the process of finding the boat they’re looking for. Buyers have all the information they need right at their fingertips to locate the boat of their dreams. 

A dealer account is FREE for the first year. 

1. Inventory Feed

  • It is not ideal to have to update your listings in more than place. Boats for Sale will pull your inventory feed daily which allows any updates you make to the original listing to automatically load onto our website 

2. Manual Upload

  • Log into your Boats for Sale account. 
  • Click your name in the top right corner and select ‘My Listings’. 
  • Find the listing you would like to change and select ‘Edit’. 
  • Make sure to click ‘Save’. 

To keep it simple and very high level, they are based on your location and what boats are closest to you. If your location is not shared and no filters have been added, our system has logic in place based on price ranges, lengths, and age of the vessels.

Your leads are yours alone. They are safe and secure, sent only to your lead inbox. 
*The feature for leads to go directly to a dealers CRM or DSM is coming soon!

Login to your account and go to your Dealer Dashboard. Click ‘Admin’ and select ‘Dealer Info Management’. There you can add or edit your company logo, description, and banner image

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