WRITTEN BY: Rob Bowman
Mar 20, 2024 
As part of our commitment to you as a boat owner, when it comes time to put your yacht up for sale, it's important to select a brokerage firm that is going to do everything possible to make sure it sells promptly, for the most money possible, and will support you throughout the entire process. When it comes to advertising your yacht, not all companies are created equally. (Scroll Down For Our Full List Of Websites)
SI Yachts has been listing and selling our clients' boats since 1964, and we believe it is our responsibility to ensure your yacht is marketed in as many places as possible. That's why SI Yachts uses all 3 industry MLS systems when promoting your yacht, as this ensures it will appear on hundreds of websites and seen by thousands of potential buyers.
It begins, however, with an excellent presentation. When you list your yacht with us, we use the very best industry photographers and videographers to ensure we have an engaging, professional online representation of your yacht. We utilize the latest Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to assist with creating your listing. Finally, we promote your yacht through the MLS systems to a variety of classified websites and even our competitors' websites.
Of course, these websites are all in addition to our own SIYachts.com.
Some brokerage firms do not have these capabilities or choose not to advertise your yacht on various websites. It's important for yacht owners to know these differences when choosing a broker. If you would like to speak with one of our yacht sales professionals about selling your yacht, please contact us today via email at Sales@SIYachts.com or by calling our main office at (718) 984-7676. We have locations in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Florida to best serve you.
Does your current broker promote your yacht on these websites below?
YACHTR.COM
Created by the industry-run International Yacht Brokers Association, Yachtr.com is being recognized as the new favorite website of the industry to search for a pre-owned boat or yacht. "You are going to hear a lot more about Yachtr.com in the coming year," said Jay Hendrix, Vice President of SI Yachts. "It's a website created and supported by the industry, aimed at delivering an easy boat shopping experience for everyone." SI Yachts is proud to be one of the very first companies working with the IYBA to promote our customers' yachts on Yachtr.com.
YACHTWORLD.COM
While many of the same boats can be found on Yachtr.com, Yachtworld still leads in the number of visitors to the website. SI Yachts is now an Advantage Select member, a higher cost upgrade that allows our clients' listings to be automatically moved up in the search results. List your yacht with SI Yachts and take advantage of our higher tier membership status.
YACHTSFORSALE.COM
A newcomer to the classified yacht website industry, YachtsForSale.com is actually owned by a competing company to SI Yachts. So why help them by putting our boats on their website? Simply put, we value exposure for your yacht over helping a competitor of ours. When you list your boat with our team, it is automatically fed to YachtsForSale.com, as well as their sister website below.
BOATSFORSALE.COM
BoatsForSale.com now has more than 40,000 vessels on their website. While they do accept For Sale By Owner boats, our automated feed makes it easy to send your boat there automatically. Did you know that less than half of all brokerage firms are promoting their listings on BoatsForSale.com and YachtsForSale.com? List your boat with SI Yachts and take full advantage of our wide reach.
BOATMART.COM
Previously known as BoatLine, BoatMart.com is the newest venture by Trader Interactive - the old owners of BoatTrader.com. With as much financial support and support team behind the BoatMart website, we were thrilled to be one of the first companies to jump on board. Does your yacht broker know about BoatMart and are listing your yacht for sale there?
RIGHTBOAT.COM
Many of the same originators of Yachtworld.com are now behind the growth of RightBoat.com, a British-based classified website that has expanded into the U.S. RightBoat.com now has over 25,000 boats and yachts available for sale on their website. While its growth has not yet caught up to the much larger websites we are also on, they are actively promoting it, bringing in potential buyers, and we see no reason not to promote your yacht on there.
MOREBOATS.COM
The number of boating classified websites we promote your yacht on is seemingly endless! With MoreBoats.com, we get your listing on yet another major selling website that has a focus on the U.S. market. If your yacht brokerage firm is not utilizing every avenue possible to get your yacht sold, it's time you allow the SI Yachts team an opportunity to provide you with a full market evaluation and strategic advertising plan specifically created for your vessel.
YATCO.COM
Widely recognized as a leader in the larger yacht category, Yatco is both a great place to promote your yacht to other yacht brokers and to clients alike. Not all of our listings make it on to Yatco.com as the website has to manually be updated, however, if your yacht is more than 75-feet in length, rest assured it will be promote on Yatco by SI Yachts.
THEMARINER.COM
If you've lived in Florida and love to fish, chances are you've heard of The Florida Mariner. SI Yachts just recently added all of our listings to TheMariner.com to take advantage of their very targeted web traffic. There aren't many other brokerage firms utilizing this great website yet, which means your boat gets just that more attention. At SI Yachts, we stay on top of the market place to ensure that we take advantage of any opportunities that arise to promote your vessel.
SPORTFISHTRADER.COM
What started as a Facebook Group and Instagram page dedicated to sportfishing yachts has grown into a full website. Focused solely on fishing boats, SportfishTrader.com is hyper-focused on that specific buyer. As a major Viking Yachts dealer in the industry, we get many pre-owned sportfishing boats in on trade and listed with our brokerage team.
BOATS.COM
Boats.com is owned by Boats Group, the same company that owns Yachtworld. With more than 130,000 new and used boats available on the website, there is quite the variety to choose from. While Boats.com skews to the lower end of the market, you never know who might come across your yacht for sale online. It's our commitment to you as the seller to promote it in a variety of ways.
BOATTRADER.COM
The BoatTrader name is about as classic as it gets when it comes to listing and selling boats. While the "old Trader rag" isn't as prevalent anymore in print, the website certainly gets its share of visitors. Since BoatTrader tends to skew on the smaller end of the market, your boat is added to BoatTrader on a by request basis. Want to see your listing on BoatTrader.com? Just let us know!
As mentioned above, we also send your yacht to all of our competitors' websites. That means no matter what website a potential buyer might end up on, they have every opportunity possible to come across your yacht for sale. If you would like to know more about making your yacht a Diamond Listing in the SI Yachts brokerage program, we invite you to receive a full market evaluation and advertising plan. Contact your closest location today or fill out our online form WHAT'S MY YACHT WORTH?
