How to sell a boat online?
 

Hey everyone,

I'm helping a friend sell his boat. I made a small webpage for it, but is
there any place online where I can post it? I searched around for some
forums and that sort of thing on the web but couldn't come up with much. If
you know of any place or have any suggestions as to how I could get it seen,
please respond. Thanks in advance!

-Chris

How to sell a boat online?
 

Ever hear of a business called eBay?
www.ebay.com


"Chris" wrote in message
. com...
Hey everyone,

I'm helping a friend sell his boat. I made a small webpage for it, but is
there any place online where I can post it? I searched around for some
forums and that sort of thing on the web but couldn't come up with much.
If
you know of any place or have any suggestions as to how I could get it
seen,
please respond. Thanks in advance!

-Chris

How to sell a boat online?
 

rec.boats.marketplace is a good start. Post your link there. Just make sure
you include the word "in" in the subject line or it will bounce back. An
example would be "FS:2002 Grady White in Miami".

Good luck,
Dan


Chris wrote:

Hey everyone,

I'm helping a friend sell his boat. I made a small webpage for it, but is
there any place online where I can post it? I searched around for some
forums and that sort of thing on the web but couldn't come up with much. If
you know of any place or have any suggestions as to how I could get it seen,
please respond. Thanks in advance!

-Chris

How to sell a boat online?
 

Put it on www.boattrader.com and www.boats.com Both get more hits than a
personal website.
Bill

"Chris" wrote in message
. com...
Hey everyone,

I'm helping a friend sell his boat. I made a small webpage for it, but is
there any place online where I can post it? I searched around for some
forums and that sort of thing on the web but couldn't come up with much.
If
you know of any place or have any suggestions as to how I could get it
seen,
please respond. Thanks in advance!

-Chris

How to sell a boat online?
 

"Chris" wrote in message
. com...
Hey everyone,

I'm helping a friend sell his boat. I made a small webpage for it, but is
there any place online where I can post it? I searched around for some
forums and that sort of thing on the web but couldn't come up with much.
If
you know of any place or have any suggestions as to how I could get it
seen,
please respond. Thanks in advance!

-Chris

What kind of boat?

How to sell a boat online?
 

I second Ebay.

-W

"bomar" wrote in message
...
Ever hear of a business called eBay?
www.ebay.com


"Chris" wrote in message
. com...
Hey everyone,

I'm helping a friend sell his boat. I made a small webpage for it, but
is
there any place online where I can post it? I searched around for some
forums and that sort of thing on the web but couldn't come up with much.
If
you know of any place or have any suggestions as to how I could get it
seen,
please respond. Thanks in advance!

-Chris

How to sell a boat online?
 

Problem with Ebay is the fees. What we ideally wanted to do was just
promote the boat freely first, and then resort to Ebay if we didn't get any
response.



"bomar" wrote in message
...
Ever hear of a business called eBay?
www.ebay.com


"Chris" wrote in message
. com...
Hey everyone,

I'm helping a friend sell his boat. I made a small webpage for it, but
is
there any place online where I can post it? I searched around for some
forums and that sort of thing on the web but couldn't come up with much.
If
you know of any place or have any suggestions as to how I could get it
seen,
please respond. Thanks in advance!

-Chris

How to sell a boat online?
 

Its a 1998 Pursuit 2470.


"Bishoop" wrote in message
...

"Chris" wrote in message
. com...
Hey everyone,

I'm helping a friend sell his boat. I made a small webpage for it, but
is
there any place online where I can post it? I searched around for some
forums and that sort of thing on the web but couldn't come up with much.
If
you know of any place or have any suggestions as to how I could get it
seen,
please respond. Thanks in advance!

-Chris

What kind of boat?

How to sell a boat online?
 

"Chris" wrote
Problem with Ebay is the fees. What we ideally wanted to do was just
promote the boat freely first, and then resort to Ebay if we didn't get
any
response.

Then park it in your front yard with a cardboard FOR SALE sign....
eBay gives you exposure to millions for $40 listing fee (ebay motors) + $40
fee if and when you get the first bid for a total of $80.
Cardboard sign will be seen by the same 100 uninterested people that drive
by everyday - cost = free
Putting up a webpage and posting in a few newsgroups and sites will get a
few more viewers than the cardboard sign method.

It just depends on if you really want to sell it or not.

How to sell a boat online?
 

Post it right here, and other newsgroups with boat in their title.




"Chris" wrote in message
. com...
Hey everyone,

I'm helping a friend sell his boat. I made a small webpage for it, but is
there any place online where I can post it? I searched around for some
forums and that sort of thing on the web but couldn't come up with much.
If
you know of any place or have any suggestions as to how I could get it
seen,
please respond. Thanks in advance!

-Chris

How to sell a boat online?
 

"Calif Bill" wrote in
link.net:

Put it on www.boattrader.com and www.boats.com Both get more hits
than a personal website.
Bill

"Chris" wrote in message
. com...
Hey everyone,

I'm helping a friend sell his boat. I made a small webpage for it,
but is there any place online where I can post it? I searched around
for some forums and that sort of thing on the web but couldn't come
up with much.
If
you know of any place or have any suggestions as to how I could get
it
seen,
please respond. Thanks in advance!

-Chris





Boattrader.com by far the largest site for this. Fees are cheap and are
charged like a classified ad, not a % like ebay. The site can be searched
based on geography, type of boat, length, price, year, manufacturer, key
word of your choice or any combination of the foregoing. Right now, they
have 86,798 boats listed! Its a fantastic site and I sold my first boat on
the site and bought my second. When I sold my boat, it was noticed by
someone out of town, but who searched by town because they were coming here
on a boat buying trip. (they said there were no good boats for sale in
their town). When I searched to buy a boat, I limited it to areas I knew I
could get to and found a great one about 80 miles from my house. Hands
down, the boat should be listed here.

How to sell a boat online?
 

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 17:38:05 -0500, " Tuuk"
wrote:

Post it right here, and other newsgroups with boat in their title.


No. Dip****. This newsgroup is not for commercial use.

--



Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Southport, NC.

http://myworkshop.idleplay.net/cavern/
Homepage
http://www.southharbourvillage.com/directions.asp Where
Southport,NC is located.
http://www.southharbourvillage.com/autoupdater.htm Real Time Pictures
at My Marina
http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats Rec.boats
at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide


With all the crap that is posted in here, what harm will for sale ad do?

How to sell a boat online?
 

It's a link to a boat for sale. It's not a binary post or a penis enlargement
ad. It's far more on topic than about 50% of the posts here...

Dan


Gene Kearns wrote:

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 07:13:55 -0500, "Bishoop" wrote:



With all the crap that is posted in here, what harm will for sale ad do?



I'd no more suggest that a poster add more political and personal
attack crap here than I would suggest the post of advertisements for
boats, viagra, or pyramid schemes.

Why suggest making already bad, that much worse?

How to sell a boat online?
 

Well, either way... we ended up putting the boat up for auction on Ebay. I
have a feeling that it'll sell quickly at that price.



"Dan Krueger" wrote in message
nk.net...
It's a link to a boat for sale. It's not a binary post or a penis
enlargement
ad. It's far more on topic than about 50% of the posts here...

Dan


Gene Kearns wrote:

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 07:13:55 -0500, "Bishoop" wrote:



With all the crap that is posted in here, what harm will for sale ad do?



I'd no more suggest that a poster add more political and personal
attack crap here than I would suggest the post of advertisements for
boats, viagra, or pyramid schemes.

Why suggest making already bad, that much worse?

How to sell a boat online?
 

Post a link.....
My curiosity is up.

"Chris" wrote in message
. com...
Well, either way... we ended up putting the boat up for auction on Ebay.
I
have a feeling that it'll sell quickly at that price.



"Dan Krueger" wrote in message
nk.net...
It's a link to a boat for sale. It's not a binary post or a penis
enlargement
ad. It's far more on topic than about 50% of the posts here...

Dan


Gene Kearns wrote:

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 07:13:55 -0500, "Bishoop" wrote:



With all the crap that is posted in here, what harm will for sale ad
do?



I'd no more suggest that a poster add more political and personal
attack crap here than I would suggest the post of advertisements for
boats, viagra, or pyramid schemes.

Why suggest making already bad, that much worse?

How to sell a boat online?
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tegory=26 430



"bomar" wrote in message
...
Post a link.....
My curiosity is up.

"Chris" wrote in message
. com...
Well, either way... we ended up putting the boat up for auction on Ebay.
I
have a feeling that it'll sell quickly at that price.



"Dan Krueger" wrote in message
nk.net...
It's a link to a boat for sale. It's not a binary post or a penis
enlargement
ad. It's far more on topic than about 50% of the posts here...

Dan


Gene Kearns wrote:

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 07:13:55 -0500, "Bishoop" wrote:



With all the crap that is posted in here, what harm will for sale ad
do?



I'd no more suggest that a poster add more political and personal
attack crap here than I would suggest the post of advertisements for
boats, viagra, or pyramid schemes.

Why suggest making already bad, that much worse?

How to sell a boat online?
 

"Chris" wrote in message
. com...
Hey everyone,

I'm helping a friend sell his boat. I made a small webpage for it, but is
there any place online where I can post it?

There are several online places where you can obtain free webpage hosting,
as long as you can tolerate their banner ads. I happen to be doing the same
thing right now, attempting to sell my cruiser. I placed an ad on
http://www.boattraderonline.com/ and included a link to a web page hosted by
http://www.tripod.lycos.com/.


If you would like to see my web page, check out:
http://rodm7.tripod.com/carvermariner/

The banner ads at the top of the web page were not put there by me, they
were put there by tripod. I find it amazing that three of the four banner
ads they placed on my boating related web page are for boating related
products!

Rod

How to sell a boat online?
 

Rod,
Nice boat, good pictures. May I suggest you list the size as well.
Paul

"Rod McInnis" wrote in message
...

"Chris" wrote in message
. com...
Hey everyone,

I'm helping a friend sell his boat. I made a small webpage for it, but
is
there any place online where I can post it?

There are several online places where you can obtain free webpage hosting,
as long as you can tolerate their banner ads. I happen to be doing the
same
thing right now, attempting to sell my cruiser. I placed an ad on
http://www.boattraderonline.com/ and included a link to a web page hosted
by
http://www.tripod.lycos.com/.


If you would like to see my web page, check out:
http://rodm7.tripod.com/carvermariner/

The banner ads at the top of the web page were not put there by me, they
were put there by tripod. I find it amazing that three of the four banner
ads they placed on my boating related web page are for boating related
products!

Rod