How to Sell Your Boat with Free Internet Advertising |
Posted: December 31, 2013 |
If you are planning to sell your boat and would like to do this without having to pay any advertising fees, there's a solution at your fingertips. Selling boats has been made a whole lot easier with the advent of the Internet with many websites allowing people to post adverts on them for free. Knowing how to sell your boat with free internet advertising means not only do you get your boat seen by a large audience but it doesn't cost you a penny for the pleasure of doing so. Getting Your Boat Ready to Sell Naturally, just because the advert is free doesn't mean you can take any short-cuts when it comes to how you present your boat to potential buyers. In short, the photos used in the advert have to be top quality images that show off your boat to its best advantage. If there are any small repairs that need doing, you have to make sure these are done prior to any photographs being taken and in an ideal world, these repairs should be done and completed before you post your free ad on the Internet. The reason being that someone may want to come and view the boat straight away. If the work hasn't been done, you would have to put them off which is never a very good tactic to use when selling anything let alone a boat! Clear Up Any Clutter Just because you present a nice shiny boat to potential buyers doesn't mean you can forget about clearing up any of the clutter you have on your boat. Lockers should be emptied so people can see how much space is inside them. The galley should be clean and tidy as should the rest of the boat. If you're selling a motor boat, then you have to make sure the engine looks pristine and will start first time – the same applies to a yacht because potential buyers will be keen to check things over before they commit to buy. The All Important Description It's really important to write an accurate description of your boat and this means giving a fair account of the condition it's in both inside and out. Keep your description brief, to the point without it being too “flowery”. People want to know about the boats specifications, what make of engine is fitted and if the boat is from a popular boat maker. Finding the Right Website to Advertise Your Boat On Once you have captured your images and written a good and fair description of the boat, the next stage is to find a reputable and well established website to post your free ad on. There is a multitude to choose from, but as with most things not all of them are “equal” with some offering a much better service than others. Just because a site allows you to post a free boat for sale advert doesn't mean they shouldn't offer a top notch service. As such you need to find out how easy their site is to navigate, will the images you upload to the site be as good as you hoped they would be and above all, how many visitors does the site boast in any one day? All of these things are really important when you place any advert to sell something and this includes boats. Once you are happy about the site and it has ticked all the right boxes, all that's left to do is upload your advert making sure you post the relevant contact details in it. Conclusion If you are about to put your boat up for sale, you need to check out a few websites that allow people to post adverts for free. However, you need to make sure the site does in fact boast a lot of visitors otherwise you might find your advert sitting in cyberspace with nobody actually seeing it. Once you have found the site that ticks all the right boxes all you then have to do is upload your free Internet ad and wait for interested parties to get in touch with you which makes the whole experience a seamless process.
Image credits: Dave – aka Emptybelly and yachtcharter1
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