Eh yeah but no but

[farquart]

Thanks for looking
my boat is for sale on boats and outboards. I have had lots of enquiries and have responded to all but so far no one has wanted to come and have a look. Does the pannel have a reason why people are enquiring but not taking it any further. She is a Contest 29 priced at 10,500. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[TheBoatman]

I have exactly the same problem.

My brothers boat is for sale but no one seems interested although he's offering one hell of a deal on a Fantasia 27. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[ChrisE]

Stick with it, I've recently bought a fishing boat and a liferaft from B&O, the boat had been up for sail for 6 months, the liferaft for 10 minutes. It just needs the right person.

I'm assuming that you have a clean boat and that you have snaps on your advert that show the boat to its best advantage. I found that this was very useful when deciding about the boat.

 

[Wansworth]

This works both ways,as a potential buyer I am looking for lots of details,good photos and a reply to an e mail inguirey about availability.This is the new market place so there are new rules amongst them virtual tyre kickers!

 

[Dyflin]

Am also looking at buying at the moment, IMHO - lots of photos to see the condition of the boat along with whats included in the asking price and any details of recent renewals or maintenance would certainly tick all the boxes for me. Nothing more daunting then driving a couple of hundred miles in each direction to look at a potential dud. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Maybe we could have a look at the ad to give a more informed opinion?

 

[aitchw]

It's here.

First thoughts are, needs a better photo and a link to more photos. You could simply create an album for the boat on Photobox and link to that.

There is no hint at the general condition of the hull or interior and saying it has been in the Med for 2 years tells you precisely nothing.

Sorry if that comes over a bit blunt. Not meant to, just my first reaction to the ad.

 

[Lakesailor]

Had a look as well.
Picture very nice, but tells me little about the boat. Sounds like a good spec at a very decent price.
The 2 years in the Med rings a few bells. Does the gear need a bit of fettling. Has the sun had an effect or has the boat been re-fettled since coming back?
I'd go for a much closer shot, maybe from a little above to tempt them with cockpit and deck details.

There are loads of browsers out there. I had a long thread running about crap buyers. It's not uncommon.

But. I sold to a guy who had been in touch over a month previously and had thought he was a dead lead. Suddenly he popped up, looked at it, bought it.

 

[Sea_dreamer]

You need more pictures.

We have recently completed the buying process, and spent ages online looking through the boats available. With cheap transport these days literally thousands are available.

Have a look at what you get on boatshed.com. 40 to 50 photos per boat, working from front to back, inside and out. Its almost like you have visited the boat.

Get the digital camera out and start snapping!

John

 

[tcm]

loads more pic needed.

i agree - it needs so many photos that you almost have all the info right in front of you, and can look around as you would in reality. Every nook and cranny, perhaps 30 photos or more. The pic itself is enough to confirm that boat really exists, just about, and that's it. I don't go, wow look it has sails as well!

Otherwise, with a large selection of boats, you aren't allowing people to take the pre-visit shortlisting process as far as others on the net.

In the same way, when looking for a secondhand car, you'd not shortlist one that didn't tell you the mileage if there were 10 other "possibles".

 

[CraigB]

Re: loads more pic needed.

Have to agree with all the above comments. The main photo is nearly useless because it is mainly of sea and sky, which are lovely of course, but show no detail of the quality of the boat. I am also about to sign a Bill of Sale on a second hand yacht and although there were several other similar boats advertised that I may have travelled a long distance to look at, the information on the 'Boats For Sale' websites was not complete enough, and the photos were not detailed enough. At this point I gave up and was disinterested. Didn't even consider emailing the owner for more details. Also, you can't get away with rubbish quality photos. You need good quality photos, taken in plenty of light, that can be enlarged - at least 100k JPEG each. Believe be, having spent months searching the internet daily, the only time I contacted any owner was when I had ALREADY decided that the boat was worth a look. The ONLY way to sell your boat on the internet is to overload buyers with photos and detailed information. Full inventory, model numbers of equipment, when installed, comments on the condition of hull, rigging, sails, keel etc. Hope all these comments help you sell your boat sooner.

 

[Norman_E]

When I was boat hunting I looked at very many adverts on the YBW boats for sale site and others. In general there were far too few with good photos of the deck gear, cockpit and rigging. There were rather more photos of interiors, which may look good cosmetically, but convey little about the actual condition of the yacht. I suggest giving a link to a good album of photos, including if possible some shots taken when the boat was last out of the water. A shot of the boat sailing is nice, but a distant view conveys very little. The best boat advert I ever saw was the website created by the previous owner of the Warrior 38 Hannabella of Troon (the present owner of which is a forumite) The website had an excellent description and superb photos.
Hope this helps.

 

[farquart]

thanks for replying everyone. looks like I need some more photos.