Selling on your own is not a bad way to go if you're willing to deal with the calls, showings, etc. When we sold our 34+ we did it on our own but had a local broker handle the money and paperwork for a significantly lower fee (2% if I recall correctly). Worked well for everyone.
John Sent from my iPad > On Apr 7, 2014, at 11:03 AM, "Hoyt, Mike" <mike.h...@impgroup.com> wrote: > > Create a simple website and highlight the boat with photos on it. List all > your upgrades and other information. Then on any ads you post put in a link > to the web site. This really helps sales. > > We sold our Niagara 26 on Kijiji with a link to a web site for the boat. The > site showed pictures and described all gear and upgrades. > > I also have had a web site for the replacement boat from the time we > purchased it. Any person who types “J/27 for sale” in Google sees this site > in the top 15 entries (#4 in Bing). The boat is not for sale nor is it > listed for sale but it comes up anyway. The boat is also well known as a > J/27 should we decide to sell it. http://users.eastlink.ca/~mhoyt/ > > The funny thing about the kijiji saga is that I would contact a buyer back > and they would ask questions like “which boat was that?” since they had > replied to a lot of ads. Other questions were “does it have a toilet?” which > was ironic because the head was listed in the equipment and in the upgrades > and there was a photo of it on the website. > > The boat sold for $750 less than asking price to a pair of friends looking > for a Niagara 26 who travelled quite far and picked it over two in the > Montreal area. They picked this boat because of the upgrades and the sails > and the fact that it was documented online for easy reference. There was > even a copy of a survey from six years previous to the sale available to view > on the web site. > > I will also consider doing future sales of my boats on my own. > > Mike > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bill Bina > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 11:44 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Boat for Sale-Where to Advertise? > > Points East magazine is similar to Windcheck, and is distributed free in many > of the same locations around the LIS. It covers all of New England. I imagine > that it would be seen by a lot of sailors within reasonable marketing > distance, such as Mystic, Ct, All of Narragansett Bay, The eastern forks of > Long Island and many other areas that are close enough to you, but where > Points East is probably more widely distributed than Windcheck. > > https://www.pointseast.com/ > > Bill Bina > > On 4/7/2014 9:37 AM, Bob Dryer wrote: > My C+C 29 On Western Long Island Sound is for sale. I am advertising on > Sailing Texas and Windcheck, as well as local bulletin boards. I am looking > for ideas as to how else I can reach potential buyers. > Bob Dryer > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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