Instant replies, 24/7
Every enquiry from your website and listing portals gets a helpful, personal reply within seconds, evenings and weekends included.
For yacht brokerages & boat dealers
Never lose a serious buyer again.
SailShift answers every boat enquiry in seconds, day or night, works out who's genuinely ready to buy, and books them straight into your calendar. Your brokers spend their time on buyers, not tyre kickers.
Boats from £40k / $50k to £600k / $800k · UK, Ireland & US
Via YachtWorldHi, is the 2018 Oceanis 41.1 still available? Could I see her this month?
SailShift · replied in 38 secHi James, yes, she's still available. Happy to arrange a viewing. Are you hoping to buy in the next few months, and would you be financing or part-exchanging?
Within 3 months. Cash, and I'm selling my current boat privately.
● Serious buyer · cash · buying < 3 months
SailShiftPerfect. Mark can show you round on Tuesday at 10:00 or Wednesday at 14:00. Which suits?
Tuesday works.
✓ Viewing booked · Tue 10:00 · in Mark's calendar
Website formsYachtWorldBoatTraderBoats.comRightboatYATCOBoat showsPhoneEmailSocial
The problem
The enquiry you didn't answer went to the broker who did.
Most brokerages get more enquiries than they can handle properly: from their website, YachtWorld, Rightboat, BoatTrader, the phone. Some get answered in minutes, some the next day, some never. One in ten is a buyer ready to move. The other nine take up the same time.
When a serious buyer waits, they keep looking. A few hours is often enough to lose them.
7×
Firms that responded within an hour were nearly seven times as likely to qualify the lead as those that waited longer.Harvard Business Review, "The Short Life of Online Sales Leads", 2011
24/7
Buyers browse boats in the evening and at weekends, exactly when the office is closed. Every one of those enquiries gets an answer.
1 in 10
enquiries is a buyer ready to move. We find that one, so your brokers call them first.
What we do
Every enquiry answered. Every serious buyer spotted. Every viewing booked.
Serious buyers first
We ask the questions you would ask (budget, timing, finance, part-exchange) and flag the buyers who are ready, so your team calls them first.
Straight into your calendar
Qualified buyers book a call, viewing or sea trial directly with the right broker.
Nobody forgotten
Buyers who aren't ready yet get followed up at the right time, so warm leads don't go cold.
Proof, not promises
A simple monthly report: enquiries received, reply times, serious buyers, viewings booked.
Built for brokerage
Co-brokerage listings, part-exchange, survey, finance, boat shows. It speaks your buyers' language, not a generic sales script.
How it works
From enquiry to viewing, without lifting a finger.
- 0 sec
Enquiry lands
From your website, a portal, an email or a boat show list.
- Seconds
Personal reply
About the exact boat they asked about, in your brokerage's voice.
- Minutes
Buyer qualified
Budget, timing, finance and part-exchange, asked naturally.
- Booked
In the diary
Viewing or call booked with your broker, with the full conversation attached.
Getting started takes three steps
1. We look at your enquiries. A short call to see where your enquiries come from and how they're handled today.
2. We set it up for you. It works with your existing email, website forms and listing portals. No new software for your team to learn.
3. You sell boats. Your brokers get qualified buyers and booked viewings. We handle the rest and report back every month.
The difference
Today vs. with SailShift
TodayWith SailShift
Reply timeMinutes to daysSeconds
Evenings & weekendsWait until MondayAnswered
Who gets called firstWhoever's top of the inboxThe buyers who are ready
Not-ready buyersForgottenFollowed up at the right time
Knowing what worksGut feelMonthly report
Who it's for
Independent brokerages with ten or more boats for sale.
Independent yacht brokerages and boat dealers in the UK, Ireland and the US with ten or more boats for sale, where the owner or senior broker is still the one chasing every enquiry.
- 10+ boats listed, £40k / $50k to £600k / $800k
- Enquiries from your site and the big portals
- A team that would rather sell than chase
Talk to us
15 minutes. No hard sell.
Tell us how enquiries reach you today. We'll show you where serious buyers slip through, and whether SailShift is a fit.
Trevor Dinan, Founder
hello@sailshift.ai