Your guide to buying and selling used boats since 1983. For over 40 years Theboatrader has been serving the new and used boat markets with its "For Sale By Owner", commission free sales strategy. In order to successfully carry out this mission, it became necessary Theboatrader would have to build a large network of boat sellers and boat buyers.

In the eighties and until 1991, the Internet was non-existent. Theboatrader carried out its mission largely by attending boat shows with reams and reams of paper with boat listings. The success of this method is what allowed us to continue on with the business and continue to tailor it to people looking to sell a boat and buy a boat.

The nineties brought about more Internet popularity as connections and computers evolved and the benefits to us were clear. The boat broker lost their main advantage, their exclusive network of buyers and sellers. Now the internet offered an easy to browse marketplace, where no commission based middle man was required. This made the "Boats For Sale By Owner" that much more of viable strategy for everyone. By establishing a web presence we can offer boat buyers and sellers an efficient channel to post and view boats for sale.

Seems unbelievable in current times but, back in the early '90's, bandwidth and technology became more readily available, we were able to offer more and more features. Currently, we allow boat sellers to post large, detailed images and list an infinite amount of textual detail about their boat. We have now recently redesigned our website to display perfectly mobile devices! We've been here since the beginning so, as technology changes, we must evolve too!

We now attract hundreds of thousands of people through our custom data feeds, websites, partnered boating sites, facebook marketplace and BoatBlast promotions.

We are a family owned and operated business. Our website is proudly hand written by one person without the use of bulky content management systems. All the code is 100% original and written from "scratch" using just notepad! The graphics, framework and styles are all proudly created by that same person. This gives our website a unique look and quality that can be found no-where else. This allows us to highlight and promote your boat like no other website or company. We are truly a family business!

If you are looking to buy a boat, sell a boat, or just get an idea of what your boat is worth, our 40 plus years of tried and true experience is here to help. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you are looking to sell a boat, or if you're looking to buy a boat, visit the website often. Be sure to sign on to our mailing list (BoatBlast) as we are always expanding our website with boat and marine related features, technology, services, and products.

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