Introducing YACHTNEEDS marketplace

Think Amazon, but for yachting. YACHTNEEDS marketplace is finally here!  An industry first, custom built platform that brings together 100's of local, superyacht specific sellers on one easy to use and secure website.

Revolutionising and simplifying how the superyacht community shop, yacht crew can search through 1000's of superyacht specific products on the YACHTNEEDS marketplace by part code, EAN code, barcode, manufacturer, brand, or select from one of hundreds of categories related to each department onboard. One or many products from multiple sellers can be added to the cart, crew can request and manage quotations sending their request to multiple sellers at the same time. Payment is hassle free via the secure online system, and there are four options for delivery. ‘Pick-up’ from the seller’s location, ‘pick-up’ from a local UPS access point, delivery to the port office, or delivery to the vessel, no matter the location.

YACHTNEEDS marketplace is built to make sure that what crew order is exactly what they receive, while benefiting from buying locally in the areas/ports they are in and supporting local economies. Trusted superyacht suppliers get all the benefits of a robust online store, without any of the cost involved with building and maintaining their own e-commerce solution. They can upload their entire product catalogues and sell to a global audience 24 hours a day, 7 days a week while benefiting from free marketing exposure both on the marketplace and via YACHTNEEDS social media and digital marketing avenues.

The experienced team of 17 people behind YACHTNEEDS marketplace includes ex crew, customer service experts, I.T specialists, designers, leading digital marketplace experts and active investors. This dynamic team give YACHTNEEDS marketplace the knowledge and experience to grow and evolve into the ‘go to’ resource for every department onboard and any size yacht.

Tony Stout, ex first mate and founder explains. “After a ton of research, crew interviews, focus groups and crew and seller testing, we are finally ready to launch the YACHTNEEDS marketplace. This is by no means a small project. We have been discussing and planning for many years now and we started to transform the idea

into reality, one year and a half ago. We know this is a long-term journey and will be continually evolving the marketplace so that it is suited to every walk of life onboard yachts of all sizes.

Our focus is on giving local sellers a global stage to showcase their products and making sure that what crew order is what they receive, at the right price and delivered in the right location. We want to make the process of ordering products is simple, cost and time efficient. It has been a long time in the making but we are finally ready and extremely excited to present a platform which is in our opinion, totally outside the toy box of yachting and completely innovative.”

YACHTNEEDS marketplace makes buying and selling superyacht products easy.