A listing as good as the boat you’re selling.
A Liveaboard HQ listing is a different kind of boat listing: deeply detailed, designed around boats people live aboard, and built step by step with a flow that does the organizing for you. Here is what goes into one, and what to expect when you make yours.
What a listing here is
A listing on Liveaboard HQ is a permanent page with its own web address. It holds the full specification of your boat, system by system: the engines and their hours, the battery banks and the solar, the tanks, every cabin and every head. It holds real photos of every space aboard, and the story of how she has been kept. It stays searchable and shareable for as long as the boat is for sale, and it looks credible wherever you send it. The listings it replaces are the ones that disappear: the post buried by morning, the classified nobody can search, the thin spec sheet that never shows how a boat actually lives.
Why the bar is set high
Every listing meets the same standard: complete specs and real photos of every required space. That standard is the point. A buyer who can see the engine room, read the true system capacities, and follow the refit history arrives ready to talk, not to ask the twenty questions a thin listing leaves open. The bar is modeled on the best listings in the business, the kind a top brokerage produces. Meeting it is what turns curious scrollers into serious buyers, and it keeps working for you the whole time your boat is listed.
Built around boats like yours
The listing flow is designed specifically for liveaboard boats, and it does the organizing for you. Tell it what you are selling and it lays out exactly the sections your boat needs: a sailing catamaran gets a different flow than a trawler. You never face a blank page. The flow asks, you answer, one section at a time. It tracks each engine, each head, and each battery bank on its own, checks your photos for focus and light as you upload, and shows you exactly what is left before you publish.
What it costs
Listing your boat is free, and there is no commission. You keep 100% of your sale price. You are selling direct to the buyer, so the terms of the deal are yours. Liveaboard HQ is a marketplace, not a party to your sale.
How publishing works
Build your listing
You add your boat's specs, photos, and asking price, section by section. The flow saves as you go, so nothing is lost if you step away. Real photos of every required space and accurate specs are what make the listing work.
Ownership review
Before your boat goes live, you show proof that you own it, such as a Certificate of Documentation, a title, or a registration. Our team reviews it privately, and the file is never shown to buyers. That step is what keeps the marketplace trustworthy: every buyer knows the boats here are real and the sellers are who they say they are.
Your listing goes live
Once review is complete, your boat appears on the marketplace and you get a page you can share anywhere. From the first message to closing, buyers reach you directly.
Want the detail on that middle step? How ownership review works.
What to expect
Plan on one to two hours to build a listing well. That is by design. Good photos of every space and accurate specs take time, and that depth is exactly what sets your boat apart. You do not have to do it all at once. The flow autosaves at every step, so you can start on the boat, leave, and come back anytime to pick up right where you left off.
When it is time to sharpen the photos, the resources hub has a shoot-day runbook you can follow with your phone.
First time here? Start with the resources for sellers. Questions? Email ryan@liveaboardhq.com.