Frequently asked questions.

Create an account and place a refundable deposit hold on a card — $1,000 on most boats. That's it. The hold isn't charged; it's released when the event closes if you don't win, and applied to your purchase if you do.

So that every offer on the board is from someone who can buy. It's what makes offers binding, and it's why you never lose a boat to someone who was never going to close.

Yes. Inspections and water tests are scheduled through the dealer before the window opens. The inspection report, engine hours, and service history are on every listing.

The dealer sets a minimum and a window — usually ten days. Qualified buyers place offers; the leading offer and offer count update live. You can raise any time before the close. Offers in the final ten minutes extend the window by ten minutes.

Yes — “subject to survey,” “subject to sea trial,” and the like. The dealer sees your conditions before accepting, and accepting means accepting them.

Some dealers set one. A qualified buyer can take the boat at that price and end the event immediately. Deposit and premium rules are the same.

On dealer-owned boats, a buyer premium of 3%, capped at $2,500, added at closing. On consignment boats, nothing — the seller pays a commission. Which applies is stated on every listing. There are no other fees.

The deposit is a card hold. The balance is paid by bank transfer through Accepta within 5 business days of acceptance — not by card, which keeps fees off a large purchase.

You get a confirmation with the numbers and next steps. Once the balance lands, the dealer handles title and paperwork and you take delivery at the dealership or arrange transport.

An accepted offer is binding. If you walk away, the deposit is forfeited to the dealer. That's the point of it.

Use the form on the Sellers page: hull ID, photos, year, make, model, engines, and hours. The dealer's team reviews it and gets back to you within two business days.

None. Not every boat is a fit for an offer event, and you're free to walk away at any point before signing the single-event agreement.

7% of the accepted price, versus the traditional 10% brokerage commission. No listing fee, no marketing fee, nothing if it doesn't sell. Buyers pay no premium on consignment boats.

You set it, with the dealer's evaluation and recent comparable sales in hand. No sale happens below it.

Inspect and water-test the boat, produce the photo and video set, write and publish the listing, answer buyer questions, run the event, handle closing, title, and delivery.

One event. If the minimum isn't met, you owe nothing and you're free — to run another event, accept the high offer within 48 hours, or move on.

Within 14 days of closing, by bank transfer.

Yes — the same live board buyers see, plus any conditions attached to each offer.

An offer-event engine you embed on your own website under your own brand, with every listing also appearing on accepta.boats. Your inventory, your buyers, our mechanism.

Nothing to use. Accepta is paid by the buyer premium on your own inventory and a 2% share of the 7% consignment commission.

Paste a link from your dealer website and Accepta imports the boat, photos, specs, and description; or connect an inventory sync and new boats appear as drafts automatically. Nothing goes live until you set a minimum and a window.

On the floor at Monahan's Marine, Weymouth MA, since 1961 — as a working dealership, not a demo.