History White Whale Yachtbrokers
White Whale Yachtbrokers was founded in 2003 by Guido van den Berg.
As an avid and demanding water sports enthusiast, he regularly bought and sold ships. The service provided by the brokers he engaged, he found on the one hand too expensive and on the other hand too complacent. Most brokers also want to sell new boats and offer other services. As a result, the focus is often not 100% on brokerage. In addition, it is an industry where cooperation was not common, which meant that brokers remained too small to be truly effective in the global market for ships. So why not do it himself and improve yacht brokerage?
The concept started with sales from our own berth in the Netherlands. White Whale Yachtbrokers was the first in the Netherlands to offer a complete service for this. And this at a drastically lower rate than what water sports enthusiasts were used to with the traditional yacht broker. The emphasis was and still is on very extensive advertising, especially on the internet. With this, White Whale Yachtbrokers was already ahead of the curve in 2003. This with good photos and complete information about the ship, honest advice to both owner and buyer, and transparent service.
Of course, there was also the intention to have multiple offices in the Netherlands. To ensure quality and motivation, it was decided to work with independent brokers. Precisely because the ships are in their own berth, geographical spread is very important to efficiently handle the logistical problem. In 2008, White Whale Enkhuizen, run by Robert de Vries, became the first independently operating office of White Whale Yachtbrokers through a franchise setup. White Whale Sneek, run by Enno Dijkstra, quickly followed. The company has since grown to11 branches throughout Europewith over 350 ships in thesale and an annual turnover of approximately € 30,000,000 in sold ships. Selling from a berth of White Whale Yachtbrokers, for water sports enthusiasts who no longer want to sail themselves and perhaps even want to outsource maintenance, is also possible at several offices. Furthermore, we are also specialized in selling ships from the Mediterranean. We will personally take the photos and videos, no matter where your boat is located! So real success, no promises. The sale of your boat is our first concern. The history of White Whale Yachtbrokers shows that we are a reliable and successful partner for the sale of your boat.
We are your yacht broker
White Whale Yachtbrokers has over 100 years of experience and more than 3,000 successful transactions. We master the craft of making the sale of your ship a success. Unlike any other broker, we advertise your ship on more than 40 major websites worldwide and work together with a large network of brokers throughout Europe. We can only afford this costly and professional approach at our very competitive rate because we combine our strengths through our franchise system and because we also sell many ships. We still sell approximately 80% of the ships to buyers from a country other than where the boat has the berth. With us, you have the greatest chance of success at low costs, no other yacht broker can match that.
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