Boatsetter in 9 slides
A peer-to-peer boat rental marketplace with insurance built in - owners advertise average earnings around 20,000 dollars a year.
- Boat rental marketplace
- Rental platforms
- Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
What you do on Boatsetter
How the money is made: renting out assets
- List your space or item
- Guests book it
- Hand it over
- Paid after it starts
A peer-to-peer boat rental marketplace with insurance built in - owners advertise average earnings around 20,000 dollars a year.
Founded 2012 · next to 24 other rental platforms
Work and topics
Good for
What Boatsetter takes
13.5-20% listing fee
From the published fees, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges. Work out your own amount →
How the money reaches you
1 way to withdraw
- Bank transfer
What people actually earn
Boatsetter says owners make an average of $20,000 a year or more by renting out their boat (company claim).
Source: boatsetter.com ↗Boatsetter features an owner who reports $150,000 in earnings from renting out a boat on the platform (company-featured example).
Source: boatsetter.com ↗How it scores
Strong on proof of earnings. Weaker on getting paid.
- Fees3.5
- Getting paid2.3
- Access2.5
- Track record3.5
- Proof of earnings5.0
- Verified earnings
- Clear fees
- 10 years running
Boatsetter against its peers
Guess: next to the 18 other rental platforms that charge a percentage, is Boatsetter…
The cut of all 19 rental platforms that charge a percentage
| Platform | Fee |
|---|---|
| Neighbor | 4.9% |
| Vrbo | 5% |
| JustPark | 6% |
| Camplify | 11.5% |
| GetMyBoat | 13% |
| SnappCar | 13.5% |
| Booking.com | 15% |
| Hipcamp | 15% |
| Airbnb | 15.5% |
| Boatsetter | 16.8% |
| Peerspace | 20% |
| GoMore Austria | 20% |
| BabyQuip | 22% |
| Outdoorsy | 22.5% |
| Spacer | 23% |
| Sniffspot | 24% |
| Click&Boat | 24.5% |
| RVshare | 25% |
| Swimply | 25% |
- At 13.5%–20%, Boatsetter sits near the middle — the median fee across the 19 rental platforms we track that charge a percentage is 16.8%.
How much we know
We have 7 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.
What we have
- What kind of platform it is
- Year founded
- Headquarters
- Fees
- Withdrawal methods
- Countries it accepts
- Real earnings figures
Still missing
- Plain-English overview
- Minimum payout
- How fast you get paid
- Payment protection
- Join requirements
- Review ratings
- Wikipedia or reference page
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts