Boats.com
American online advertising website
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boats.com is an online advertising website based in Miami, Florida, United States.[1] It also has operations in Fareham and Padua.[2] The company has websites in nine markets and eight languages, listing over 350,000 boats in approximately 152 countries.
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| Headquarters | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Permira |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 1999 |
| Current status | Online |
History
- boats.com, Inc was founded by Paul R. Rabe and Stu Johnstone, in 1999, a private, venture capital funded business located at Pier 38, The Embarcadero, in San Francisco. In August, a venture capital funding round generated a $21 million second-round investment.[3]
- January 2000, boats.com, Inc. agreed from the Cobalt Group (NASDAQ: CBLT) to acquire YachtWorld.com, a popular online yachting marketplace, the first Internet content deal within the boating industry.[4]
- May 2004, British Marine Federation (BMF) support for boats.com European Marine Industry Web Awards[5]
- In September 2004, Boats.com, Inc was purchased by Trader Publishing Company,[6] a joint business venture of Landmark Media Enterprises and Cox Enterprises.
- In September 2006, Landmark Media Enterprises and Cox Enterprises split the assets of Trader Publishing and YachtWorld became part of Dominion Marine Media, a subsidiary of Dominion Enterprises, LLC which was in turn a subsidiary of Landmark Media Enterprises.
- In January 2013, the Royal Yachting Association launched the RYA Classifieds service which is powered by boats.com.[7]
- February 17, 2017, parent of boats.com, Dominion Marine Media (DMM), which was acquired by Apax Partners in 2016,[8] was rebranded to Boats Group, LLC.[9]
- February 17, 2017, Sam Fulton is CEO at Boats Group, which includes the leading marine brands of YachtWorld, Boat Trader, boats.com, Cosas de Barcos and YachtCloser.[10]
- June 1, 2017, boats.com and Boats Group moved headquarters to Miami.[1]
- April 2023, Patrick Kolek is CEO at Boats Group.
