YACHTCO - Platform Joining the Entire Cruise Charter Industry

Hello everyone, in this post I will introduce a very good project, Yachtco, and for more details, let's just go to the following discussion:

What is Yachtco?

Yachtco is a platform that joins the entire yacht charter industry under one roof.

It is an ecosystem and a marketplace that allows all users to connect, plan sailing holidays efficiently and quickly, save money and participate in a dynamic community.

Where is the pain?
There are several issues in the current yacht charter business that can be addressed for all parties involved. These are the current main problems being faced by the yacht charter business that we´ve come across, having been involved in the yacht charter business for several years:

Problems

Here are the main problems that guests looking to book a boat face today:

Guests do not have any information on who their skipper is until they meet him/her on the boat – even if they have booked the boat six to nine months in advance
They have no means of selecting their own skipper – based on past clients reviews. The selection of their skipper is done by a boat manager or charter agency. This selection system causes a lot of stress on the client.
They do not have access to data from marinas on free berths
They do not have easy online access to all marina and mooring prices
They have no easy way to reserve a spot in the marina online or via a mobile app
They can’t access details on the condition of the boat – all they see are a couple of pictures, which are very often manufacturers’ stock photos. So guests are not even able to realise, if a boat is 10 years old.
They’re not able to post and view reviews on boats, skippers, hostesses and fleet operators. Posts and reviews can only be found on Tripadvisor and on fleet operators websites where they can be easily modified.
They have no way of securing their payments: What if a boat is in a bad condition? What if their skipper is not doing their job well?
They are required to put down a big sum of fiat money as a security deposit for a chartered boat. Security deposits range from 1.000 to 5.000 EUR. The majority of them are in the region of 3.000 EUR.
Boat owners and boat managers are fragmenting the price. The majority of them list the price for the boat and then charge customers many extras for services like final cleaning, outboard motor, water toys like stand up paddle board, snorkelling equipment, fishing equipment, kayaks, … This puts a lot of stress on inexperienced guests while they search for a suitable boat within their set budget.

Solution

We are utilising a hybrid of three business models. One is a platform for all parties involved in the charter business, allowing them to connect, add trust with smart contracts and ease payments with cryptocurrency. The second one is a platform for tokenizing yacht assets that allows users to benefit from profit-sharing from boat bookings. And third one is a yacht charter management programme.

PLATFORM

Yachtco is a platform that joins the entire yacht charter industry under one roof. Our end game is to disrupt the yacht charter industry as we know it – by becoming the biggest global yacht marketplace.

Yachtco is Yachting Marketplace and Charter Ecosystem directly connecting all leisure yachting participants on one platform: Guest, Fleet operators, Charter Agencies, Skippers and Hostesses, Website portals (OTAs), Boat owners, Marinas and mooring providers, Booking systems, Yacht builders, Boat investors and Insurance companies.

The Yachtco Platform is designed as the ultimate solution to the issues plaguing both guests and yacht charter service providers: It is an ecosystem and a marketplace that allows all users to connect, plan sailing holidays efficiently and quickly, save money and participate in a dynamic community.

YACHTCO ECOSYSTEM

The Yachtco platform is created as a revolutionary charter ecosystem that will bring together travellers and charter service providers from all across the globe. It is both an ultimate resource for organising sailing trips – from building an itinerary to renting a boat, from hiring a skipper to booking a marina and a dynamic self-organising community, where guests and yacht charter specialists can do much more than sell or purchase services.

Connecting everyone

Directly connecting all leisure yachting participants on one platform: Guest, Fleet operators, Charter Agencies, Skippers and Hostesses, Website portals (OTAs), Boat owners, Marinas and mooring providers, Booking systems, Yacht builders, Boat investors, and Insurance companies.

Utilizing blockchain

Our platform will provide its users with all the advantages of the blockchain technology: instant and secure payments, transparency of transactions, safe decentralised data storage, a well-developed conflict resolution system, and infinite opportunities for expansion.

For more effective marketing, we will build a dedicated websites for various services that will be provided on Yachtco platform:

Skipperbook.com ;
Boatmanager.com ;
Boatinvest.com ;
Catamaranrental.com ;
Catamarancity.com ;
Guletcity.com ;
Luxuryyachtcity.com ;
Marinaberrthbooking.com ;
Marinaberthbook.com ;
Skipperbook.com ;
Skippercity.com ;
Top100yachts.com ;
Yachtco.app ;
Yachtco.net ;
Yachtcoboats.com ;
Yachtlettings.com ;

All partners will have the same ability to present fleets with real-time boat and crew booking availability or other services provided by Yachtco and partners on their own websites – via API and XML data sharing.

Benefits for Yachtco token holders

Yachtco token is the central element of Yachtco system, integrating all components of the ecosystem and platform. All tokens will be issued in the course of token crowdfunding, with no possibility of additional emission.

The project token is UTILITY TOKEN, used for internal functioning of the platform, giving access to defined services, depending on number of tokens held by the user.

Token owners get advantages at each stage of project implementation as per number of held tokens. Some Yachtco services are open for token owners on exclusivity conditions, and the operating fees will be charged depending on number of owned tokens. For the rest of the clients, having no tokens, Yachtco will render services on standard conditions and rates. Depending on the number of tokens owned in the project ecosystem, each owner will be assigned on of the five statuses: Standard, Silver, Gold, Platinum or VIP. Requirements to ownership volumes will change dynamically.

YACHTCO TOKEN PRE-SALE

Token Economics

Token name: Yachtco
Ticker: Yachtco
Type: Utility token
Blockchain: Waves platform
Total supply: 1.000.000.000
Available in token crowdsale: 700.000.000
SoftCap: No Softcap
HardCap: Presale: €2M, Series A: €20M
Pre-sale price: 0.10 EUR
Series A price: 0.20 EUR
Accepted currencies: Crypto (ETH, BTC, WAVES, ETC, BCH, ZRX, BNT, BNB, LTC and ZEC) and fiat (EUR, USD, YPJ, CAD and GBP)

Crowdsale prices

Yachtco Token Distribution

70% crowd sale – ITO (all stages)
20% start up team
5% affiliate bonus program
2% advisors
2% bounty program
1% airdrop

Use of Funds

50% marketing, promotion and new clients enquiries
20% product development
5% legal
5% business operations
10% business development
10% other activities

Roadmap

2007

June: Some of Yachtco team members start sailing in Croatia with family and friends

2014

August: An idea for a charter agency

October: Blackbird Group Ltd was founded (sister company), Signed first contracts with partners, 1000+ boats available worldwide

November: SkipperCity.com was launched

December: First customers signed a contract with us

2015

April: First customers went sailing with us

September: Visited International Charter Expo, Signed more contracts with partners, 2000+ boats available worldwide

October: Launched GuletCity.com and LuxuryYachtCity.com

2016

July:

Idea for Yachtco
Start of research and concept development

August: Blackbird One Ltd. founded in Gibraltar
September: Visited International Charter Expo, Signed more contracts with partners,
3000+ boats available worldwide

2017

January: Signed more contracts with partners, 7000+ boats available worldwide

February: Websites redesign

September: Visited International Charter Expo

2018

January: Team Creation, Idea and concept finalisation

July: Brand design

October: