Stantia Wins British Marine Trades Association Product or Service Award

Stantia.com, the purpose-built sales platform for the marine industry developed by TheYachtMarket.com, has won the prestigious British Marine Trades Association Product or Service Award.

The award recognises Stantia’s development as a dedicated platform designed specifically around the needs of boat brokers, dealers and manufacturers, bringing together the tools marine sales businesses need to manage their listings, customers and sales activity in one place.

For the team behind Stantia, the recognition is particularly significant because the platform has been shaped by more than two decades of experience working directly with the international marine industry through TheYachtMarket.com.

Built specifically for the marine industry

Stantia was created in response to the everyday challenges faced by marine businesses.

Rather than adapting a generic sales system to the marine sector, the objective from the outset was to build a platform around the way boat brokers, dealers and manufacturers actually work.

Stantia brings together boat and inventory management, customer and prospect management, sales opportunities, tasks and reminders, marketing tools, listing distribution and day-to-day sales activity within a single web-based platform.

Its development has been driven by a simple principle: technology should make selling boats easier, not add unnecessary complexity.

That philosophy has continued as Stantia has evolved, with new functionality and improvements being shaped by feedback from the brokers and dealers using the platform.

Recognition from the industry it was built to serve

Winning the British Marine Trades Association Product or Service Award represents an important milestone for Stantia.

To have a product developed specifically for the marine sector recognised by the industry it was created to support makes the achievement particularly meaningful.

Richard W. Roberts, CEO and Co-Founder of TheYachtMarket.com, said:

“This award means a great deal to all of us. Stantia grew from more than 20 years of working alongside boat brokers, dealers and manufacturers and listening to the challenges they face every day.
“We wanted to take that experience and create something genuinely useful for our industry – bringing listings, customers, prospects and sales activity together in one place.
“To now be able to describe Stantia as ‘The Award-Winning Sales Platform Built for the Marine Industry’ is something the whole team can be incredibly proud of.”

A team achievement

The award also recognises the considerable work that has gone on behind the scenes to develop and continually improve Stantia.

From development and design through to customer support, sales and feedback from users, Stantia has been a collaborative effort involving the wider Stantia and TheYachtMarket.com teams.

Richard added:

“This really is a team achievement. I’m enormously grateful to everyone at Stantia and TheYachtMarket.com whose ideas, hard work and determination have helped turn an ambition into the platform we have today.
“I’d also like to thank our customers. Their feedback, suggestions and willingness to work with us have been invaluable in helping us continually improve the product.”

The next chapter for Stantia

While winning the award is an important moment, development of the platform continues.

Stantia’s ambition is to help marine businesses spend less time managing systems and administration and more time building customer relationships, developing opportunities and selling boats.

With further developments already planned, the award represents not an end point, but another step in Stantia’s growth.

Stantia.com – The Award-Winning Sales Platform Built for the Marine Industry.

The Stantia and TheYachtMarket.com teams would like to thank British Marine and the British Marine Trades Association for the recognition, and everyone who has supported Stantia on its journey so far.