Terms for dealers | Water&Wind

1. Who we are and who this applies to

Water&Wind is an independent comparison site for new boats and engines, run by Water & Wind B.V.
These terms apply to businesses that sign up as a boat or engine dealer. A dealer acts as a business, not as a consumer.
One dealer is one location: an address where customers can buy or view a boat or engine (showroom or sales office). A workshop, storage or marina at another address belongs to that location. With several locations, you sign up each location separately.

You sign up with the sign-up form. What you enter is not shown on the site straight away.
We check your company details and, per brand, whether you are an official dealer, for example through the builder’s or manufacturer’s dealer list or your dealer agreement. Within 5 working days you hear by email whether your listing is live.
Memberships and accreditations (such as HISWA, NJI or VCA) are only shown after we have checked them.
We may refuse a sign-up or a brand if the dealership cannot be shown.

As a Checked dealer you are listed free of charge with the boats and engines you sell, with your own dealer page showing brands, services and location details. Visitors can request a sea trial or quote from you through Water&Wind.
Dealers are listed by distance to the visitor or alphabetically. A higher position cannot be bought, not even with Premium.
Water&Wind is independent and does not guarantee numbers of visitors, requests or sales.
We may show your company name, location details and the brands and accreditations we have checked on the site.
The listing as a Checked dealer is free and without obligation. It does not give you any rights: not to a listing, not to a particular form or position, and not to continuation. We may change, limit or end the free listing and how it looks at any time, even if you have been listed for a long time. You only have rights with Premium, for the term you paid for.

Anyone who requests a sea trial or quote through Water&Wind has already compared: the model, the specification and the builder’s from-price. That visitor should be able to count on what they saw with us coming back with you. That is what these commitments are about.
Your details are correct and you keep them up to date: your brands and models, whether sea trials are possible and which models are in your showroom. If something changes, update it or let us know.
You are honest about the price. If your quote differs from the from-price on Water&Wind, for example because of options, engine choice, transport, delivery costs or a new price list, you say so and why. Costs the customer has to pay in any case are in the quote, not added afterwards.
You do not use a request as bait: you quote the requested model, or say honestly that it is not available (in time). Suggesting an alternative is fine, but next to the requested model, not instead of it.
If the price or specification on Water&Wind is no longer correct, let us know. We update it after checking with the builder or manufacturer.
Let us know that you responded, so we can confirm the handover. You do this with one click on the button in the request email. Your response time is also tracked on the site.
You only use visitors’ contact details for the request they gave them for. You are responsible for those details under data protection law (GDPR).

Every spring we ask all dealers to confirm their listing: around 24 February by email, with reminders around 10 and 18 March. You confirm with one click, or change what is no longer correct.
If you do not respond before 25 March, we remove your showroom models from the site. Your listing, brands and sea trials stay.
We check changes before they go online; a new brand is checked with the builder or manufacturer first.

Premium is an extended dealer page: an overview of all your models, filterable by brand, boat type, sea trial and showroom; your checked accreditations in colour; and the Premium dealer label. Premium does not give a higher position in lists.
Premium costs €295 a year excluding VAT and runs for 12 months. You pay in advance, once, with iDEAL or credit card through our payment partner Stripe. The invoice is emailed right after payment.
For a new sign-up, Premium starts on the day your page goes live after our check. If we reject your sign-up, we refund the full amount.
Nothing is ever charged automatically. 30 days before the end date we send a renewal email with a payment link, and a reminder 7 days before. If you renew, the new term follows on from the old one.
If you do not renew, Premium stays visible for another 14 days. After that you remain listed free of charge as a Checked dealer: your page, brands and requests stay, the Premium features end. You can turn Premium back on at any time.
No need to cancel: if you do not renew, Premium simply ends at the end of the term. A running term is not refunded pro rata, unless we cannot provide Premium.

You can always have your listing removed; let us know by email.
We may pause or end a free listing at any time, without giving a reason and without compensation (see 3).
If we notice that customers are repeatedly given incorrect information or are not followed up properly, we first get in touch with you. If it keeps happening after that, we reserve the right to suspend your listing temporarily or for a longer period. If we suspend your listing for that reason, you will not get a refund for a running Premium term.
If you are no longer an official dealer for a brand, we remove that brand from your page.

Water&Wind puts visitors and dealers in touch. Arrangements about a sea trial, quote, sale or delivery are made directly between you and the customer; we are not a party to them.
Our liability is limited to the amount you paid us in the preceding 12 months. For a free listing we are not liable, including for lost revenue if your listing is (temporarily) not visible.

We may change these terms or the Premium price. We let you know by email at least 30 days in advance.
A running Premium term keeps the price you paid; a new price only applies at the next renewal.

These terms are governed by Dutch law. If we cannot resolve a dispute together, the competent court in the Netherlands decides.

How we handle data is explained in our privacy statement.

Water & Wind B.V. · Meander 27, 1822EA Alkmaar · KvK (Chamber of Commerce) 75758458 · notice@waterwind.net