THE WAYPOINT FOR MARINA OWNERS AND OPERATORS

The Waypoint is primarily an online berth booking system for boat owners but also has an availability management platform for mooring providers to make the online booking work. The waypoint provides a user friendly and cost effective mooring management software for marinas, boatyards, harbourmasters, sailing clubs and other mooring providers including private individuals who have the right of sub-let their mooring. Simple to use Mooring Management Software The Waypoint includes a whole host of software tools that allow you to manage your Moorings more efficiently, allow your boat owners to offset the cost of cruising - and use their boats more whilst allowing you to make a better return on your mooring resources. With The Waypoint marina management system you can:

• Re-let temporarily vacated berths simply and efficiently

• Update the availability status of a

berth in an instant

• Create an automatic advertisement once a berth is made available

• Use the dashboard calendar

overview and simply ‘look and book’ to update the entire database in an instant

• No longer worry about software and

hardware installation and maintenance – all you need is a connection to the Internet

• Receive free automatic updates

offering a continuously improving system

• Know exactly who and when

visitors are coming, and when your annual tenants are away

• Access complete financial

information such as current revenue and historical data of previous visits

• Enjoy outstanding customer service

with British-based technical and customer

• support via the phone and email

• Use via any Smartphone laptop or tablet device without the need to install anything

• Use the informative online training

videos and documents

• Communicate more effectively with your tenants

• Be greener by having less

paperwork and less waste Managing occupancy effectively When are your annual berth holders sailing? When will their berths become available? The Waypoint allows your berth owners to: • Go online and let you know when their berth is vacant • Use a Smartphone app to change their berth status as their plans change • Update their vacancy status via the dashboard • Update their status automatically when booking a berth elsewhere And via the system it’s easy to offer your berth owner a financial incentive that can simply be added to their account. Providing marketing expertise The Waypoint is more than software. As a member you’ll also benefit from having us as your marketing partner.

As part of a campaign to promote your available berths we’ll: • Run extensive advertising campaigns to drive customers to your listings • Network online and offline via affiliate partnerships • Promote your marina at national and international boatshows • Feature your marina in our newsletter • Help your marina appear at the top of search engine rankings • Feature your marina in our marine directory and passage planning tool • Give you access to a professional marketing and public relations team • Help you have a clean, simple and professional online presence • Promote your marina in the national press and marina press, in publications such as AllatSea and Towpath Talk • Provide all marketing materials such as brochures and stickers • Promote your marina on social media sites such a Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Flickr Taking online payments couldn’t be easier – or safer Safe, secure and easy to use, The Waypoint is protected to the same standard as online banking using security from VeriSign. Financial and customer data is backed up using Amazon.Com servers and all data is private; even we cannot access your customers’ profiles. Once a boat owner or boat user has made a booking and payment via The Waypoint you’ll receive all their contact details, payment information and boat specifics via email.

The booking confirmation email from you will include useful information about the berth including directions, photos, gate codes and navigation hazards. You can take payments for berths round the clock, as boat owners and boat users can book berths online up to 12 months advance as well as last minute. Marina Management Software The Waypoint is at the cutting edge of marina management software (MMS) It’s advanced, online ‘cloud’ based software is suitable for marinas, boatyards and harbour masters. The best thing is it’s FREE for this year; we only charge commission on the visitors we bring to you via online booking. It’s a lightweight, user-friendly, online marina management software solution which runs right from your Internet browser. It was designed, built and tested alongside marina operators from the outset, meaning it’s easy to use and not too complex. Our marina software is graphical, intuitive and easy to use, simplifying and automating everyday tasks and updating occupancy status in real time for management at a glance, meaning you can free up your staff to focus on great customer service. Why not sign up today to start manage your berths more effectively immediately and improving your occupancy and revenues. Simplicity

• A dashboard calendar-based overview with simple ‘look and book’ slide buttons to update the entire global database of berth availability in an instant.

• Completely configurable; manage

berth holders, visitors, dry stacks - it’s completely up to you.

• Web based software means that

you can manage from anywhere - from a

• PC, Laptop or iPad - and see what’s going on from across the world if needs be.

• Helpful email reminders when

Visitors are due and Berth Holders leaving you vacant.

• One time, easy to set up

configuration of your marina.

• Online training videos and documents mean no more lost days to seminars and easy take up for part-time summer temps.

• No expensive software or

hardware to install or maintain, no IT staff and no servers - just a connection to the Internet required.

• Free automatic updates offering a

continuously improving platform Knowledge

• The Waypoint’s powerful berth management software provides marina managers with up to date information about their customers.

• Trusted communications sent via

The Waypoint means that boat owners always feel informed.

• Instant who’s coming and who’s

going updates via the intuitive overview with complete financial history.

• Access to customers’ current

confirmed contact details, boat profiles and insurance status.

• The software can be easily

integrated with EPOS and pedestals due to the nature of our platform; this open integration also applies to accounting packages such as SAP and Sage.

Service

• Cost effective and time efficient software with powerful additional benefits of networks; you only pay if we bring you business.

• Passionate and knowledgeable

partners who love the marine industry and strive to assist you in managing more effectually.

• Support answered by technical

experts from the UK, Southampton to be precise, and offered 7 days a week.

• Feedback platform to elicit the

best possible updates and improvements, developed in tandem with Partners.

• Backed up on our state of the art

servers from Amazon.com meaning no downtime or access issues.