Automated booking agent for fishing charters
Answers every message in your voice, books the trip, and takes the deposit.
Connects to WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, SMS, email and more. Plus a personalised website that gets you found on Google.
1% a booking, not 30%.
María G.
¿Tenéis salida el sábado para 4?
Calendar
July · 15/31 booked
Existing bookings import on day one. Shipmate fills the gaps.
Deposits · to your bank
Connect your WhatsApp, Instagram and email.
Shipmate reads your old messages and learns your boats, your prices, and the way you talk.
Learning your operation
Check it got everything right.
Shipmate fills in what it found. You fix anything wrong and add what's missing.
Check what Shipmate found
Your website goes live.
Customers find you on Google and message you. Every message lands in one place.
Salt Addiction Fishing
Charter fishing in Fremantle, WA · ★ 4.9 (47 trips) · 2 boats
Salt Addiction
from A$1,800
Salt Obsession
from A$1,400
Turn on autopilot when you're ready.
At first you read and approve every reply. Once you're happy with them, let Shipmate send them for you.
Per message type. Never auto-sends a type you haven't switched on.
That's it. It runs.
Every message answered. Trips on your calendar. Deposits in your bank.
Inbox · autopilot on
¿Tenéis salida el sábado para 4?
Sí, el sábado está libre. Día completo $1,400 para 4, equipo incluido. ¿Te paso el enlace?
Sent by Shipmate · in your voiceSame crew, first Saturday of the season?
Good to hear from you John. First Saturday's open on Salt Addiction, same ramp. Want me to lock it in?
Sent by Shipmate · in your voiceDo you run offshore trolling trips?
We do. Mack Attack runs full-day offshore trolling. A few dates open this month, want the booking link?
Sent by Shipmate · in your voiceCalendar
July · 18/31 booked
Your existing bookings import on day one. Shipmate fills the gaps.
Deposits
$1,175
More traffic. More bookings.
Your own website. On Google. Included.
Someone searching “fishing charter [your town]” is ready to book. Right now the big booking sites win that search and sell them your trip, then take a cut of it. Shipmate gives you your own website built to show up in that search under your own name, so the customer comes to you and the whole trip is yours.
Salt Addiction Fishing
Charter fishing in Fremantle, WA · ★ 4.9 (47 trips) · 2 boats
Salt Addiction
from A$1,800
Salt Obsession
from A$1,400
- A proper website, not a listing on someone else's site
- Built to show up on Google for your town and your fish
- Your boats, your prices, your photos
- Customers book and pay the deposit right there
- A chat box on your site, messages come straight to you
- It's yours. Your name on it, not ours.
The difference
How Shipmate compares.
The booking sites take up to a third of every trip. Shipmate takes 1%.
| Shipmate | FishingBooker | Boatsetter | FareHarbor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it costs you | $49.99/mo + 1% | 10–30% | 11.5–35% | 6% guest fee |
| Replies to customers for you | Yes, your voice | No | No | Paid add-on |
| Your own website | Yes, included | No | No | Add-on |
| Direct bookings + deposits | Yes, 1% | Limited | No | Yes, 6% |
| Your customer list | Yes, always | After booking | No | Yes |
Run 100 trips a season. A 20% cut costs you $28,000. Shipmate costs about $2,000, subscription included. That's $26,000 back in your pocket.
Everything above is each platform's own published pricing and product pages, checked August 2026. FareHarbor's 6% is their direct-booking fee, added to your guest's price. Card processing is extra on every platform, Shipmate included.
Pricing
One price. No tiers. No surprises.
Free for 30 days, starting the day Shipmate sends its first reply, not the day you sign up. No card needed. If it doesn't win you trips, walk away.
Free for your first 30 days. No card needed. Cancel anytime.
- Answers every customer. In your voice. In their language. WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, text and email.
- Your own website. Built to show up on Google, with booking built in.
- Books the trip and takes the deposit. Paid straight into your bank. 1% a booking.
- One calendar for every boat. However many you run.
Questions
The stuff captains ask before signing up.
- Shipmate is an automated booking agent for fishing charters. It answers your customer messages in your voice, books the trip, and takes the deposit. It works with WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, text and email, and it comes with your own charter website built to show up on Google. $49.99 per boat per month plus 1% of each booking.
Shipmate
Every message answered. Every trip booked. You stay on the water.
No card needed. Free for 30 days from your first reply. $49.99 per boat per month after.