For buyers
How to Buy a Powersports Vehicle or Boat Completely Online
You can buy a motorcycle, ATV, side-by-side or boat from a dealership without setting foot in the store. The whole purchase, from financing to signing, can happen on the dealer’s own website.
Here is how a fully online purchase works, step by step, at a dealership that sells online with Ekho.
How a fully online purchase works
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Pick the unit on the dealer’s website
Browse the dealership’s own inventory and configure the unit. On an Ekho-powered dealership site, your taxes and fees are calculated for your state and county, so there are no surprises at checkout.
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Get pre-qualified and compare financing
Pre-qualify online, and your pre-qualification carries into checkout so you are not asked twice. When you apply, each lender’s offer appears as its own card with the price and payment broken down, so you can compare before you accept.
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Choose your coverage
Optional protection such as an extended service plan or GAP coverage is offered inside the checkout, before you sign, and you can decline it at no cost.
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Sign everything online
Verify your identity and sign the purchase documents online, at your own pace. You never have to visit the finance office.
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Title and registration are handled or guided
For most motorcycles and many off-road vehicles, the title transfer, registration and tax remittance are filed for your state, your temporary tag ships with tracking by email, and your permanent plates or registration arrive by mail. For boats, and for some vehicles and states, you complete the title and registration yourself with Ekho guiding you through it.
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Pick it up or have it delivered
Depending on the dealership, collect the unit in person or have it delivered, with the delivery cost shown at checkout and tracking updates along the way.
Go deeper
How buying online works for any vehicle, and how out-of-state purchases are handled.
Questions dealers ask
Yes, from a dealership whose website runs on Ekho. You can pre-qualify, compare financing offers, add coverage, sign, and arrange pickup or delivery online, and the title and registration are filed for you or guided step by step. You are still buying from that dealership, and its team is reachable throughout.
Pre-qualify on the dealership’s website, then submit the full application in checkout. It goes to multiple lenders, and each offer appears as its own card with the price and payment broken down so you can compare them before accepting.
On an Ekho-powered dealership, for most motorcycles and many off-road vehicles, the title transfer, registration filing and tax remittance are handled for you, you get a temporary tag with email tracking, and permanent plates or registration arrive by mail. For boats, and for some vehicles and states, you complete the title and registration yourself with Ekho guiding you through it.
Yes. Taxes and fees are calculated for where you live, and the title and registration follow your state, not the dealer’s. Delivery or pickup is arranged at checkout.
No, unless you want to. You can finish the whole purchase online, or start online and finish in person.