Online Brokerage
Telephone Brokerage
HOW TO TRADE WATER ONLINE
To trade through Waterfind's online system you must be a registered online user. Registration is free and provides access to our various online tools and resources.
Registered Users
Once approved, registered users can:
- Sell water - add a water listing for temporary or permanent transfer
- Buy water - make an offer on a parcel of water
- View detailed volume and water price sales history
- View regional and national water index reports
- Signup to email and SMS water alerts, which notify you when water becomes available for sale that match your specific requirements
- Signup to water industry news email service
- View irrigation region profiles and allocation information
Unregistered Online Visitors
As an unregistered online visitor, you can conduct searches for water available for sale across all regions in which Waterfind operates (via the Trade Water tool on the Waterfind home page).
Register for a free online account
Trading Online
Buyers: How to buy online
- Register for a Waterfind account.
- Search the Waterfind water market for a water parcel that suits your price and volume requirements.
- 'Make an offer' on the desired parcel, by either matching the asking price or stating the price that you are willing to pay per megalitre.
- Once you place your offer, the seller then has 24 hours to either accept, decline or make a counter offer.
- If the seller accepts your offer, the water parcel is yours (subject to Authority approval), and the necessary documentation is then sent to you via email for you to sign and return.
- You then have 3 days to settle payment.
Sellers: How to sell online
- Register for a Waterfind account
- List water for sale on Waterfind's water market, specifying the volume of your parcel and your asking price per megalitre.
- Your water listing becomes available to eligible water buyers, who can then make an offer on your water (our system automatically works out to which regions that water can be sold).
- When an offer is made on your water, you will receive an automated email informing you of the offer (you can also opt into SMS alerts).
- You then have 24 hours to accept, decline or make a counter offer.
- Accepting the offer confirms the trade (subject to Authority approval) and the necessary documentation is then sent to you via email for you to sign and return.
- Should you decline the offer, your water is automatically re-listed for sale.
HOW TO TRADE WATER WITH A WATERFIND BROKER
Telephone Brokerage
Our team of professional water brokers carry out the buying and selling of water on your behalf. Trading with a broker does not require you to register online, however you can opt to have access to Waterfind online, simply by advising your broker.
Buyers:
- Contact your Waterfind broker.
- Discuss your water requirements - the volume you require and the price you are willing to pay per ML.
- Your broker will then search the water market and place offers on your behalf to secure a suitable parcel of water for you.
- You will receive regular phone correspondence during the process to seek your approval and keep you informed every step of the way.
- The necessary documentation will then be sent to you to sign and return to finalise the trade.
- Contact your Waterfind broker.
- Discuss your selling requirements - the volume of the parcel you want to sell and the desired asking price per ML.
- Your broker lists your water parcel on the Waterfind water market and then searches for a suitable buyer.
- Your broker will contact you when offers have been made on your water and then accept the offer on your behalf.
- The necessary documentation will then be sent to you to sign and return to finalise the trade.