can you post your propety on rightmove.com etc without being with an EA

itsallaboutthemoney

well can you?

Mutton_Geoff

No, and there were a handful of small internet based companies that sprang up charging £100 to put you on Rightmove but their contracts were pulled. There are still a small number of online agents that will get you on there though (search posts here).

ad44downey

No. EA's only.

Romani_Ite_Domum

I have always thought there is room in the market to come up with a site to rival rightmove where people can post their houses for sale for free. No EAs required.

fatpig_2

Why would anyone go to the expense of setting up such a site? What's in it for them if it's totally free?

Chris2685

You would be surprised. If it got as many hits as Rightmove undoutedly does, and was managed properly, it could generate a fairly good amount of ad-revenue, just from using unobtrusive Google ads.

Of course, I would say you need to charge a nominal amount per addition to the site, otherwise every Tom, !!!!!! and Harry would be adding useless crap to the site.

Romani_Ite_Domum

Chris2685 wrote: »

You would be surprised. If it got as many hits as Rightmove undoutedly does, and was managed properly, it could generate a fairly good amount of ad-revenue, just from using unobtrusive Google ads.

Of course, I would say you need to charge a nominal amount per addition to the site, otherwise every Tom, !!!!!! and Harry would be adding useless crap to the site.

Yep advertising would do it. Just enough to cover costs. Making money isn't really my thing but no reason why it wouldnt make money. Vendors could send a donation when they sell.

I was thinking of a community thing where people validate entries in their area. There are enough people interested in property who would do it for free. Just look at this site!

Ian_Griffiths_Halifax

Take a look at this thread I started. I've had some great feedback.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1129183

Romani_Ite_Domum

Ian_Griffiths_Halifax wrote: »

Take a look at this thread I started. I've had some great feedback.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1129183

Thanks, backs up my thoughts. Setting up a site that ranks is a chicken and egg thing. You need the content but don't get the vendors until you rank well.

Being free and a community based site would get the listings content and also market the site via social networking. Most people have a digital camera and the ability to write a description of their property so entries are self done and would just require authorisation.

I may be out of work after Christmas so may look into it a bit more when I have more time on my hands.

Perhaps MSE Martin could set one up to accompany this site?

agrinnall

bondabout wrote: »

ok, Yep its my company and it's be trading for three years now.

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