Zoopla, Rightmove etc in Cumbria
Discussion
Okey, I have a rental house in Cumbria which I want to flog off. Found an agent where I'm happy to sell it.
However I've just found out they don't have a contract with Zoopa.com They only have a contract with Rightmove.com
So if I go with this agent, then it will only be advertised on Rightmove plus one other site I've never heard of. The agent is a big agent and I've got a blah blah blah from them about how they used to use Zoopa but they never got any enquiries from Zoopla, all came from Rightmove blah blah, Rightmove is bigger in Cumbria.
Is it a bad idea to use this agent who does not advertise on Zoopa?
However I've just found out they don't have a contract with Zoopa.com They only have a contract with Rightmove.com
So if I go with this agent, then it will only be advertised on Rightmove plus one other site I've never heard of. The agent is a big agent and I've got a blah blah blah from them about how they used to use Zoopa but they never got any enquiries from Zoopla, all came from Rightmove blah blah, Rightmove is bigger in Cumbria.
Is it a bad idea to use this agent who does not advertise on Zoopa?
creampuff said:
Yes, onthemarket is the other one.
So option A is no Zoopla.
Option B is to get one of the other agents who are also using Zoopla.
OntheMarket made it a condition that agents who used it could only use either Rightmove or Zoopla but not both, so it's more likley that they had to choose and Zoopla lost out.So option A is no Zoopla.
Option B is to get one of the other agents who are also using Zoopla.
On that decision alone (deliberately or unwittingly limiting the market they can expose you property to) I'd look elsewhere.
Not that long ago virtually all agents advertised on both Rightmove and Zoopla. Then Onthemarket.com came along, founded by a group of agents, and said you can only advertise on onthemarket and one other property portal. It seems that most agents dropped Zoopla.
Two years later very few people have heard of OTM, and all it has served to prove is that using Rightmove alone is sufficient, and there is no need to be on multiple portals. There are hardly any prospective buyers out there looking for a property who are not going to check Rightmove.
Two years later very few people have heard of OTM, and all it has served to prove is that using Rightmove alone is sufficient, and there is no need to be on multiple portals. There are hardly any prospective buyers out there looking for a property who are not going to check Rightmove.
rah1888 said:
Two years later very few people have heard of OTM, and all it has served to prove is that using Rightmove alone is sufficient, and there is no need to be on multiple portals. There are hardly any prospective buyers out there looking for a property who are not going to check Rightmove.
This. On the Market is still pushed by estate agents, but is not used much at all compared to Rightmove. I'd be concerned if they only used Zoopla and not Rightmove but not the other way round. On The Market is considerably cheaper for agents to use than Rightmove but it hasn't taken off. Anyone looking for a house will look on Rightmove, it would be the equivalent of not looking on Autotrader for a Ford Focus.
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