Comments on: Zillow to Go Head to Head With Realtor.com, RPR & Your Wallet? http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/zillow-to-go-head-to-head-with-realtor-com-rpr-your-wallet/ News, insights, tools, and inspiration for business owners and professionals Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:13:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AgentGenius http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/zillow-to-go-head-to-head-with-realtor-com-rpr-your-wallet/#comment-82965 AgentGenius Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:07:18 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=21485#comment-82965 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">#agnow Hey Adam, Sara from Zillow here. No, the listing count has stayed basically the same. It is still free for... http://bit.ly/76xYqy</span></span> #agnow Hey Adam, Sara from Zillow here. No, the listing count has stayed basically the same. It is still free for… http://bit.ly/76xYqy

]]> By: AgentGenius http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/zillow-to-go-head-to-head-with-realtor-com-rpr-your-wallet/#comment-82966 AgentGenius Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:33:31 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=21485#comment-82966 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">#agnow Has there been any data released over the past 7 months on has this has affected the number of listings zill... http://bit.ly/76xYqy</span></span> #agnow Has there been any data released over the past 7 months on has this has affected the number of listings zill… http://bit.ly/76xYqy

]]> By: Sara Bonert http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/zillow-to-go-head-to-head-with-realtor-com-rpr-your-wallet/#comment-55423 Sara Bonert Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:07:13 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=21485#comment-55423 Hey Adam, Sara from Zillow here. No, the listing count has stayed basically the same. It is still free for an agent to send listings to Zillow via a feed, which is how about 99% of the listings got to the site both pre and post the launch of charging for manaully entered, featured listings. For the few who churned off and didn't want to pay and wanted to manually enter their data - they'd been replaced by those who think paying this is a great value for having their listings featured. Hey Adam, Sara from Zillow here. No, the listing count has stayed basically the same. It is still free for an agent to send listings to Zillow via a feed, which is how about 99% of the listings got to the site both pre and post the launch of charging for manaully entered, featured listings. For the few who churned off and didn’t want to pay and wanted to manually enter their data – they’d been replaced by those who think paying this is a great value for having their listings featured.

]]> By: Adam http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/zillow-to-go-head-to-head-with-realtor-com-rpr-your-wallet/#comment-55420 Adam Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:31:08 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=21485#comment-55420 Has there been any data released over the past 7 months on has this has affected the number of listings zillow has kept? Would be interesting to see. Has there been any data released over the past 7 months on has this has affected the number of listings zillow has kept? Would be interesting to see.

]]> By: AgentGenius http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/zillow-to-go-head-to-head-with-realtor-com-rpr-your-wallet/#comment-82967 AgentGenius Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:49:04 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=21485#comment-82967 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">#agnow [...] Duncan) – Zillow Adds Rentals (Jim Reppond) – News from Zillow… (Lane Bailey) – Zi... http://bit.ly/76xYqy</span></span> #agnow [...] Duncan) – Zillow Adds Rentals (Jim Reppond) – News from Zillow… (Lane Bailey) – Zi… http://bit.ly/76xYqy

]]> By: Top 10 real estate posts of the day for 12/15/2009 http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/zillow-to-go-head-to-head-with-realtor-com-rpr-your-wallet/#comment-49140 Top 10 real estate posts of the day for 12/15/2009 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:34:23 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=21485#comment-49140 [...] Duncan) – Zillow Adds Rentals (Jim Reppond) – News from Zillow… (Lane Bailey) – Zillow to Go Head to Head With Realtor.com, RPR & Your Wallet? (Lani Rosales) – Changes To Zillow – Charges From Zillow (Eric Stegemann) – [...] [...] Duncan) – Zillow Adds Rentals (Jim Reppond) – News from Zillow… (Lane Bailey) – Zillow to Go Head to Head With Realtor.com, RPR & Your Wallet? (Lani Rosales) – Changes To Zillow – Charges From Zillow (Eric Stegemann) – [...]

]]> By: Steve Hundley http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/zillow-to-go-head-to-head-with-realtor-com-rpr-your-wallet/#comment-44474 Steve Hundley Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:31:29 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=21485#comment-44474 Interesting comments... Jay solves the chatter in one sentence. However pay or no pay, Zillow can be a formidable ally to modern real estate. Consumers expect us as agents to gain as much exposure as possible (actually they expect us to sell the home). The key is first gaining the click (where a featured listing has more possibly of gaining) then converting the lead (this is the tough part for most). Craigslist did the same thing in some markets for jobs and that eliminated junk listings and the inventory of opportunities improved dramatically and so did the results. The value proposition is in the results. Use your referral link tracking tool and you may find out right away if the value is there. A lot of the result depends on the market location, price point and property type. We find some areas like Vegas and San Diego very hot on Zillow however in our Dallas and DC markets not the same click through rates. BTW Zillow, throw in a high page rank backlink with every listing and this is a steal!! s. Interesting comments… Jay solves the chatter in one sentence. However pay or no pay, Zillow can be a formidable ally to modern real estate. Consumers expect us as agents to gain as much exposure as possible (actually they expect us to sell the home). The key is first gaining the click (where a featured listing has more possibly of gaining) then converting the lead (this is the tough part for most).

Craigslist did the same thing in some markets for jobs and that eliminated junk listings and the inventory of opportunities improved dramatically and so did the results.

The value proposition is in the results. Use your referral link tracking tool and you may find out right away if the value is there. A lot of the result depends on the market location, price point and property type. We find some areas like Vegas and San Diego very hot on Zillow however in our Dallas and DC markets not the same click through rates.

BTW Zillow, throw in a high page rank backlink with every listing and this is a steal!!

s.

]]> By: Sara Bonert http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/zillow-to-go-head-to-head-with-realtor-com-rpr-your-wallet/#comment-43976 Sara Bonert Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:24:34 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=21485#comment-43976 Thomas - I'm no lawyer - but I believe any property descriptions you write or photos you take are actually copyrighted, so I am not sure of your point here? For years Realtors have been newspapers hundreds of dollars to take their listing content and sell ads around it. Same idea with real estate magazines. So I don't understand the hostility you have towards someone creating a website with tons of content of it, one of the sections being real estate listings, and giving you the option of paying approximately $1.67 a month to have your lisitng Featured and reach a potential audience of 8.3+ million? And that fee is only if your CHOOSE to have the upgraded services.. I looked at your site and see that you are using the Point2 system, which means they will continue to syndicate your listings for free to the site. The $9.95 business change only affected about 2% of our listings, and you are not in this pool since you don't manually upload listings to the site. Thomas – I’m no lawyer – but I believe any property descriptions you write or photos you take are actually copyrighted, so I am not sure of your point here?

For years Realtors have been newspapers hundreds of dollars to take their listing content and sell ads around it. Same idea with real estate magazines. So I don’t understand the hostility you have towards someone creating a website with tons of content of it, one of the sections being real estate listings, and giving you the option of paying approximately $1.67 a month to have your lisitng Featured and reach a potential audience of 8.3+ million? And that fee is only if your CHOOSE to have the upgraded services.. I looked at your site and see that you are using the Point2 system, which means they will continue to syndicate your listings for free to the site. The $9.95 business change only affected about 2% of our listings, and you are not in this pool since you don’t manually upload listings to the site.

]]> By: Sonia http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/zillow-to-go-head-to-head-with-realtor-com-rpr-your-wallet/#comment-43964 Sonia Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:53:08 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=21485#comment-43964 Thanks but no thanks. My listings are posted on at least 15 sites besides my own site. Most meaningful leads have come through realtor.com, my site and homes.com. Have not had any from Zillow. It won't make a difference to me if I don't have my listings on Zillow. Ken Brand, above, said it best. Thanks but no thanks. My listings are posted on at least 15 sites besides my own site. Most meaningful leads have come through realtor.com, my site and homes.com. Have not had any from Zillow. It won’t make a difference to me if I don’t have my listings on Zillow. Ken Brand, above, said it best.

]]> By: Thomas Preston http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/zillow-to-go-head-to-head-with-realtor-com-rpr-your-wallet/#comment-43955 Thomas Preston Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:13:47 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=21485#comment-43955 Dear Sara That sounds fair to me. Lets see perhaps I should copyright the advertising wording and intelectual property that I place on my listing. Then pay you ten dollars per and charge you 20.00 That Sounds fair to me ? Perhaps we all should copy right our listings. Lets see the legal requirment is to just put copy right and your name on it. Where are the great legal minds when we need them. Im really tired of these companies that spring up and try to make money off the backs of us hard working Realtors.everyone wants to sell us leads in one way or another. As long as some of us are willing to pay them they will continue to excist. Dear Sara That sounds fair to me. Lets see perhaps I should copyright the advertising wording and intelectual property that I place on my listing. Then pay you ten dollars per and charge you 20.00 That Sounds fair to me ? Perhaps we all should copy right our listings. Lets see the legal requirment is to just put copy right and your name on it. Where are the great legal minds when we need them. Im really tired of these companies that spring up and try to make money off the backs of us hard working Realtors.everyone wants to sell us leads in one way or another. As long as some of us are willing to pay them they will continue to excist.

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