Another FSBO Portal: buymyplace.com.au
November 30, 2008 by Emma Sorensen
buymyplace.com.au is the latest For Sale By Owner (FSBO) portal to hit the market.
buymyplace.com.au is a privately owned company based in Melbourne, and at the moment the portal only covers the state of Victoria.
Currently in beta form, the company plans to hold an Australia-wide launch in early 2009, and have big hopes for the site’s growth, saying:
“Buy My Place is an online real estate advertising company that represents the future of real estate Australia. They provide you with the choice of selling your own home online without the worry of paying high agent commissions.”
“Just as eBay changed the way ordinary people buy and sell goods, Buy My Place will change the way real estate is bought and sold in Australia.”
buymyplace.com.au might look slick, with illustrated cartoon style characters, and well-thought out design, but it’s not the first in the Australian market. It will face competition from existing FSBO portals like owner.com.au, smartvendor.com.au, onthehouse.com.au, and zeroagents.com.au.
Behind the website are a team of industry professionals from real estate, marketing, technology and customer service.
As well as FSBO property listings, market value information, and a customer service team, the website also contains a knowledge centre with resources for owner sellers and buyers alike.
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Nice writing style. Looking forward to reading more from you.
Chris Moran
Yet another! prob a reasonable concept ,but how do people find them???
100 uniques a mth wont sell houses
correct snoop, it is a great concept and one that has taken off world wide, indeed we are well aware of the importance of being top of mind for buyers and sellers.
come end of February buymyplace wont be hard to remember!
Peter Butterss
Well said scoop. My company PropertyNow gets more organic uniques in a day than they get in a month if your figures are right.
We also have the highest ranked Australian real estate website outside domain and the REA and yet we aren’t mentioned in the stiff competition list given above.
We don’t just outrank them, but also every other private sale website, plus all the real estate heavyweights like Ray White, Raine and Horne, LJHooker ect.
It seems zeroagents and owner dot com has me beaten. Damn it
Andrew Blachut
Owner
PropertyNOW
Ubs are the measure here
A high percentage of organic visits means nothing.