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We continuously refine and add new features to our websites. See our blog posts below.
Email addresses removed from Lite Sites
Recent industry norms have been to not display email addresses on websites. This is to stop bots and people from copying the email addresses off websites and then sending spam, scamming or phishing emails to them. Phishing emails attempt to get the recipient to enter their email password, enabling the hacking of their email account.
You will note that Property 24, Private Property and many other estate agency websites do not display email addresses anymore.
We have now implemented it on our lite sites and we will be rolling it out to our premium sites. The delayed roll-out on the premium sites is due to having to update each of them individually. If you have a premium site and want us to make this change as soon as possible, let us know and we will put you at the front of the queue.
The changes are as follows. All email addresses on the Contact Page, Property Page and Agent Page have been replaced with a link to a pop-up form in which the agent or agency can be messaged
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| Form to message agent. |
When this is filled out the agent or agency will have the message emailed to them.
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| Email sent to the agent. |
A confirmation email is also automatically sent to the sender.
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| Confirmation email sent to the sender. |
A copy of the email will also be saved to the admin console enabling the principal to see the leads and messages sent.
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| Record of emails sent in the admin console. |
Refer-a-friend policy reminder
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| Refer-a-friend! |
New Lite Site template
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| Enhanced Lite template. |
- a solid top header section
- a property search bar on the main image
- larger menu icons
- a more prominent property alert sign up
Property Practitioners Act Compliance
The Property Practitioners Act which recently came into effect requires that the wording “Registered with PPRA” must appear on all your marketing material. In order for your website to comply, we have added a setting in your admin console which you will need to enable in order for this to show.
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| Choose the show wording from the dropdown. |
- In the footer of your website
- On your property alert emails
- On all your property brochures
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| Edit your job title on the edit agent screen. |
Special Facebook offer for WEB-BOX clients
How often do you look up a company on social media before you decide to start dealing with them? It is no different for estate agencies.
If managed correctly, a Facebook Business Page gives your estate agency the opportunity to show that you have a good reputation in your field and is another platform to showcase your properties.
Running a professional Facebook Business Page is a skill that takes time and effort so why not let a professional help you.
We have lots of experience running Facebook pages for estate agencies so we know what works and what doesn’t.
To make it even easier for you to upgrade your Facebook Business Page, or to get started on one we are running an exclusive offer on our Facebook packages to all WEB-BOX clients - we are waiving the setup fee - that is a saving of R4250 + VAT.
The monthly costs for our packages range from R2590 +VAT to R4 800 + VAT, depending on your needs - you can read more about them here.
If you are interested, please email us before 28th February 2022 and we will get back to you.