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Israel G.

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1 Review by Israel

  • PurpleBricks

7/25/19

I contracted with PB in western Canada and got it listed in MLS.
In reality that is all, you get out of this service.

Was it useful? NO
The first week I saw on their web page stats of some people looking at this property. That is only numbers. That did not translate into real visits or customers.

In a week, the number of visits to the page declined sharply within days and by then we had no hope as the number of visitors to this PB web page was very low or insignificant.

Have they promised marketing? Yes, but is not real they do nothing
Did they tell you that you will be charged extra money just to make changes to your settings? Of course, they said nothing...

How do other realtors see the PB service and relation to their job?
I talked to a realtor and she told me..."why should I bother with this type of listing"? "they are not friendly and cost me a lot of work just to get an appointment". What she meant was, the PB system does not allow them to make quick appointments ( a one-click appointment on their software) and for that reason, realtors do not consider these houses for their visits.
That is a major problem! That means that if you are trying to sell with PB you WILL NOT have the market drivers (realtors) on your side as it takes too much effort for them to make their appointments. She quoted "I have to make 30 visits a day - so I can not waste my time with a system that does not collaborate or integrate into my routine (software).

What about the price?
My pricing was between the max and min recommended by PB.
If you want to blame the price then I will have to ask, Was their recommendation incorrect?
If it was incorrect then you have one reason for no sales and if it was correct, then there is no excuse as to why the house does not have the correct exposure or interest by buyers.
Their price strategy and analysis depends on the PB realtor that visits you, he or she will create the price range report using the info they have... AND THAT IS THE SERVICE you get to define the price.

Conclusion
You are represented by PB and you get listed in MLS
YOU WILL NOT get traffic to your house because realtors do not connect easily with their information-software, therefore they will visit other properties instead. You are on your own!

This is my experience so far.
Almost no visits in 3 weeks!

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