Posts by Vikki Bennett
Record Leads For OnTheMarket In July
OnTheMarket plc, the majority agent-owned company which operates the OnTheMarket.com property portal, announces that it has continued to set new records with the number of leads delivered to advertisers. In July 2020, the portal generated more than 2 million leads, an 11% increase from June, with an average of 148 per advertiser.¹ Visits also exceeded…
Read MoreOnTheMarket’s TV advert returns
The OnTheMarket advert is back on TV (Monday 3 August) and will be aired thousands of times over the next few weeks. The portal has secured some great programming spots across ITV, Channel 4 and a wide selection of hard-working digital channels, including many on Sky. On ITV, the advert will appear in Joanna Lumley’s…
Read MoreContract take-up and record leads
OnTheMarket plc, the majority agent-owned company which operates the OnTheMarket.com property portal, announces that almost 500 estate agent branches are now contracted under the Company’s most recent listing offers, which issue welcome shares to each business owner. Contract take-up Of the branches signing up to the new listing agreements, more than 60% are currently contracted to either…
Read MoreAgent Support Package Extension and Record Leads
OnTheMarket plc, the majority agent-owned company which operates the OnTheMarket.com property portal, announces today an extension to the payment support initiative for its agent customers to help ease the continuing impact of the COVID-19 situation. 2 month discount extension On 19 March 2020, OnTheMarket announced a 3 month discount to listing fees to assist agent customers who…
Read MoreOnTheMarket Launches Search Option For Properties With Online Viewings
OnTheMarket plc, the majority agent-owned company which operates the OnTheMarket property portal, is pleased to announce it has introduced a new filter which allows users to limit their search to properties which have an online viewing option, either a virtual 3D tour or a video tour. Video tours and 3D tours have long been provided by…
Read More3-month agent listing fee discount from OnTheMarket.com
I am pleased to announce a 3-month, 33% monthly listing fee discount as a payment support initiative for our agent customers. The discount will be given to all OnTheMarket agent customers who are paying on full-tariff listing agreements. For these agents the discount will apply automatically for invoices issued in the 3 months starting in…
Read MoreRecord traffic and leads for OnTheMarket in January
OnTheMarket plc, the agent-backed company which operates the OnTheMarket.com property portal, announces today that traffic to its portal in January 2020 exceeded 30 million visits1, a new monthly record, an increase of more than 28% compared with January 2019 and 11% more than the previous record of 27.2 million in September 2019. This performance helped to deliver a…
Read MoreBellway to list its residential properties with OnTheMarket
OnTheMarket plc, the agent-backed company which operates the OnTheMarket.com property portal, announces today that it has signed a listing agreement with Bellway plc, another of the UK’s leading house builders. Bellway plc has grown from a small family-owned firm to one of the most successful house builders in the UK and is a FTSE 250 company. It is now the…
Read MoreOnTheMarket CEO says: It’s time for agents to change their thinking about portals
OnTheMarket CEO Ian Springett today told the Relocation Agent Network Conference that 2019 had seen significant shifts within the portals market. However, to counter ever-increasing portal fees, new thinking is required across the industry. Mr Springett told the conference hall that OnTheMarket’s H1 figures for 2019 showed the portal provided 28 leads for every £100…
Read MorePersimmon Plc and OnTheMarket sign listing agreement
Persimmon Plc to list its properties at OnTheMarket as portal broadens its property advertiser base OnTheMarket plc, the agent-backed company which operates the OnTheMarket.com property portal, announces today that it has signed a listing agreement with Persimmon Plc, one of the UK’s leading house builders. Under the agreement, which covers listing and additional advertising products,…
Read MoreOnTheMarket announces Pricing Pledge: no increase in listing fees in 2020
The UK’s agent-backed portal backs its agents in listing fee freeze commitment OnTheMarket plc, the agent-backed company which operates the OnTheMarket.com property portal, announces today that it will not increase listing fees in 2020 for any agents on full standard tariff contracts. Agents are facing considerable headwinds: lower than usual transaction volumes; reduced lettings…
Read MoreOnTheMarket is back on TV screens and the airwaves in September
The OnTheMarket TV advert will be back on screens from Monday 2 September with a refreshed version, giving more on-screen stand-out to the portal’s “New & exclusive” proposition. This campaign will reach 29.5 million adults across the UK who will have the opportunity to see it an average of 4.1 times. The 30 second and 10 second adverts will…
Read MoreAgents who left Rightmove ‘have no regrets’ as OnTheMarket says tide is turning in portals market
A number of estate and letting agents who advertise their properties at OnTheMarket.com have now been off Rightmove for around six months and say it has been business as usual, while they have benefited from lower fees. Some agents say they are now getting more in terms of quality leads for less money, while others…
Read More@OnTheMarket providing more leads than @Rightmove? So agents say…
A growing number of estate and letting agents advertising their properties at OnTheMarket.com say they are receiving more leads from the agent-backed portal than they are from Rightmove. Terry Holmes, Director of Beresfords, a 17 branch sales and lettings agency in Essex, said: “For the best part of a year, the gap between the number of overall leads…
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