OnTheMarket achieves more traffic growth in August.
September 4, 2015
OnTheMarket.com is delighted to announce that its traffic figures increased again throughout August to achieve another record breaking month.
The website achieved more than 5.4million visits* – a rise of more than 220,000 compared to the previous month.
It also attracted more than 2.5million* unique visitors, an increase of 100,000 compared with July.
Ian Springett, Chief Executive of OnTheMarket.com, said: “In just seven months we have dramatically changed the portal landscape but this is still only the beginning.
“Our traffic, agent membership and property listings all continue to grow month-on-month. We remain confident that it’s only a matter of time before we overtake Zoopla as the No. 2 portal in terms of property listings and then focus directly on providing agents and consumers alike with a credible alternative to Rightmove.”
To build on this momentum, OnTheMarket.com will be running its heavyweight TV advert campaign again throughout September. The OnTheMarket.com TV advert will run more than 2,500 times in three weeks.
*OnTheMarket.com measures its traffic using Google Analytics, a market leading website tool.
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