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Sorry to post in this section, I don't have a property to sell but wanted to do a little market research involving those who do, so thats why I'm posting this here.

I'm thinking about setting up a website where private holiday home owners can advertise their property for sale or to rent for free. To place an advert the property owner would simply fill in a form online that asks details about their property, then once submitted and approved their advert would be entered onto the site in several categories that best match their property listing.

So what I would like to ask is would such a site be of use to those who have or plan to post their properties here? I'm guessing anything for free that can help boost the chance of selling/renting is a bonus right?

Now, websites are not free as there are ongoing costs associated with the upkeep, therefore I have a plan to help cover these costs and also help promote the site. this includes;

DONATIONS: Anyone listing a property would have the option to 'donate' money if they wished perhaps, the amount donated would be completely at the donators descretion.
PAID AD: An advert could be placed on the front page of the website in full view of all visitors but at a cost to the advertiser. I'm thinking something like maybe £10 for 3 or 6 months, for example.
SPONSORS: The web pages would have some sponsored adverts (such as google ads) placed within them that is not intrustive to the information being displayed.

If you were going to use a free site such as that being proposed, would these methods of income generation be acceptable to you?

And lastly, since I wouldn't anticipate a lot of money being generated by the above methods and a site such as this would need to advertise, It would be suggested that anyone placing an advert undertakes a degree of 'self marketting' their property by mentioning it online as much as possible that they have used the website to list their property.

I would very much like to hear your thoughts on this proposed project and hear of anything that perhaps I hadn't thought of, even if its to say 'Paul, you are wasting your time someone has already done it'.

3rd April 2008, 17:48	#1
CrashTester Senior Member	Free property listing website for private holiday home owners TEST VERSION NOW RUNNING at www.jet2homes.com << please give feedback! Thx Sorry to post in this section, I don't have a property to sell but wanted to do a little market research involving those who do, so thats why I'm posting this here. I'm thinking about setting up a website where private holiday home owners can advertise their property for sale or to rent for free. To place an advert the property owner would simply fill in a form online that asks details about their property, then once submitted and approved their advert would be entered onto the site in several categories that best match their property listing. So what I would like to ask is would such a site be of use to those who have or plan to post their properties here? I'm guessing anything for free that can help boost the chance of selling/renting is a bonus right? Now, websites are not free as there are ongoing costs associated with the upkeep, therefore I have a plan to help cover these costs and also help promote the site. this includes; DONATIONS: Anyone listing a property would have the option to 'donate' money if they wished perhaps, the amount donated would be completely at the donators descretion. PAID AD: An advert could be placed on the front page of the website in full view of all visitors but at a cost to the advertiser. I'm thinking something like maybe £10 for 3 or 6 months, for example. SPONSORS: The web pages would have some sponsored adverts (such as google ads) placed within them that is not intrustive to the information being displayed. If you were going to use a free site such as that being proposed, would these methods of income generation be acceptable to you? And lastly, since I wouldn't anticipate a lot of money being generated by the above methods and a site such as this would need to advertise, It would be suggested that anyone placing an advert undertakes a degree of 'self marketting' their property by mentioning it online as much as possible that they have used the website to list their property. I would very much like to hear your thoughts on this proposed project and hear of anything that perhaps I hadn't thought of, even if its to say 'Paul, you are wasting your time someone has already done it'.

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