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FEATURES

01 REAL ESTATE WEBSITE TEMPLATE

Prop Data's real estate website template is designed to give you everything you need to promote your business and property listings online. The website includes:

Homepage

Property Search

From the Property Search primary navigation tab, users will be able to filter your property search results and view On Show, Residential For Sale, Residential To Let and Vacant Land listings. Please note: Commercial For Sale, Commercial To Let and New Development navigation links are included with a package add-on purchase.

Custom-Designed Header

Even though the website is template-based and has fixed page layouts and facilities, the top header and colour scheme will be custom-designed to reflect your corporate identity, give the website a unique look and feel, and make you stand out from your competitors.

Quick Search

A property quick-search facility is built into the website header to enable users to search for a property from any page on the website. The predictive text search facility enables users to search your database of property listings by inputting an area, suburb, property type or web reference number keyword and selecting the most relevant option. Alternatively, the users can specify their search criteria in the advanced search drop down menus.

Homepage

The homepage will be the most visited page on your website and will be the starting point for most user's web experience. This page has been designed to give users an overview of the main sections of the website and encourage them to explore further. It includes a brief company profile, two (2) featured properties, a summary of your latest news articles and button ads linking to the On Show, Property Email Alerts and List Your Property sections.

Social Media Links

Users will also be able to link to your Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or YouTube pages and keep connected with your company on these social sites.

Footer

To build trust and credibility with users the footer of the website includes the logo and link to the website of any industry organization your company is a member of. Branch contact numbers will be published for easy referencing and text navigation links are provided to assist the search engine bots when they crawl your website.

Search Results

My Favourites

My Favourites is a facility that enables users to save their favourite properties to a short-list. The users can then either print, email, bookmark or share their favourite properties. Without signing in, the system will recognize the users every time they visit the website and make their short-list available to them. The users also have the ability to remove properties from My Favourites.

Search Results Tools

Users can print, email to a friend, or even bookmark and share the search results with friends on social sites such as Facebook. Users can also subscribe to the RSS feed and, using an RSS Reader, monitor all new listings matching their search criteria.

Summaries

Based on selected search criteria, the users will be presented with a summary of properties in the search results. The summary listings are displayed in a clear, easy-to-view layout and can be sorted by several different criteria in an ascending or descending order. Users can view a gallery of images, add the property to their favourites or view the property details. They can also view a map showing the listing in relation to the other results form their search.

Mapped Results

All search results can be mapped on a Google Street Map facility. Users are able to zoom in and out, navigate around, switch from a street map to a satellite map and even click on a pin-point for more property information. The map will also enable the users to distinguish between standard, on show and My Favourite listings.

Details

Property Tools

Users can download a PDF brochure, view floor plans, take a virtual tour or video tour or map the property.

Notes

Jot down and save personal notes on the property. These can be viewed when returning to the website and will also be displayed on print, brochure and email versions.

Contact the Agent

The user can either contact the listing agent/s directly or complete the "Make an Appointment To View" form. All electronic enquiries are logged in the back-end Enquiry Management System and sent to the listing agent via email and SMS.

On Show

An "On Show" icon, along with the show house date, time and directions are also displayed to promote any upcoming show days. By entering the starting location, the users will be given a route map and directions directly to the show house.

Property Finance

Based on the listing price, and other financial assumptions, the financial calculators will automatically calculate the monthly bond repayment, transfer and bond costs, and enable the users to adjust values and analyse different financial scenarios.

Property Email Alerts

Buyers and / or tenants are encouraged to sign-up for the Property Email Alerts facility and register their property requirements. All registration data is emailed to the selected branch and logged in the back-end Property Alerts Management System. The system will then send the users an email notification every time a new property, matching their property requirements, is listed on the website.

Financial Calculators

To help users calculate the cost of financing a property, the website includes a Bond Affordability, Bond & Transfer Cost and Bond Repayment Calculator. A real-time currency converter is provided for international buyers and tenants.

List Your Property

The List Your Property section of the website is designed to promote your services to sellers and / or landlords and encourage them to complete an online registration form and list their property with your company. All electronic enquiries are logged in the back-end Enquiry Management System and sent to the selected branch via email.

News & Advice

All news and advice articles captured into the back-end News Management System
will appear on the website in real time. The users will be able to search for articles
by category or keyword, print, email, download, bookmark and share articles.
Users will also be able to view comments made by other users and even post
their own comment on a particular article. An RSS feed will enable users to
subscribe to the news and advice section.

Email Newsletter

The Email Newsletter section of the website enables users to subscribe to the
company's monthly email newsletter and view an archive of past newsletters.

Company Profile

The Company Profile section provides the users with your company background, vision and mission statements, overview of services and company photo gallery.

Agent Search

Users are presented with the name, photograph, contact details, and a brief resume of every agent in your company. Users can search the agent directory by name or branch and view all properties listed by a particular agent.

The Contact Us section provides the users with a Google Map and contact details of each branch.

Other Content

Other content pages on the website include a dynamic site map, privacy policy and useful links sections.

02 WEBSITE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The Real Estate Website Management System is an online control panel that enables
you to store, manage and analyse your web data from a secure, central location.
Systems include:

Dashboard
Branch Management System
Agent Management System
Listing Management System
Enquiry Management System
Mailing List Management System
Property Alerts Management System
News Management System
Content Management System
- Homepage
- Company Profile
- List Your Property
- Useful Links
Website Statistics

03 WEBSITE HOSTING

Your website will be hosted on one of Prop Data's state-of-the-art Unix web servers that boast a 99.9% uptime, daily data backups, regular security audits and software upgrades. All Prop Data servers are housed in a secure, environmentally controlled data centre with UPS and generator power back-up facilities.

04 WEBSITE STATISTICS

A website is the most accountable and measurable advertising medium available today. Where is your website traffic coming from? How often do visitors return to your website? How long do they visit for? How many pages are viewed? What are the most viewed pages? The Real Estate Website Statistics will log, track and analyse all visits to your website and enable you to monitor your website's performance in real time.

05 DOMAIN

A domain name, or website address, is where your clients can find your real estate business online. Prop Data will register or transfer and host a .co.za domain name (EG: www.yourcompanyname.co.za) on your behalf and point it to your website on our web server. To ensure the domain always remains in your possession, Prop Data will take care of all annual renewal payments on your behalf.

06 EMAIL

A domain name can also be used to personalize your email address
(yourname@yourcompanyname.co.za), presenting a more professional image to
your clients. Prop Data will setup and host a domain email box with up to
100MB storage, virus protection and spam filtering. Prop Data's WebMail service enables
you to access your email account from any computer with an internet connection,
at any time, using a web browser.

07 EMAIL STATIONERY

Prop Data will provide you with a corporate email stationery template to use in Outlook
or Outlook Express. The email stationery will incorporate a custom-designed header
to reflect your corporate identity and create attention in your client's inbox.
It will also include a link to your website and a personalized sign-off.

08 EMAIL NEWSLETTER

To ensure that you communicate with prospective clients on an ongoing basis, keep your company's brand
at the forefront of their minds and drive repeat traffic to your website, the Real Estate Website Package system
will automatically send a template email newsletter to all active mailing list subscribers on a monthly basis.
The email newsletter will include a custom-designed header, featured properties, latest listings,
upcoming show houses, latest property news & advice articles, agent of the month profile, branch contact
details and much more. The contents of the email newsletter will be specific to the branch selected by the subscriber.
The subscriber will be able to forward the email on to a friend and automatically unsubscribe from the mailing list.

09 USERS GUIDE

Even though the Real Estate Website Management Systems are extremely user friendly, Prop Data will provide you with a step-by-step guide on how to search, add, edit and delete data in real time. The guide is in Adobe PDF format so you can print a copy for easy reference.

10 TRAINING & SUPPORT

Prop Data's Technical Support engineers are on standby, 08h00 - 17h00, Monday to Friday to provide you with free electronic and / or telephonic support and training. If you experience any technical difficulties with your email, email stationery or website, a Prop Data Support Technical Engineer is only a call or email away!

11 INTERNET MARKETING CONSULTATIONS

On a monthly basis, a Prop Data Internet Marketing Consultant will meet with you face-to-face, telephonically or via Skype to report-back on your website's performance, analyse and interpret the results of any past Internet Marketing Campaign and consult on any new Internet Marketing strategies.

12 MONEY BACK GUARANTEE

Prop Data backs everything up with our 30-day money back guarantee. We stand behind our products and services. If you are not satisfied with your Real Estate Website Package, simply cancel your order within 30-days of purchase and Prop Data will refund you! Terms and conditions apply.