What Every REALTOR® Needs To Know Before Building A Website
You invested in getting your real estate license, you have selected your agency, now the next step is to establish an online presence. Below are key points to help you succeed:
- Select your unique domain name. This can be an easy step or complicated and frustrating, depending upon your approach. First consider using your realtor contact name. Simply put: johndoe.com works. People know realtors by their names more than they will remember the agency they are with, within the community. No one will likely have the exact name as you, if so, then just change it up a bit with middle initials. johnjdoe.com.
- Select a hosting service. You are the expert in the real estate industry. Unless you have previous experience in website design and build, you may not want to invest precious time into finding which is the best online hosting service. It can be complicated. But for those who like to do-it-yourself, here is a useful link for research (insert here ). When you select a professional real estate website design company you can trust that they will take care of this needful service for you.
- Find a reliable, professional website design and development company that specializes in real estate sites. The market may be saturated with general website design companies, but the real estate website service industry is still a niche. Look for one providing a turn-Key operation, from start to launch. Then you are guaranteed they are professional and know what they are talking about. There will be a level of trust and satisfaction in knowing you will reach your mark of success when finished.
- They offer monthly maintenance service? Ending upon your level of internet savvy, you may want to go “hassle free” of monthly edits, updates and listings. For a reasonable monthly fee a reputable agent website service should be able to take care of your needs
