Who
may use your free real estate listings and advertising services?
Anyone
that is selling a property "FOR SALE BY OWNER".
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If
I have my property listed with a local Realtor can
I still use your free services?
No,
unless you have the right to sell your property “For
Sale By Owner” and not pay the Realtor a commission if
you find a buyer. An arrangement like this is usually provided
through a “Flat-Rate-Listing” with the Realtor.
If you have a Flat-Rate-Listing that allows you to advertise
the property yourself, the Realtor can not protest the placement
of our “Talking Yard Sign” next to the Realtors
yard sign. In this case you can use our free real estate
advertising services to locate a buyer and save the commission
that you would normally pay to the Realtor. If you have used
a flat rate Multi Listing Service (MLS) through a real estate
agent you should indicate this on the listing by selecting "Has Flat Rate MLS Listing with FSBO Option" when creating your listing. |
After
placing a FSBO listing on your website I decided to
list my property with a Realtor. The Realtor is now selling my property and I do NOT have a "by owner" option to try to sell it myself, usually referred to as a "Flat Rate MLS Listing with FSBO Option". Do I have to remove my
listing from your website now?
Yes you must remove the listing, unless the Realtor you listed with is a SeeMyListing.com Affiliate or is working for or with the local SeeMyListing.com Affiliate. Your Affiliate's contact information is available in your FSBO seller's account. |
How
can I get a free "Featured Listing"?
How
To Get A Free "Featured Listing" on SeeMyListing.com
Sellers can have their listing displayed as a "Featured Listing" on SeeMyListing.com for free. Featured Listings are automatically displayed at the top of all listings when a visitor searches by State, Region or County. To get a Featured Listing just follow the easy directions below.
First: Place
a classified advertisement IN THE NEWSPAPER.
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a classified advertisement in the Real Estate section of your local
newspaper including our domain name "www.seemylisting.com". The local newspaper must have a website, i.e. an online
version of the local newspaper. This will allow us to verify the
ad you placed. |
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Sample
Classified Advertisement
Your
City ...............$250,000
Single Family, 4BD, 3.5BA
www.seemylisting.com #00001
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Second: Email
us a copy of the ad FROM THE ONLINE NEWSPAPER.
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View
your classified ad in the online version of the NEWSPAPER on
your computer and copy and paste the classified ad into an email. PLEASE
DO NOT EMAIL US A COPY OF YOUR LISTING FROM THIS WEBSITE. PLEASE
READ THE DIRECTIONS CARFULLY. Send the email to: Featured@SeeMyListing.com.
Also, please tell us how long the ad will be in the newspaper.
When you notify us that you are requesting a "Featured Listing" and you include all of the information in your email that allows us to verify your classified ad, we will feature your listing the same day.
Please include your SeeMyListing.com Listing ID Number and a link to your classified ad in the newspaper etc. so we can verify it. We do not have the time to search through dozens of classified ads in a newspaper to try to locate your one ad. |
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How
much do you charge a "For Sale By Owner Seller" (FSBO)
to use the services offered on your website? Is there any
hidden cost to me at all? It sounds to good to be true.
There
is no charge to the seller or buyer to use the services
we offer on our website. Our services are 100% free including
the "Talking Yard Sign" and Toll Free property
description service that comes with the sign. |
I
understand that to list my home for sale on your website
is free of charge. Can you please explain to me what happens
if the property gets sold. Will there be a fee required to
be paid to you or your affiliate.
If
you sell your property all we request is that you remove
your listing from SeeMyListing.com after it is sold. We
do not want your money. Our real estate advertising services
are 100% free including the "Talking Yard Sign" and
Toll Free property description service that comes with
the sign. We generate our income from the affiliates
who promote our website not the sellers or buyers. |
How
does SeeMyListing.com make its money?
You are probably wondering why the FSBO advertising services at SeeMyListing.com are 100% free. Our services are free to the sellers because SeeMyListing.com earns income by charging its Affiliates to participate in our program.
Our Affiliates participate because they can generate both "home seller" and "home buyer" leads. Affiliates are professionals in the real estate industry and earn their incomes by helping buyers and sellers accomplish their goals. Note: FSBO sellers have no obligation to our Affiliates when using the free real estate advertising services provided through SeeMyListing.com. Place
a free listing now. |
I
sold my property. How do I remove my listing from your website?
Login
to your FSBO account and click on the link " Delete
FSBO Listing". |
How
soon after submitting a listing will the yard sign be delivered?
The
delivery of the "Talking Yard Sign" is arranged
by our local participating affiliates. If we have a local affiliate in your county then you will see their contact information on your FSBO account home page. Please contact the local affiliate to see if they are participating in the free "Talking Yard Sign" service and how long it will take to get a free yard sign. |
How
do I contact your affiliate?
If we have a local affiliate in your county then you will see their contact information on your FSBO account home page. |
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I place a listing am I still able to keep the "For Sale
By Owner" sign currently in my yard, in addition to a "Talking
Yard Sign"?
We
do not place any restrictions on what you want
to do with your property. You can place as many
signs as you deem necessary.
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Can
I delete my listing from your website without a penalty?
Yes
you can delete your listing at any time and there is no
charge. |
Is
there a time period that my property has to be listed?
No,
there is no time period. You can delete your listing at
any time and there is no charge. |
What
is your privacy policy if I use your free real estate services?
SeeMyListing.com has established this FSBO Sellers Privacy
Policy so that you can understand the how your contact information
will be handled when registering for a free FSBO listing.
If you decide to take advantage of the free real estate
advertising services provided by SeeMyListing.com, by registering
for a free FSBO listing, our local affiliate will have access
to your FSBO Account including your contact information.
Furthermore, in order to arrange for the free services offered
on our website, the local affiliate may share the information
with their network of service providers. |
You
do not have an affiliate in my area. Can I purchase a "Talking
Yard Sign" or "Sign Rider"?
No.
We can only arrange for the delivery of the signs through a participating affiliate. |
Where
do you advertise your website www.SeeMyListing.com?
If
you are talking about our paid advertising through Microsoft adCenter, Google
and Yahoo, you will have to search on a search engine to
see our ads. The search phrase “FSBO ads” on
Yahoo for example will display our advertisement below on the first web page.
(Please, do not click on it as it will cost us money.)
See
Example: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=FSBO+ads&prssweb=Search&ei=UTF-8&fr=FP-tab-web-t&fl=0&x=wrt
We
bid on hundreds of different “search phrases” with Microsoft adCenter,
Google AdWords and Yahoo Search Marketing. Our advertisement
will show up under the “sponsor results” section
every time someone searches for a phrase we have bid on.
Whether or not our advertisement is displayed on the first,
second or third page etc. depends on how much we are willing
to pay for each search phrase in relation to other bidders.
The
dynamics of advertisement placement, i.e. first page, second
page etc. is constantly changing as advertisers are forced
into a “bidding war” and must constantly
update the dollar amount they are willing to pay for every
individual “search phrase”. As you can
imagine it is very time consuming and takes a fair amount
of experience to run an advertising campaign through Microsoft adCenter, Google
AdWords and Yahoo Search Marketing.
With
all of this in mind, we must be doing a good job of promoting
our website SeeMyListing.com to
both buyers and sellers when you take into consideration
that Microsoft adCenter, Google AdWords and Yahoo Search Marketing combined,
charge us
thousands of dollars for advertising.
If you would like more detailed information about
how search engine advertising works please visit the links
below.
Yahoo Search Marketing
http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/srch.php?o=US1447&cmp=Yahoo_SponsorResults&ctv=Search_Results&s=Y&s2=S&s3
Google AdWords
https://adwords.google.com/select/main?cmd=Login&sourceid=AWO&subid=US-ET-ADS&hl=en_US
Microsoft adCenter
http://advertising.msn.com/microsoft-adcenter
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How
can I tell if my listing is being viewed or if the "Talking
Yard Sign" is attracting buyers to my online listing?
There
is a tracking number displayed at the bottom of your listing
that indicates the number of times your Listing
ID number from our "Talking Yard Sign" or your
classified advertisement has be used to request and view
your specific listing. Listings do not have
individual counters that track "window shoppers" or
people who just like to "look at pictures" of
houses.
If
no one has used your specific Listing ID number to request
and view your listing that doesn't mean it is not being viewed
because SeeMyListing.com still receives thousands of website
visitors each month due to our national Internet advertising
campaign. These visitors can still view your listing without
having to use your Listing ID number. |
Do
I have to place my own advertisements in order to use your
free FSBO real estate listing services?
No,
you are not required to place advertisements in order to
use our free FSBO real estate listing services, unless
you want to take advantage of the "Featured Listing" service.
Keep in mind though that if you do decide to place your
own advertisements, by adding just one line to your FSBO
advertisement you can effectively direct readers of a small
print advertisement to a detailed online real estate listing
with ten photographs! You will get a better return on your
advertising investment if you use this technique. See the
following example with Listing ID #00001.
SeeMyListing.com
#00001
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addition, each FSBO account has a tracker that indicates,
as a result of your own advertising, how many times potential
home buyers have entered your specific 5 Digit Listing #
to view your particular FSBO real estate listing. |
How
can I change my listing to show that my property is now listed
with a Realtor?
Login
to your FSBO account and click on "Update Listing".
Under "Real Estate Agent Inquires:" select "Listed
with Agent". |
Can
I list more than one property?
Yes,
but you will have to create a new FSBO account for each
property you want to list. You will also need to use a different
email address for each new account or you will
not be able to use the password and username rescue features. |
How
many photos can be added to my listing for free?
You
can upload 10 photos for free. That is the maximum number
of photos any listing can display. |
What
settings should I use when taking digital photos?
Please
use the lower "resolution" setting on
your digital camera which is typically 640 x 480 pixels.
In addition, set the "compression" to
standard. Your photos will load into a viewers' browser
10 times faster when taken with these settings. Viewers
with dial-up Internet connections will appreciate this! |
I
can't upload my pictures and keep getting a "Not
Found" error message.
The
size of your picture file is too large. You can
reduce the size of the file with picture software or retake
the photo with the camera set to a lower "resolution" 640
x 480 pixels and standard "compression". |
I
don't have a digital camera. What should I do?
Ritz
Camera offers "Disposable Dakota Digital Cameras" for
only $10.99. |
My
pictures are dark but my camera does not indicate that I
should use the flash. What can I do?
Try
taking pictures with the flash anyway, especially in rooms
with bright windows. |
Are
there any restrictions to the delivery of the Talking Yard
Signs?
Some
restrictions may apply to the delivery of the Talking Yard
Signs. For instance, in large counties out west an affiliate
may have to drive 300 miles round trip to deliver a Talking
Yard Sign to remote areas. This is not practical for the
affiliate and we wouldn't expect the affiliate to make such
a trip. Another example may be high crime areas where the
affiliate would be put in danger when delivering a Talking
Yard Sign or a dilapidated run down property that has no
chance of ever finding a buyer. Because each circumstance
is different we allow the affiliate to make the ultimate
decision about which properties they will or will not deliver
Talking Yard Signs to and we place no restrictions on how
they make their decision.
Please
consider though that even if you don’t receive a Talking
Yard Sign you are still getting hundreds of dollars of free
advertising exposure by listing your property on SeeMyListing.com. SeeMyListing.com
paid a total of $9118.00 in
advertising cost in 2005 for thousands of "clicks" on
our sponsored advertisements to promote our website on behalf
of the FSBO sellers who placed free FSBO listings here. Click
here for details. |
I
still have a question that is not answered, how do I contact
you?
Click
Here and email us. We will try to respond within 24
hours.
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How do I login to change my listing?
At the top of the home page under the SeeMyListing.com logo clink on the "Seller Login" link to login to your seller account. |
