Blog
We continuously refine and add new features to our websites. See our blog posts below.
29
APR
2019
We have refined the search in the admin console properties page by removing the general search box and replacing it with a search field for each column.
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| New search in the admin console properties page. |
This was done because the previous search sometimes gave unexpected results. The new search addresses this and gives you more precise search results as it is limited to one column.
It also gives you the ability to do searches like ‘show me all houses in the suburb birch acres’ as shown below.
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| Multiple column search. |
These filtered results can then be downloaded as excel, pdf or printed - enabling you to create multiple report variations.
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| Download or print search results. |
As always, if you need further assistance with this (or anything else) please
contact us as we would love to help.
24
MAY
2018
You can now change the colour of the banners (for sale, to let, sole mandate) across the property pictures on your website to match your corporate colours.
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| Updated banner on property listing page |
If you would like this to be done, just contact us and we will do it for you at no charge. Enjoy this latest improvement to your website!
31
JAN
2019
We are excited to let you know that RentBay, one of the current free portals we automatically feed your rental properties to now has a for sale section for residential and commercial property - propbay.co.za
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| New portal. |
We have enabled the feed so your for sale properties will automatically be copied to this portal. Like the other free portals, you don’t have to do anything - it happens automatically. The link to the property on the portal will appear alongside the other portal links in your admin console.
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| Link to Propbay in your admin console. |
We hope you get great exposure from this new portal and would love to know what you think so please
contact us.
29
NOV
2018
We recently introduced a new document management feature for our standard and responsive websites. These documents can be either for your own internal use.
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| Documents in your admin console. |
Or you can make them available for visitors to the website to download.
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| Documents on your website. |
Click here for a full guide on how it works. If you would like this enabled, please contact us.
06
SEP
2018
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Owner email example.
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The owner email is a great way to let sellers know how hard you are working to sell their property. This email shows the seller what their property looks like on the various portals and can be customised with your own personal message to them.
Sending an owner email is easily done from your admin console and is sure to impress the seller.
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| How to send an owner email from your admin console. |
If you have any questions on this please contact us, we would love to help you.
05
JUL
2018
Exciting news! You can now upload documents to your admin console to share with your team - no more storing documents in places nobody can find. This will save you hours of hunting around for the documents you regularly use in your business.
This feature also allows you to make documents public on the frontend of your website so your clients can download documents like rental agreements and tenant application forms. It's quick and easy to manage.
To access this feature, login to your admin console and select “Documents”:
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| Manage documents from admin console. |
When uploading a document, you can choose to make it public on your website as a download, or keep it private for internal use only.
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| To make documents visible or not on your website. |
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| Documents on your website. |
To enable the “public” document function please
contact us.
We would love your feedback about this new feature. (Please note this is only available for Standard and Responsive websites).
14
JUN
2019
Our Quick Notes are a great “on-the-run” tool for agents to make notes on each property. You can record things like viewings, owner interaction and commission splits.
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| Quick Notes for a property with clickable phone numbers. |
Now, while viewing a Quick Note on your phone you can click on any phone number and your phone will call it. No need to copy and paste or try to remember or write it down before typing it into your phone - this will be much easier and no longer so frustrating!
Hopefully this is another way your web-box website makes your life simpler so you can focus on making more sales!
Please give our Quick Notes a try and
let us know what you think.
23
AUG
2018
Did you know you can add additional users with their own logins to your website’s’ admin console? This means agents can upload and edit their own properties, but not those of other agents. You set their permissions so you decide who can manage and view properties, agents, subscribers, the portal feeds, your website stats, enquiries and others tabs in the admin console. This will free up your time, as well as give you a good overview of your agents productivity in terms of how many properties they are uploading.
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| Manage users in your admin console. |
The first 10 additional users each cost R21 + VAT per month, thereafter R16 + VAT per month. If you would like us to enable this feature for you please
contact usPlease note this is only available for standard and responsive websites.
07
JUN
2018
It’s time for a quick update on a new feature and a reminder of one you might have forgotten about or are not using yet.
New - Webmail Link
We have added the link to your webmail mailbox to the bottom of every page of your admin console. Quick and easy to find: |
| Link to webmail in admin console |
Reminder - Property Capture Sheet
This complete property checklist can be downloaded and printed so all information needed to list a property can be captured in one go - no need for any back and forth about items you might have forgotten to check. To download the capture sheet, follow the steps outlined in the pictures below:
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| Click on "downloads" in the admin console help section |
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| Click on "Property Capture Sheet" to download it |
Enjoy these features and if you have any feedback or questions we would love to hear from you.
03
OCT
2018
Exciting news! You can now send property alerts yourself as soon as you’ve listed a property. No more waiting for property alerts to go out the next morning.
Property alerts are an excellent marketing tool to send your properties to as many people as possible, and now you can increase the chances that you will be the first person to present the property to buyers. This is very important in the case of an open mandate as buyers could be working with multiple agents in the area so the first agent to present the property to the actual buyer will get the sale.
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After ticking the property alert box when editing or uploading a property, select this option in your admin console.
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| The list of property alerts to be sent is shown in your admin console. |
It is important to keep adding as many subscribers as possible to your database by collecting emails at show days, email enquiries and other personal interactions. Please be sure that you only add valid email addresses and only add email addresses you collected yourself.
If you have a large list of subscribers you would like to add, please email
support@webbox.co.za and we will gladly add them for you.
Please give this new feature a try and
let us know what you think.
