REA really should kick you off their site.

Thanks mate – it looks like REA were not actually sure what they offer clients. The transition from online tours was not conveyed to agents with videos.

I find it quite amazing that it takes dialogue here to establish their positioning – when REA can’t advise those paying clients what their property portal actually offers.

I guess so long as you are paid up, REA see no need to update agents on optional extras.

We have probably uploaded 10 – 15 videos.

I am far from an expert on the intricacies of the internet, but it appears to me that both rea and domain have had the ability to have videos for some time.

As I see it (and my technical terminology may be wrong), both rea and domain don’t “host” the videos, they merely provide the link to open an external site where the videos are hosted.

On the rea site the button is labelled “On Line Tour”, and domain label theirs “Virtual Tour” – in both instances clicking the button opens a new window to an external site.

I suspect you may be confusing my comments above with the adoreproperty website which appears to “host” the videos (ie: a new external window doesn’t open) and the videos have a “youtube” look and feel when activating the video.

Anyway, they’re my observations.

As far back as I can remember – they’ve always supported ‘TOURS’. Which I think is where the confusion is coming from.

A TOUR has traditionally been a VR tour. You could always stick one of these into your listing with RealEstate.com.au from a 3rd party server. Now… with the advent of fast connectivity… we’re able to stream hi-speed VIDEO tours. Which (from what I gather) domain store locally on their servers – much like youtube, etc.

While RealEstate.com.au has always been able to display a link TO a tour (of any kind, VR or VIDEO) provided the actual media is stored off-site.

They have had the the ability to upload videos from quite some time to the best of my knowledge – afterall – it is only an external link.”

Danny, harsh no !! All that know me acknowledge that I don’t come “sugar coated”. Domain, recently advised agents that they can now upload videos on their site.

Amazing that REA obviously advised some and not others, I stand corrected on this however, if their monthly subscriptions can go out on time to all agents. The same can’t be said for advising agents that they now offer video uploads.

Unless, (blush) Domain awoke REA when they announced that this facility was available to their subscribers.

Danny, out of interest – how many videos have you uploaded on REA ?

I have just two simple questions,

1. When REA made this video facility available why did they not advise the agents ?

2. Or, was it a soft recent launch because Domain beat REA to the video launch ?

Sorry if this comment is a duplicate; I’m having an issue with comments from Firefox.

Danny’s right, agents have been posting videos on realestate.com.au for I don’t even know how long now. I first mentioned it on this blog in Nov or so, if my memory is any good. (It isn’t.) Robert, you’re just a bit misinformed about that.

Here’s one recent listing with a video I especially like. Lots of agent branding in it:

http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin/rsearch?a=o&id=103777914&f=0&p=10&t=res&ty=&fmt=&header=&c=60131623&s=nsw&tm=1174354606

Just click on the link for online tour. If anyone needs any help with video, I’m sure your http://www.realestate.com.au salesperson or the customer care center can help you make it work.

Dave

They have had the the ability to upload videos from quite some time to the best of my knowledge – afterall – it is only an external link.

Refer below property for example:-

http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin/rsearch?a=o&id=103707847&f=60&p=10&t=res&ty=&fmt=&header=&c=91681496&s=nsw&tm=1174323359

then “click” on “Online Tour” button – and there it is …. a video.

Additionally, we didn’t need any “little application” to upload successfully.!