Name of your website?Spanish Sales Direct
Your name?
Neil Raymond
Your Location (city, etc)
Almeria
Please give us a short summary of your website?
This is the website for property owners selling privately in Spain, commission free! And for buyers who are not willing to pay more than they need, to own their dream home in the sun.
Estate agents have long made excessive profits from people buying and selling houses in Spain, but now things can change...
What inspired you to launch your own website?
Our personal experiences of buying and selling in Spain using Estate Agents, and those of our family friends and neighbors left an feeling that there must be a better way..... The feeling that agents were not doing their job, and not earning the high commission rate being charged led to a desire to give people an alternative.
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
http://www.spanishsalesdirect.com/ has been in development for 8 months and has been launched since September 2007.
How did you decide on a name for your website?
We wanted people to be able to find the website easily and we wanted to ensure that it was clear that we do 'exactly what it says on the tin'...
What makes it different from other, similar offerings?
It has an incredible amount of functionality. And because it has been formulated specifically with the ex-pat community in mind, who may not have extensive computing skills and/or knowledge, it has been designed from the ground up to be very simple and intuitive to use. But it is still packed with a whole host of cutting edge, user friendly features, such as automatic photographic file size compression.
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
We are destined to be the No.1 Private property sales portal for the entire Iberian peninsular, and as such are already rolling out plans to employ representatives on every 'costa', and a whole host of exciting ventures which will accelerate our future growth.
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
What you put in relates directly to what you get out of any business, and this is no exception! Blood sweat and tears have already been shed and much more will be in the coming months and years in order for us to fulfill our potential.
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
We would invest in large scale advertising campaigns in order to increase awareness, as so many people do not even realize that they do not HAVE to use an agent when buying and selling in Spain.
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
Oh yes, we ware geared up for that very thing, because we are confident that this is the future of the real estate market (just as it is now in the US) and it will 'snowball' as awareness and popularity increase.
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
Lots, but what new business venture has not! Bug fixing and development took a long time, but that is because a very good website has an awful lot of very complicated scripting and coding going on 'beneath the surface' which the end user (should) be unaware of...the downside to this is that there is a lot more to go wrong whilst in development and this takes lots of time and money to remedy.
What has been your biggest challenge?
Getting from initial concept - to 'live' launch.
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
A combination of a full gamete of On-line marketing techniques.
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
It is much more hard work, and more time consuming than we imagined, but as a result has been much more rewarding.
How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?
This is our baby from birth, and will be for life!
Sell my private Villa, Cortijo or Apartment privately...or Buy my private coastal or inland Spanish dream home from its current owner...Why?
* You will save thousands of Euros if you handle the process yourself. * You are the boss - you vet potential purchasers, and negotiate with them on your terms. * It is your property....who knows it better than you do? Nobody is better equipped to sell your house than you! * Deal with the property owner face to face and avoid 'middle-man' misunderstandings. * Get to know all you need to know, from the person who knows it best...the current owner...directly. * Negotiate at a true value, not an inflated asking price bolstered by an agent’s commission fee.
With Spanish Sales Direct Private Spanish property purchasing just became more pleasant, far easier….and a lot cheaper too!
What is your website address?
Spanish Sales Direct
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