Hi, it’s me again.
What a lovely day it is in Cyprus today! I hope the weather is good where you are too.
I said last week that I’d share some more hints and tips on how you can sell your property privately. By doing this, you can save a fortune in estate agents commission. So this time, I’m going to cover how you can use the local supermarkets to help you.
Some supermarkets have notice boards and they allow you to pin up things you have for sale, business cards, charity notices and so on. And it’s FREE! So all you need to do now is design a small, eye-catching poster and you can join in. It’s best if you try and keep this to A5 size rather than A4. Why? Because the larger A4 signs tend to get other items pinned over them.
Before you start designing a poster on your computer (or getting someone else to do it for you), remember it’s very important to have really good photographs. These will definitely help sell your property for you. I had a professional photographer take ours; it only cost about 70 euros and was worth every penny. Also, if you get the photographer to take both high resolution and low resolution, then you can also use them on your website if you are going to have one.
Make sure you have all the key details on the poster, and very importantly, have strips at the bottom that people can tear-off. The tear-offs should contain your phone numbers and your website. Big hint: Don’t make the tear-offs too small, and make sure the phone numbers aren’t too close to the top of the tear-off. Make it really easy for people to just grab one and phone.
The response from doing this was amazing. Oh, and keep a plastic wallet of your posters in the car, so each time you are out, you can put them up or replenish them if they have gone – they do tend to disappear very quickly.
I hope these hints and tips are helping. Next time I’ll talk about advertising your property in the local papers – it’s very low cost - and it definitely works!
Until then,
Best wishes.
Jackie
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Hi Jackie,
ReplyDeleteWe currently have a 2 bed appartment for sale in Kapparis and have just 1 agent working for us and had only 2 viewing in 4 months. As we are living in the UK do you have any tips on marketing from outside of Cyrpus and the handling viewings?
Thanks,
Damian.
Hi Damian
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear from you.
First of all, my absolute best advice is to get yourself a website. Then you can advertise your property in the local papers over here and people can come directly to you.
Get a friend or a neighbour to hold a key and handle your viewings. I do suggest you offer them a small fee for their time and trouble. You could also offer them a commission if they get you a sale - this will help generate some enthusiasm!
You definitely need to get more agents to help you too! I had multiple agents working for me, in addition to my own marketing. You can never have too many - the more agents, the more viewings you will get. Remember to include international property brokers too, you'll easily find them on the internet.
Hope this helps, don't hesitate to ask any more questions, I'll be pleased to assist.
Warmest regards
Jackie
Buying a property abroad is an exciting time. before buying you should good do research about the property.
ReplyDeleteand when you are looking to sell your property one thing you can keep in mind is that price for the property should be attractive to buyers.
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