Comments on: DotHomes launches in the US http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/ Tracking European web and mobile start-ups Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:11:31 +0100 hourly 1 By: Partner Overview: DotHomes (Real Estate Syndication Partner) http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-128285 Partner Overview: DotHomes (Real Estate Syndication Partner) Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:13:09 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/#comment-128285 [...] estate across multiple countries including the United Kingdom, South Africa and most recently the United States. Although it may be new to some Americans, dotHomes has a huge following overseas. It has the [...] [...] estate across multiple countries including the United Kingdom, South Africa and most recently the United States. Although it may be new to some Americans, dotHomes has a huge following overseas. It has the [...]

]]> By: fizetés + állás http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-103064 fizetés + állás Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:09:14 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/#comment-103064 probably because dotcom.com was already taken probably because dotcom.com was already taken

]]> By: Charles http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-102514 Charles Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:44:45 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/#comment-102514 Douglas, Why the name change to "dothomes" from "Extate"? "dothomes" IMO, is a disastrous name. It's impossible to tell someone what the name of the site is... - Charles Douglas,

Why the name change to “dothomes” from “Extate”?

“dothomes” IMO, is a disastrous name. It’s impossible to tell someone what the name of the site is…

- Charles

]]> By: Duncan@oodle http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-102366 Duncan@oodle Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:44:03 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/#comment-102366 my 2p's worth - Its refreshing to see sites based around the needs of users (great search) rather than those of suppliers, case in point the property portals who jump to the tune of the estate agents - user focused sites will ultimately win out so good luck to dothomes, nestoria, zoomf, globrix etc That said, USA market has MLS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_Listing_Service) which holds pretty much all properties for sale on one central database making them available to any real estae broker who wants them the listing aggregation is not going to be a winning play in the USA as it might be over here. Bottom line is that there are many great property sites out there, key is how do you build sustainable traffic to them? Answers on a post card :-) my 2p’s worth – Its refreshing to see sites based around the needs of users (great search) rather than those of suppliers, case in point the property portals who jump to the tune of the estate agents – user focused sites will ultimately win out so good luck to dothomes, nestoria, zoomf, globrix etc

That said, USA market has MLS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_Listing_Service) which holds pretty much all properties for sale on one central database making them available to any real estae broker who wants them the listing aggregation is not going to be a winning play in the USA as it might be over here.

Bottom line is that there are many great property sites out there, key is how do you build sustainable traffic to them? Answers on a post card :-)

]]> By: Ed http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-102323 Ed Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:36:16 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/#comment-102323 Hi John, Ed from Nestoria here. Can you send me some examples of specific listings that are out of date so we can investigate? Cheers. Freshness is a big problem in the industry, online and off. Every estate agent will always have properties in their window or on their website. We do quite a bit of work to promote newer listings, and you'll notice that next to each listing we show exactly when it was last updated - so we're working on it. Doesn't mean we can't be better. It's especially tricky for fast moving segments of the market like rentals and in big cities (ie London). Please send me some specific examples (via the Nestoria feedback form) and we'll dive in. thanks, Ed Hi John,

Ed from Nestoria here.

Can you send me some examples of specific listings that are out of date so we can investigate? Cheers.

Freshness is a big problem in the industry, online and off. Every estate agent will always have properties in their window or on their website. We do quite a bit of work to promote newer listings, and you’ll notice that next to each listing we show exactly when it was last updated – so we’re working on it. Doesn’t mean we can’t be better. It’s especially tricky for fast moving segments of the market like rentals and in big cities (ie London).

Please send me some specific examples (via the Nestoria feedback form) and we’ll dive in.

thanks,
Ed

]]> By: John http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-102319 John Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:56:24 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/#comment-102319 Wow, seems the site is live, it looks really good to me! I love they way the map appears when your searching for random stuff. They are a small company, so lack of traction, if that's even true, is probably more to do with lack of advertising and PR. It seems to be that they don't have many rents, (not their focus) no one beats gumtree there anyway, but that's because (if I understand this right) they get their listings from estate agents and not people like rightmove, which is what Nestoria do I think? That's probably why Nestorias are all out of date. Wow, seems the site is live, it looks really good to me! I love they way the map appears when your searching for random stuff. They are a small company, so lack of traction, if that’s even true, is probably more to do with lack of advertising and PR.
It seems to be that they don’t have many rents, (not their focus) no one beats gumtree there anyway, but that’s because (if I understand this right) they get their listings from estate agents and not people like rightmove, which is what Nestoria do I think? That’s probably why Nestorias are all out of date.

]]> By: Douglas de Jager http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-102318 Douglas de Jager Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:54:28 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/#comment-102318 Afternoon, folks. Some friendly banter today? I trust we all had a particularly good weekend. Mike, thanks for the post. No chance, thanks for the thought. Let me rather boldly suggest: you might be surprised to know how things are developing - in the UK, South Africa and now in the US. Janusz, just to clarify, as Nestoria's Ed has done previously: DotHomes and Nestoria are not strictly speaking of the same sort. Nestoria is a meta search site, which currently searches over property portals (like PropertyFinder and Fish4). In so doing, Nestoria works with the portals, by driving traffic to these portals. By contrast, DotHomes searches only over estate agent sites, directly rivaling the portal model. There's actually room for collaboration between DotHomes and Nestoria: something which Ed and I have already discussed. Thanks. Douglas Afternoon, folks.

Some friendly banter today? I trust we all had a particularly good weekend.

Mike, thanks for the post.

No chance, thanks for the thought. Let me rather boldly suggest: you might be surprised to know how things are developing – in the UK, South Africa and now in the US.

Janusz, just to clarify, as Nestoria’s Ed has done previously: DotHomes and Nestoria are not strictly speaking of the same sort. Nestoria is a meta search site, which currently searches over property portals (like PropertyFinder and Fish4). In so doing, Nestoria works with the portals, by driving traffic to these portals. By contrast, DotHomes searches only over estate agent sites, directly rivaling the portal model. There’s actually room for collaboration between DotHomes and Nestoria: something which Ed and I have already discussed.

Thanks.

Douglas

]]> By: Another Property Site Launching in the US « A Fuller View http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-102315 Another Property Site Launching in the US « A Fuller View Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:35:18 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/#comment-102315 [...] would agree with TechCrunch UK that is doubtful if anyone will “actually notice” and I am pretty sure that no one will care that DotHomes is launching in the US. As far as [...] [...] would agree with TechCrunch UK that is doubtful if anyone will “actually notice” and I am pretty sure that no one will care that DotHomes is launching in the US. As far as [...]

]]> By: Mike Butcher http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-102314 Mike Butcher Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:22:36 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/#comment-102314 @James - You appear to have confused TechCrunch with a PR company. We're not here to PR-companies - British or not - but to cast an independent eye over the market. I didn't say dotHomes would fail, I merely point out that the US is a very saturated market for property. It's tough out there. @James – You appear to have confused TechCrunch with a PR company. We’re not here to PR-companies – British or not – but to cast an independent eye over the market. I didn’t say dotHomes would fail, I merely point out that the US is a very saturated market for property. It’s tough out there.

]]> By: Janusz http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-102307 Janusz Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:10:11 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/#comment-102307 @James They may claim that they've got the largest number of listings after rightmove but I would say Nestoria has more. If you look at rent section on DotHomes you will hardly find anything. @James

They may claim that they’ve got the largest number of listings after rightmove but I would say Nestoria has more. If you look at rent section on DotHomes you will hardly find anything.

]]> By: James http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-102304 James Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:58:17 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/#comment-102304 Great news! Finally another UK company to take on the world) DotHomes is way better than any US sites out there, I wish them good luck. @Mike: so much for showing support for British startups!! @No Chance: IMO they already have the largest number of listings after RightMove, and the UK market is far more crowded than US. Any US company would be lucky to snap em up! Great news! Finally another UK company to take on the world) DotHomes is way better than any US sites out there, I wish them good luck.

@Mike: so much for showing support for British startups!!
@No Chance: IMO they already have the largest number of listings after RightMove, and the UK market is far more crowded than US. Any US company would be lucky to snap em up!

]]> By: DotHomes Launches US Home Search Tool « 4realz.net http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-102301 DotHomes Launches US Home Search Tool « 4realz.net Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:34:39 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/#comment-102301 [...] TechCrunchUK published their story (with the not so promising comment: “The question, is will the US - packed to the gunnels with property search engines and in a sub-prime...“), so I thought I’d give my analysis based on what I learned from a good, long [...] [...] TechCrunchUK published their story (with the not so promising comment: “The question, is will the US – packed to the gunnels with property search engines and in a sub-prime…“), so I thought I’d give my analysis based on what I learned from a good, long [...]

]]> By: No chance http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-102281 No chance Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:06:41 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/dothomes-launches-in-the-us/#comment-102281 Looks like last roll of the dice. There is very little traction for DotHomes in UK. So why not throw a few more VC pennies at it, move to the states and hope some US company snaps them up before the cash runs out. Looks like last roll of the dice. There is very little traction for DotHomes in UK. So why not throw a few more VC pennies at it, move to the states and hope some US company snaps them up before the cash runs out.

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