www.homeswapper.co.ukmay07 the professional, easy to use service working for landlords locally,...
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www.HomeSwapper.co.ukMay’07
The Professional, Easy to Use Service Working for Landlords Locally, Regionally & Nationally
www.HomeSwapper.co.ukMay’07
Contents
• The journey so far…• The facts• Welcome…to the service
– Search >> Search Results >> Full Details– My Pages >> My Matches– Match Alerts– Forum
• Benefits to partnering landlords • Partnering landlords’ tenant approval process• More information
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The journey so far…
• CLG closed ‘Homeswap’ service January 2007
• HomeSwapper.co.uk launched February 2007
• Software developed to replace Homeswap so…– perfect replacement service
– plus many improvements
• HomeSwapper now the UK’s… – only professional mutual exchange service operating
nationally
– largest service for tenants looking to exchange
• HomeSwapper is free to tenants of partnering landlords
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The facts…
• In first 3 months HomeSwapper…– received over 30,000 tenant registrations
– handled over 500,000 property searches for browsers
– identified over 750,000 potential swaps automatically
• Over 70% of new registrants are matched automatically to potential swaps within 24 hours
• Tenants with matches on average have 25+
• HomeSwapper ranked as 'Excellent' or 'Very Good' by 9 out of 10 users in members survey
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Welcome…to the service
Highly accessible website meeting
international standards
Quick and easy registration
Members and
Landlords’ access
unique area via secure
login
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Search
Local, regional & national coverage
Powerful multi-feature search
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Search >> Search Results
“My Favourites” Function
Clickable Google maps
Instant access to contact details
(members only)
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Search >> Full Details
Pictures (screened by
HomeSwapper)
Landlord accurately identified
Free text description
(screened by HomeSwapper)
Key information in multiple languages
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My Pages >> My Matches
Member logs into their personal website area
Reciprocal matches
automatically identified daily
Easy access to Full Details by one click on address
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Match alerts
Email alerts
weekly
Text alerts
fortnightly
Letter alerts
monthly (optional)
At best the (now closed) Homeswap service
contacted users only every 6 weeks
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Forum
New ‘Topic’ started
automatically for each new
home
Members can ask
questions and share information
Easy access to Full Details of
member’s home
Text screened by HomeSwapper
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Benefits to partnering landlords
• Partnering landlord’s tenants register free
• Professional, easy to use mutual exchange service
• Offer tenants greatest chance of a swap because– any tenants can register not just from partnering landlords
– tenants can find swap with another landlords’ tenants
– tenants can swap locally, regionally and nationally
• Option to offer improved tenant accessibility– Access to paper application forms
– HomeSwapper Lists (“in’, “out” and “within”) all available*
– Match alerts by monthly letter for those without email**
• Marketing support
• Minimal landlord input required* Cheaper than Homeswap Lists
** Small additional cost
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Partnering landlords’ tenant approval process
Landlord logs into
their personal
website area
Easy access to members details by one
click on nameQuick and easy way to submit if person is your tenant or not
Quick search anytime for any of your tenants
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Thank you for viewing the presentation, but it can only show some of the features of HomeSwapper.
To get more information or arrange to be contacted – click this email [email protected]
– visit the ‘Landlords’ page on HomeSwapper web site for:
– case studies; landlord and tenant
– details of Service Level Agreement
– details of List
– poster for marketing
– how to add a link on your website
Click on logo below to go there now
More information