{"id":819,"date":"2019-05-29T22:02:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T22:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/29\/australian-platform-aims-to-help-agents-manage-online-reviews\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:08:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:08:55","slug":"australian-platform-aims-to-help-agents-manage-online-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/29\/australian-platform-aims-to-help-agents-manage-online-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Platform Aims to Help Agents Manage Online Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Australian Platform Aims to Help Agents Manage Online Reviews<\/h2>\n<p>Thanks to Yelp, Zillow and Google, online reviews are influencing consumer behavior. According to Real Trends\u2019 <a href=\"2018-consumer-study-buyers-and-sellers-still-need-real-estate-professionals\/\">2018 Consumer Study<\/a>, 69 percent of respondents said they use referrals to find an agent, with 62 percent saying they rely on online reviews. Clearly, what consumers find out online affects their final selection.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This might explain why a tech platform that helps agents manage their online reputation is gaining ground. The Australian real estate agent-rating platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ratemyagent.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RateMyAgent<\/a>, used by 80 percent of Australian agents, is hoping to make inroads in the United States; two recent developments are paving the way for its adoption.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this spring, the National Association of Realtors named <a href=\"http:\/\/nar-reach.com\/portfolio-item\/ratemyagent\/\">RateMyAgent<\/a> to its 2019 REach\u00ae Class accelerator program\u2014the first ratings platform to be so named. And in May, the California Regional MLS added it to its <a href=\"https:\/\/go.crmls.org\/marketplace\/\">Marketplace<\/a> of services.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mark Armstrong, CEO of RateMyAgent, the platform is attempting to solve a pain point for real estate professionals created by the number of platforms enabling consumer feedback. \u201cDo I put all my eggs in one basket, and miss out on being seen elsewhere, or, do I use several but then I\u2019m asking vendors for multiple reviews and the admin is horrible,\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe solve that problem by helping agents to put reviews across platforms quickly and easily,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That includes Google Reviews, their Facebook or Instagram pages, agents\u2019 own website, as well as creating paid ads across social media channels and the Google network.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In Australia, one in three home transactions results in a review on the platform. North America is not quite there yet. So far, 14,000 agents have signed up.<\/p>\n<p>At this stage, a U.S. real estate agent must request a review from their customer, so the only way for an agent to get a review is for the agent to claim their profile and start requesting reviews. All reviews are verified to ensure only parties involved in a transaction within the last 12 months can review an agent.&nbsp;This prevents anonymous unverified reviews, for example agents reviewing other agents.<\/p>\n<p>RateMyAgent plans to open up the platform in the future to allow buyers and sellers to post reviews without being requested (as is done in Australia) but as of now it is a review-request platform only.<\/p>\n<p>If and when it reaches critical mass, the data it has can help consumers, agents and brokers across the board. 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