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"I
wish we would have listed our home with you first. We had an
offer after only 9 days thanks to your incredible advertising exposure,
and less than two weeks later our home sold for 99.3% of asking
price. Thank you!"
~Tom
& Sandra Woods
"Having
dealt with other real estate agents in the past, I am clearly convinced
that your knowledge and ability to service your clients far surpassed
the others. I was amazed when my home sold for the price I
wanted, and in less than 3 days!"
~Richard
Kern
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Frequently Asked Questions
Getting Started
General Questions
Technical Questions
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1. How
do I sign up?
Just go to our
Realtor Territory
USA map and click on the territory you want. You will need to fill out
the form and submit it, along with payment information to secure your
territory.
Within minutes of submitting it, you'll receive a Welcome Package,
that explains the steps you will need to take to get your web site set
up.
If your county is not available, you will receive a message stating
that. Otherwise, it will take you straight to the Web Site
Payment Form after checking.
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2. How long does it take to get set up?
The
set-up
process should take no more than one hour of your total combined time
-- there will several steps you will need to follow and forms to
fill out. But the sooner you get the information provided to us, the
sooner we can have your web site up and running for you.
On average, we will have your site ready to go within one week.
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3.
How exactly am I able to accept payments online for my services?
It's
been proven time and time again that if you do not accept credit cards
on your web site, you will lose well over 85% of your business.
Customers on the 'Net are impulsive and want everything NOW! That's
why I have included a built-in secure Merchant Account with your web
site so that you can receive payments online.
I have
set up a shopping cart system and Merchant Account with PayPal on your
web site so that you can accept online payments. In a nutshell,
PayPal takes your orders and processes them on a secure server while
your customer waits online.
More
specifically, when an order is placed, the secure server connects to
the bank, authorizes your customer's credit card and charges it
the amount of your product or service. Once their card has been
approved, a screen pops up confirming the order and the consumer will
also receive a confirmation email from PayPal with a receipt, so they
know their order has gone through.
PayPal
has 45 million registered users and is also the Merchant Account used
by eBay. If you were familiar with PayPal's old rules, they have
changed. PayPal no longer requires your customers to set up a
PayPal account in order to make payment. PayPal has simplified its
system but more importantly, it is a company name that is highly recognized and trusted by consumers.
Please
be aware that as with any merchant account, the credit card companies
charge merchants a fee for use of their credit cards.
To view the fees that will be charged for each of your online transactions,
click here.
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4. Can
I take orders over the phone or by fax?
Yes, under certain circumstances:
If you like to run seminars, for instance, and want to sell your services
there, I would recommend setting up a "Virtual Terminal" Account** with
PayPal, which is an online version of the credit card swipe machines used in stores. This PayPal upgrade allows you to accept phone, fax, mail and in-person payments but
allows you the ability to still accept credit card orders but you would
input these orders yourself since it is an offline transaction.
Additionally,
you may have customers who are anxious about submitting online
payments. In this case you can take their payment information by
phone or fax but you will
need PayPal's upgraded "Virtual Terminal" account in order to complete
this type of offline transaction, as well.
Although, it may be just as easy in this situation to explain to your customer that your site
is using PayPal for payments which is a
secure server that protects your customers' confidential information
and gives them confidence that they can safely enter their credit card
number at your site.
Explain to them that a "secure server" is simply a computer server that can accept and transmit
confidential information such as credit card numbers without the risk
of someone intercepting the transmission and "stealing" the
information. The data is kept secure through encryption, and almost
all browsers now support secure server transactions.
**If you
wish to upgrade your account with PayPal to accept credit cards
offline, you will need to set up their Virtual Terminal Account at your
expense. There is a
$20 monthly fee that you will be charged, and will not be covered by Envision
It Sold.
You
will find instructions on how to set up a Virtual Terminal Account with
PayPal in your Welcome Package that you will receive by email, as soon
you have purchased your Envision It Sold web site.
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5. How do I know when someone buys my services online?
It's
easy! When you sign
up for an Envision It Sold web site, you will receive a Welcome Package
by email, that will walk you through the set up of your Merchant Account with
PayPal.
Once
your account is set up, you will notify me and I will design your
shopping cart buttons to include your account information. As
soon
as a consumer purchases one of your products or services, PayPal will
notify you by email that an amount is waiting for you, which you can then claim by going to your PayPal account.
This
notification from PayPal will be delivered to the same email inbox that
your Envision It Sold email is being forwarded to.
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6. How
will I get paid for my services?
As soon
as a consumer purchases one of your products or services, PayPal will notify you by email that an amount is waiting for you, which you can then claim by going to your PayPal account.
You
can chose what you want to do with the payment at that time. For
instance, it can be transferred to a bank account of your preference,
you can request a check from PayPal, you can earn a return on your
balance from PayPal Money Market and Debit Card, you can shop with a
PayPal debit card or you can get cash out of an ATM.
Additionally, PayPal allows you to have the payment remain in
your PayPal account to buy from over 42,000 PayPal shops. You can also draw off your account as needed, such as when Envision
It Sold bills you for your monthly web site payment. In this case, PayPal would pay Envision
It Sold through your cash reserves rather than by charging your credit card
every month. The choice is yours!
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7. What kind of income can I expect to earn?
Please remember that your web site is meant as an additional tool to provide you with "supplemental income" to
the commissions that you are already receiving with your traditional ways of
doing business, not as a replacement.
With
that being said, currently a site with a medium amount of traffic
receives a monthly income between $1,00 to $4,000. We have web
sites that earn under $500 a
month (very low-traffic sites) and others as high as $7,500 a month
(popular,
high-traffic sites).
The amount you earn depends on the type of people that visit your site, how
many visitors you receive monthly, and how much exposure you give your Envision
It Sold web site.
Web sites
with agents who actively promote their products and services (through
e-mail marketing, classified ads, etc.) will receive higher income than
an agent who does nothing. Exposure is the key to the success of
your web site.
Make sure you spend some time reading through and implementing the various tips
and promotional ideas that I share with you throughout your 15 lesson Course, "Best Kept Secrets to Making Money Online".
You'll
discover the same secrets that our top agents (those earning $7,500+
per month) are using so that you can experience the same success. Even
implementing just one of the techniques I share, can literally double your
monthly onilne income!
NOTE: The
commissions mentioned are exceptional results, which may not apply to
the average agent, and are not intended to represent or guarantee
that anyone will
achieve the same or similar results. Each individual's success depends
on his
or her background, dedication, desire, and motivation.
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8. Will you provide me with ways to promote my site to generate leads?
I have ensured that EnvisionItSold.com has high search engine
rankings and high traffic volume that will help drive visitors to your "Premium"
web site, although you should not rely solely on this for your traffic.
One of the
best ways you can go about generating more traffic to your site will be to
advertise your web site address on all your marketing items including your
business cards, letterhead, brochures, flyers, email signature, ads and anything
else prospects might
see.
In addition, as soon as you have given Envision It Sold "final approval" of your
web site, you will receive our 15 lesson course, "Best Kept Secrets to Making Money Online", that will guide you
through dozens of ways to promote your site to generate leads.
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| General Questions |
1. How is this different from a company such as Help U Sell?
Envision It Sold is not a
discount brokerage,
where an agent reduces his or her commission to obtain business.
Envision It Sold is simply offering "A Tool" that you can add to your current
traditional ways of doing business, therefore, adding
another revenue stream.
Envision
It Sold is unique because it offers web sites to use as a tool to
add to your traditional ways of doing business and you do not have to
switch companies in order to implement this system.
You
simply continue working in the office where you are happy but you will
add this web site as an additional tool, in order to improve your
chance to turn FSBOs into full service listings and future clients, and
as a venue to promote yourself and all of your listings.
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2. Can I own more than one "Exclusive Territory?
Yes,
an individual Realtor can have more than one subscription, if several
counties are desired, but the set up and monthly fees remain the same
for each subscription. The "exclusive territories" are being sold first
come, first served.
If a
particular county you wish to own has already been sold, you can contact me to
be placed on a notification list in case that county becomes available again,
and I would urge you to subscribe to my Standard web site in the
meantime.
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3. What can I do if my territory is taken?
There
will be one Realtor that owns the "Premium" web site per county.
Other Realtors may own our "Standard" web site but these folks
will not be linked to my 14 service/map pages on my National site.
If we already have an affiliate for the county you want, you can choose another county or
contact us if
you'd like to be notified if the county becomes
available.
Meanwhile, we recommend you
click here to get your Standard Web Site
today.
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4. What if my territory requires
higher fees in order to implement my services?
A
good deal of effort, research and national comparison have gone into
setting the services offered and pricing on the Envision It Sold web
site. With that being said, some markets have much different fees
for their MLS listings and other services.
Therefore, effective pricing and marketing strategy can be
adjusted accordingly and
customized
to individual markets, upon request.
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5. Why are some of the services offered on your national
site but not shown on the Premium/Standard web site example?
Envision
It Sold has developed a system where you can benefit by offering
products and services that are best handled by a licensed real estate
agent. These are the services you see on the sample web site.
The additional services offered to home sellers,
as
seen on the national web site, are mostly tools that require shipping
or appointments need to be set up. To simplify the system, make
it easier for all agents involved and to keep the pricing on those
items consistant across the country, it is best that they are only
provided by one source.
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6. Do I have to gather information on the customer's property to input in the MLS?
No, the
beauty of this system is that the home seller is in charge of such
details. But, you will need to let your customer know what is required by
your local MLS.
You
may find in time, that it is very time-consuming on your part to assist
your customers with the correct rules and regulations required by your
MLS. You may end up researching the deatials of their property
for them or you will go back and forth with them many times by phone in
order to get them to find the correct information on their property.
In either case, you may as well have been providing "full
service" for them for the amount of time you have given to this task!
Therefore, it would be in your best interest to consider
having Envision It Sold design a custom automated MLS form
that matches your location's required MLS input form, thus saving you
the time you had initially hoped to gain by implementing this system
into your business.
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7. How can I get my web site for FREE?
Licensed Realtors who own the Envision It Sold “Premium” or “Standard”
web sites are encouraged to join our Affiliate Program.
If earning automatic
monthly commissions for LIFE
sounds good to you, then you won't want to let one more minute go by
without rolling our promotions out to your fellow Realtors. You
will earn a portion of the monthly fee for each agent you refer who
buys our web site, and this is residual monthly income! Thus, the
money you earn from your Affiliate sales will pay for your web site
every month.
It's so simple! You can get in on the action by simply
referring our web
sites to other Realtors. You know, those folks you have been referring leads back and forth to around the country for years?
Unlike most
Affiliate Programs, we not only pay commissions on people you refer who purchase
a web site, but also a 2nd level of commissions is paid on anyone your
people refer. So you have two chances to earn money
automatically.
Click here to get started
now!
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1. What do I do if I have another web site already ?
If you already
have a web site, chances are that it is little more than an electronic brochure
and you’re missing out on a goldmine.
Many agents have more than one web site, and some even have as
many as 3 or 4 web sites. Typically, each site is providing different
features that are unique and needed
in their own special way.
But,
you need to be honest and ask yourself if you are actually receiving
qualifed leads from your site that turn into paying customers?
If not, you may want to consider cancelling that web site and redirecting the domain name to your new Envision It Sold web site.
So when deciding if you want to cancel your existing web site or not, you should analyze the pros and cons of your site, but do remember that a successful
web site today must function as two web sites in
one.
Envision It Sold is offering you a front-end web site for lead generation that consumers can interact with easily to make online purchases, plus it provides you with a backend office that you can use to run your business remotely while promoting your listings.
Does your existing web site provide you with "Your Very Own All-In-One Turnkey Business
Solution"?
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2. What do I do if I want to use an existing domain
name of my own but I also want to take advantage of the Envision It Sold subdomain
name, is this possible?
There is no problem with this - here is what will be done...
If you have
recently cancelled a web site and are afraid you will lose traffic from
people who were aware of your web site's domain name, I can
transfer your existing domain name and then redirect it to the home
page of your Envision It Sold web site.
Then you can
you can still take advantage of my established domain name
ranking with Alexa and the search engines, by choosing a subdomain of
EnvisionItSold.com, which will equate to more leads for
you (an example of this would be "yourname.envisionitsold.com" ).
This subdomain name would be an additional primary domain name that
would land on your Envision It Sold web site's home page.
This way, you
can advertise either or both of the domain names but your visitors will
reach the same home page of your web site. In other words, by
entering either domain name to a browser your customers land on your
home page, thus giving you the best of both worlds.
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3.
What do I
do if a customer wants a refund?
We do not accept refunds as you will see in
Section 8 of Envision It Sold's Terms of Use policy, stated below:
Refunds
"Due to the
extremely low price of our services, unused months of service are not
refundable. The products and services offered on this web site do not warrant or
guarantee to find a buyer for your home or result in a successful closing of
your home."
But,
in the rare case that a customer has made a legitimate mistake, you can
make a judgement call and do as you see fit. If you do need to
make adjustments, you will need to log into your PayPal Account and
click on the tab marked "Resolution Center". From there, simply
click on ther Resolution Center Tutorials to find a solution to your
particular situation.
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4. Can I refund customers the amount they have already paid if they decide to go with a full service listing with me?
Yes, you can request to have the following blurb added to
your web site pages (at no additional cost to you):
<Your web site name>’s Guarantee:
Should you decide to switch to a Full Service Listing, after
trying on your own for a period of time, you will be credited back the fee/s
you paid to <Your web site name> upon a successful closing of said
property, provided you list your home with the same Realtor who provided you
the services.
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5.
What can I do if I have other services I want to offer?
We have prepared a list of the most common
additional service
pages that
Realtor may chose to add to their web site
for an extra fee
(some of these services may pertain to certain locations but not to others).
If
you have other ideas for customized services, you may submit them to us for
approval. Simply
contact us to submit your requests by email. Envision It Sold will review your
request and get back to you
with a cost estimate
for your custom page.
Depending on
the page you want designed, the cost will vary but you can expect a minimum cost
of $199.00 per additional
page.
***Please note
that not all ideas will be approved, it is up to Envision It Sold to make the
final decision on this.
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6. Who should be shown as the contact person for
setting showings?
This may depend on the laws and rules in your own city or state, but generally, you
will be putting the home seller's phone number as the person to call to
set showings for the property.
It is a good idea to try to encourage the home seller to order Envision It Sold's Set Showings Service
so that the home seller doesn't have to be on call 24/7 and you won't
have to waste your precious time fielding dozens of calls from agents who are confused as to who to
call to set up the showings.
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7.
How do I upload my listings to the national web site and how many of my listings can I
upload?
As soon
you have purchased your Envision It Sold web site,
you will receive a Welcome Package, by email. Here you will find step-by-step instructions, including photos, on how to upload your listings to the national web
site.
Remember, your Envision It Sold web site includes a back-end office (Intranet site) that you can
use to run your business remotely. This is
where you will upload your existing listings and personalize some of your pages.
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8. What kind of support do you offer?
We're
available to help you during business hours -- by phone or e-mail --
and firmly believe that there's no such thing as a stupid question!
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