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Q. Who are easylondonaccommodation.com?
A. easylondonaccommodation.com
is an on-line property magazine created to address the needs of
today's tenants searching for accommodation in London through
cost effective and affordable online advertising.
For the past 18 months we
have been assisting potential tenants by providing an extremely
user friendly and informative website, exhibiting a large range
of properties in London to suit all budgets and requirements.
From this, our company has
grown and developed beyond all expectations. Our goal now is to
continue our growth and constantly improve, tailoring our service
to better suit your needs.
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Q. Why use easylondonaccommodation.com?
A. easylondonaccommodation.com
is an interactive web site containing a host of information and
resources that appeals to anyone looking for accommodation in London.
Letting Agents and
Landlords: the majority of site visitors, over 35,000
hit per month, are actively seeking accommodation. We offer very
competitive, flexible and affordable packages
to accommodate your needs.
Potential Tenants:
we have a variety of properties and rooms with a large choice
of locations and a wide range of budgets. We also offer a service
that tries to accommodate for a property you wish to have. easymail
is designed to send out an email to all registered Landlords and
Letting Agents with details of your desired property.
Over 200,000 renters use
easylondonaccommodation.com to find their new accommodation. Everyday
we have over 2000 hits with people looking for rooms, bedsits,
studios, apartments and houses in London.
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Q. How do I register?
A. To register click on
the Register as a New User button.
This will take you to our Registration
page where you need to complete the form with details of your
company. Please ensure that all (*Required) fields are
filled out as accurately as possible. To proceed you will need
to click the Next button at the bottom of the form, upon doing
so you will be directed to the Personal Contact Details page.
It is here that you need to choose a package and fill in your
personal details.
You'll receive your own ID and Password allowing you
access to create and update your account. You'll have 24-hour access to
instantaneously add, delete, or change your property's information.
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Q. Why send a password to my email address?
A. The purpose of this confirmation
procedure is to ascertain that your address is reachable. Once
you receive your user name and password, you are free to start
adding your properties. This is a standard procedure to help maintain
the security and privacy of all easylondonaccommodation.com users.
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Q. How do I submit adverts to easylondonaccommodation.com?
A. Use your login details
to enter the Control Panel screen. From here you can click on
the button "Manage Your Properties" where you can upload
or update your property details, add images, edit, preview, and
delete your property advert, 24/7.
This convenient system is
especially beneficial when you change rates or office hours, add
amenities, or want to upload newer pictures.
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Q. How much does it cost to advertise online?
A. For a limited period we are offering a no obligation 1-month trial
of our business advertising service, to enable you to see just
how successful it can be for your business - helping you reach
thousands of prospective tenants.
easy Ad
20 properties - £40 month - £230 for 6 months - £400 for 12 months
(All prices exclude VAT)
easy Branding
120 properties - £70 month - £400
for 6 months - £700
for 12 months
(All prices exclude VAT)
Allow you to use pages
and photographs or images to describe your business or service,
thus enabling you to present a more professional image of your
business to the world.
It will contain your business logo, address, post code and telephone, also an active
link to your email address, booking condition, and booking forms.
Service include Sample
Service include:
- Rent Full page
- Unlimited properties monthly
- Company website-which can be linked direct to your website.
- Prime position in search engine
- Property of the week
- Upload - We will upload your property listings to our website,
adding your new adverts, removing any old adverts, and replacing any edited ones
- Email Alert and Hit Counter - this lets you know exactly how
many visitors have viewed each of your properties. Customers
can then call and/or email direct to express an interest in specific properties.
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Q. How much does it cost to get listed in easylondonaccommodation.com?
A. Letting agent listings - £65.00 per annum
Sample
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Q. How do I pay for the Easy Ad?
A. When you have finished
creating your online ad, you will be taken to a secure server
at WorldPay.com Plc, operates on a secure online payment system.
This means that information you provide such as your credit or
debit card number is encrypted so that it cannot be read or intercepted
by other people
After making your payment, we will email you to confirm receipt.
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Q. How do I pay for the Easy Branding?
A. First, make sure that
you are registered on our system before; you can use the service.
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Q. What forms of payment do you accept?
A. We have four simple payment
options, you can choose one which suits your:
- Online payment - this is
the quickest method and secure (read our security and privacy
statement)
- Cheque - send your payment to
Dracon Estate Ltd,
Merlin House 125
8 Shepherd Market
London W1J 7QE
(payable to Dracon Estate Ltd)
- By STO - monthly by standing order.
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Q. When will my advert go live on easylondonaccommodation.com?
A. Your advert will go online
from the date you have chosen to start advertising providing your
ad has cleared our vetting process by this date. The vetting process
typically takes up to two working days.
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Q. Can I change, renew or remove my adverts once they have gone live?
A. You can update your ad
free of charge from our control panel, if you need to change any
of the details i.e. contact name and telephone number or if you
wish to alter any of the details about the property. You can also
renew your ad for which you will be charged accordingly or remove
it from our database. Removed adverts are held for four weeks
in your advert manager before being deleted. During that period
you can renew the advert if you wish.
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Q. How to upload your images and logo?
A. If you have a digitised
image in 'jpg' or 'bmp' format you can submit this to us by clicking
form your control penal Manage Your Properties then the 'house'
image then click 'Browse' button and selecting the appropriate
image. Or you can send us your photo as an email attachment or
by post. This will require scanning the photo yourself. Please
follow these guidelines when scanning your photo:
- Scan at 72 dpi, this is the maximum resolution a PC monitor can use
- Size your image to 300 pixels wide by 200 pixels high (105 x 70mm)
- Save your scanned image as a jpeg and apply maximum compression
- Use your surname as the file name when saving
- Ensure your final jpeg image is not bigger than 15Kb in size
easylondonaccommodation.com
may need to retouch and/or resize your photo in order to post
it with your advert. Attach your final image to an email and send
it to webmaster including your name, the full address of the property
shown in the photo, and your telephone number.
easylondonaccommodation.com
is unable to provide technical support for sending email attachments.
If you are unable to scan or attach images to an email, please
send us the photo by post.
Mailing Address
Dracon Estate Ltd
Merlin House 125
8 Shepherd Market
London
W1J 7QE
Please note that easylondonaccommodation.com is unable to return any photos sent to us by post.
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Q. How do I prevent the full address of the property being shown in my ad?
A. The Ad will display the
address without the house number or flat number, for example if
on the property registration you entered the address as 70 Hollywood
Road, Bayswater, London W2 5TR only Hollywood Road, Bayswater,
London W2 would be listed on the website for prospective tenants.
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Q. What if I forget my password or want to change my registration details?
A. If you forget your
password, just click on Member Help, enter your email address
and we will send it to you. If you want to change your registration
details, enter your User Name and Password in the fields on the
left of the screen. Click on 'Sign In'
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Q. How can I make my ad stand out?
Property Descrption:
You're here to rent your property - people will only contact you if they like
the sound of your advert. How far the property from shops and
stations, if shared accommodation how many people sharing and
where are they from, age? Etc... Please provide any extra
features i.e. balconies, views, wood floors, high ceilings, gym
facilities, secure parking etc
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Property Photo:
A good photograph helps find tenant. The photo should
be of the front of the property and taken in good light with as
sharp a focus as possible.
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Q. How much traffic is there?
A. We are currently attracting
approximately 60,000 visitors per month, We have which translates
to over 1.2 million hits per month. This traffic is projected
to rise sharply to coincide with our comprehensive search engine
positioning strategy.
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Q. How do you know if it is successful?
A. Our 1 click email system
facilitates the communication between landlords/agent and tenants.
With 1 click - a prospective tenant can have a preformatted email
sent to the Landlord/Agent on their behalf. We are able to track
these emails and agents can expect to receive about 5 enquiries
a week per property. This does not include the prospective tenants
who visit agents websites or rings them directly as a result of
an advert on our site.
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Q. How many Landlords/Agents use your site?
A. We have over 2000 registered
landlords and Agents and over 800 properties in London. These
numbers are growing fast.
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Q. How will I be able to see if it is working?
A. At any time you can log
onto the site and view performance. Our reports will tell you
how many prospective tenants have looked at each of your properties
in detail. Try adding one property - after you see how easy it
is and how many prospective tenants contact you - you will wonder
why you didn't start using it earlier!
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Q. Do you have a refund policy?
A. We have a 48 hours refund
policy. If within 48 hours of making a payment with us you change
your mind, we will refund your money: simply contact us on 0207
792 7926.
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Q. I've paid for my ad but it's not coming up on a search and it hasn't appeared
in my control Panel - what's happened to it?
A. It's likely that your
advert is still undergoing our vetting process. Ads are regularly
updated so your ad should appear soon unless there is a problem,
in which case you will be contacted by customer services.
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Q. I'm having problems uploading my property/making payment online?
A. If you experience
any difficulty in uploading properties or making payment online
please call our help service on: 0207 792 7926
or email us
with the property and your contact details.
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