A website which was featured in an EYE story last week appears to have been copied without permission.
Agency Negotiation is a new business, which is set to roll out nationally, which will help vendors choose the right agent and then manage the relationship.
It charges agents nothing and will cost vendors £250 on completion of the sale. Owner Chris Arnold says that he will deliver agents highly motivated sellers.
Now another site has appeared that looks almost identical.
With a yellow rather than black background, it appears to be run by Ian Austin, based in Manchester, and calls itself Austin Agent Negotiations.
It can be found here
Agency Negotiation’s site is here
Arnold said: “Thank you for drawing my attention to this. I knew nothing about this and obviously it is nothing to do with us.
“We had earlier been considering whether to use local people on the ground, before deciding against it.
“This person was one of those we talked to, but it now looks as though he has decided to take matters into his own hands and do it anyway.
“I will deal with the matter.”
We did ask Austin to contact us.
Comments (3)
They should look to introduce to the original website and negotiate their £250 fee with them!
Pay new website £100 they neg a fee of £50 with the original website (saving £200!) they in turn neg with an agent ……… All seems a little confusing, maybe sellers should just call an agent in the first place!
Oh and looking at the “Sales pitch” from the original website all they are suggesting is a stepped fee to the agent to “Keep them motivated” sure any potential vendor can ask an agent that question!
They can’t even spell!
Oh, dear. Pity that it took your target audience and their news channel to draw attention to your own internal and external problems.
Still… competition isn’t a bad thing – keep you on your toes and who knows might encourage someone to set up a NegotiationNegotiationLimited – get your fees a bit more competitive in today’s market.
I know of a site I could cut’n’paste as a template – needs a HeII of a lot of tweaking – but I suppose imitation is the cheapest, nastiest form of flattery.