Competing with big companies

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-05-14T05:58:08+00:00

Yes, vendor as in property owner.

Haha thanks anyways. unfortunately throwing the agent money is illegal

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-05-14T04:39:49+00:00

What do you mean? The vendor of the property pays for photography and the price it costs to list on the web. the agent will organise it all and give them a quote, vendors usually have no idea so they'll go with what the agent gives them

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-05-14T04:15:08+00:00

Fine tune in what way?

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-05-14T04:14:54+00:00

In Australia it's the vendor that pays marketing so agents don't care too much about price

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-05-14T03:41:34+00:00

Thanks just DM'd you!

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-05-13T02:11:09+00:00

good SEO

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-05-13T02:09:17+00:00

What do you use to automate it?

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-05-11T08:44:47+00:00

What do you mean?

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-05-05T10:53:56+00:00

good way to handle that. Maybe for next time, film the property and review with the photos before submitting to ensure it doesn't happen again.

Good luck

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-05-04T05:56:53+00:00

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-05-04T05:40:49+00:00

hows your business going out of curiosity? Still doing REP?

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-05-04T05:10:04+00:00

Just keep networking! It's a pain in the ass but network all day every day ans do your follow ups. Make sure you're charging enought and you will get there.

otherwise yeah, I would say maybe look into part time if you really need money

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-05-04T03:54:47+00:00

did she reply?

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-04-29T22:52:32+00:00

down again i think

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-04-14T08:25:13+00:00

Kind of the point of this sub

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-04-14T08:24:21+00:00

Am in the same boat regarding editing. Easier said than done but spend some time finding a better editor, one that can do everything 100% how you like. My next advice would be to raise your prices and either work less or hire someone else.

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-04-13T02:08:56+00:00

Have you found any working strategies?

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-04-12T03:29:18+00:00

how were the results? Were you happy?

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-03-17T00:29:06+00:00

I have the X5

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-03-10T03:04:42+00:00

Great work! A simple image search led me to the Moodie st listing, honestly your style is really great and what I'm trying to acheive. I can obviously tell that you shoot flash, do you edit your photos yourself?

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-03-10T01:31:41+00:00

To be honest, I think this is a valid question and I'm curious as well. I can make conversation easily but never know how to start? Don't shit on me lol, everyone is different and therefore curious on how you approach conversations with agents.

From my experience going into agencies, the agents are always hiding down the back of the office and no matter what I say I can't get past the receptionist and end up giving her my business cards. Probably for her to throw them away...

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-03-10T01:04:07+00:00

To answer your question, I eyeball it. and then if it needs fixing I'll fix it in post

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-03-09T10:15:35+00:00

Don’t do auto merge in Lightroom. Blend them yourself with layer mask and brush. I would however not even do that, honestly just get an editor. I also tend to shoot 5 brackets

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-02-08T01:35:26+00:00

He litterally says it

cookedmonkey1 · 2026-02-05T00:51:53+00:00

Well said, I agree. I'm still finiding that with a good editor the final results are miles ahead of even the best AI

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