Zillow Gone Wild gets hit with $300K copyright infringement suit

A Washington listing photographer said Zillow Gone Wild used her photo without permission in February 2022. After attempting to negotiate a payment of roughly $30,000, she’s now suing for a maximum judgment of $300,000. Continue reading

7 new markets can use Listing Media Services

ShowingTime+ has again broadened the availability of its agent-focused Listing Media Services in Austin, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Las Vegas, Sacramento and Sarasota. Continue reading

Zillow’s ShowingTime+ releases Listing Media Services in 4 markets

ShowingTime+’s Listing Media Services empowers agents to find and schedule local real estate photographers, as well as select from a series of related digital media packages to enhance the listing’s appeal. Continue reading

BoxBrownie’s new photography app to give agents a happy new year

BoxBrownie is adept at championing and building its products around the often unrealized imaging capabilities of today’s mobile phones. SnapSnapSnap is no different. Continue reading

Clean your house, photographers tell homesellers in new survey

Recently, HomeJab has thrust itself into the marketing datasphere, leveraging the activity of its national network of photography and real estate creatives as a source to better understand the industry. Continue reading

Can 3D tours upend pro listing photos? Not likely

Although 3D tours certainly saw an uptick during the pandemic, using them on every listing isn’t practical or necessary — especially in a hot market. Here’s why traditional listing photography, despite its flaws, will still be standard practice. Continue reading

Marketing content manager Aryeo raises $3.65M

Aryeo, the 2021 class member of NAR’s REACH program, started in real estate photography before graduating to the greater need of helping agents control their data and content. Continue reading

7 property marketing trends that need to die

Whether it’s a deceiving description, really unattractive listing photos or blurry videos — none of these strategies appeal to prospective buyers. These “tactics” for marketing listings just need to go away for good. Continue reading

Attention real estate: Why has your photography not improved yet?

Real estate agents should know it takes more than just a good phone camera to take great listing photos — yet, in some cases, it’s nearly impossible to tell the difference between listing photos taken in 2009 and those taken in 2019. Here’s why you sho… Continue reading