{"id":7067,"date":"2019-12-04T17:51:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T17:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtyninja.com\/blog\/?p=7067"},"modified":"2022-10-06T11:34:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T18:34:49","slug":"user-account-functionality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtyninja.com\/blog\/user-account-functionality\/","title":{"rendered":"Freshly Launched: User Account Functionality (Pre-Requisite for VOW + Sold Search) & More Updates!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Product Updates is a regular Dojo announcement that keeps you in the loop with everything new at RealtyNinja by highlighting our most recent product improvements. Here\u2019s a summary of everything we’ve released lately.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the past year, our development team has been focused on the new User Account,\u00a0Virtual Office Website (VOW) and\u00a0Sold Listing Search\u00a0<\/strong>functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are happy to say that the first phase – User Accounts<\/strong> – is now available on all Katana websites!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That means regardless of your real estate board, people browsing your website will be prompted to register a free account if they wish to save searches and get daily email alerts on them. This gives them extra control and it gives you a higher quality lead. Read all about it new further down the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update on VOW & Sold Search<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Launching user account functionality was by far the largest hurdle we had to get through and it lays the foundation for everything else to come but before we dive in, we owe you an apology<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were so excited about all this new functionality that we underestimated the amount of work involved to implement it. We prematurely announced that it was coming soon months ago, and we let you down. The past few months we’ve been working hard to catch up and it’s required completely re-engineering our listing database, re-structuring our development team, upgrading our hosting architecture and generally tuning up our dev strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all of this in place and User Account functionality under our belt, we are ready to give you another update. Here’s the game plan:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next step will be the introduction of VOW (Virtual Office Website) functionality<\/strong>, starting with our Greater Vancouver (REBGV), Fraser Valley (FVREB) and Chilliwack (CADREB) website customers on Katana. Once enabled, people browsing your website will be prompted to register for a free VOW account to save searches, get daily email alerts as well as having access to more listings and the ability to view additional listing information (such as room sizes)<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The good news is that the user-account functionality we just launched was the bulk of the work required to get VOW working, and we’ve already made great progress beyond that, so we’re approaching the finish line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The launch after that will be Sold Listing Searches<\/strong>, which require VOW functionality to work. Once enabled, it will mean people browsing your website (and signed into their VOW account) will be able to search for historical sold listings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ll also be starting with our Vancouver (REBGV), Fraser Valley (FVREB) and Chilliwack (CADREB) website customers on Katana, and looking to expand to other boards in the future if\/when that becomes an option. A large portion of the development on this functionality is also done so we hope to have that available soon after VOW is released. The great news is that we are making this available right on your own website, not a third-party site! Did we mention there’s no additional cost for it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This password protected account functionality also lays the foundation for us to build more innovative lead-capture, lead-tracking, and reporting features in the future! Stay tuned for further updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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User Account Functionality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

People browsing your website can now register for a free account to save their MLS\u00ae searches, subscribe to email alerts, manage their email alert subscriptions and more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Potential home buyers can log into your website at any time to view and manage their searches easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And of course you’ll get a high-quality lead anytime someone registers for an account on your website or saves a search!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out our help doc on how to enable and use this functionality on your RealtyNinja website<\/a> (includes an FAQ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our team has already enabled this for all existing sites.<\/strong> Previously saved searches will continue to work on your website, and when someone with old saved searches tries to save a new search (or signs up for an account) our system will automatically import their old saved searches. Neat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note:<\/strong> User accounts is available on Katana websites only, so if you’re one of the very few customers still using our old themes make sure to upgrade your website for free<\/a>! VOW and sold listing search will also be available on Katana only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Else We Launched Recently<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

While our primary focus has been User Account\/VOW\/Sold Search functionality, our dev team has launched a number of other amazing features and updates. Check them out below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Search by MLS\u00ae Number<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now available by popular demand! Visitors of your RealtyNinja website can search for a specific listing by using it’s MLS\u00ae #. Read our help doc on how to search by MLS\u00ae number here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Note:<\/strong> Searching by MLS\u00ae # is available on Katana websites only, so if you’re using our old themes make sure to upgrade your website for free<\/a> if you haven’t already!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Customer Referral Rewards Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now you’re in control of how much your RealtyNinja website subscription costs. Introducing RealtyNinja Referral Rewards, the program where you save 10% off your monthly or annual payments for every friend that you refer to RealtyNinja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Refer 10 friends to RealtyNinja and your website subscription becomes 100% free!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After launching your RealtyNinja website live, a “Rewards<\/strong>” widget will appear in the ACCOUNT<\/strong> tab in your website’s back-end. By visiting the Rewards widget, you can share RealtyNinja with your friends and colleagues. Oh ya, and every friend you refer to us ALSO gets 10% off their subscription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the Referral Rewards page on our website<\/a> to find out how you can start using the Referral Rewards program to reduce your website costs today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note:<\/strong> The RealtyNinja Referral Rewards program is only available on Katana websites, so if you’re using our old themes make sure to upgrade your website for free<\/a> if you haven’t already!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landing Page Mode<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Did you know that you can turn any page on your RealtyNinja site into a landing page? Landing Page Mode effectively hides your main website navigation. By doing so, users won’t get distracted by your menu and can focus on your call-to-actions on any given page, which can dramatically increase your conversion rates on targeted campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to enable the new landing page mode, you would simply add the text “?landing=1<\/span>“<\/em> to the end of the URL on ANY page of your RealtyNinja website. For instance, if you want to view the page www.yoursite.com\/search<\/strong><\/span> in landing page mode, then just type www.yoursite.com\/search?landing=1<\/strong><\/span> into the browser instead – that’s it!<\/p>\n\n\n