How do I
join?
- Call us at 920-570-2167 or email us at sales@riponcomputer.com
- We will want to discuss any preferences
you may have on color schemes.
- We will arrange to receive from you:
- A color copy of your company logo.
- A copy of any sales brochures you
use in your business.
- These documents will allow us to
customize the web site to your business.
- We will add your logo and setup the
color scheme on the web site to match your business.
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What will I get?
- Your own web site, customized to your
business. The web site provides a professional presence
for your real estate business on the Internet.
- Your own domain name, www.yourcompany.com (subject to
availability). No more shared accounts
on large no-name services. No domain names like http://www.xyzrealestatesvrxc.com/~mycompany
(these are hard to fit on a business card and even harder for
your customers to remember).
- All the functionality of the RCSReal
package to allow you to manage the information on the site and
to allow your clients to search for and view information about
your properties.
- Email forwarding. You will have
up to 6 email addresses, i.e. john@xyzdomainname.com, that will forward email
messages to your local Internet dial-up account.
- A whopping 60MB of storage on your web
site. Capable of holding thousands of property listings if
necessary.
- You will receive web site "hit
statistics" every other month providing you with detailed
information on how many surfers are accessing your web site and
which pages are most frequently being accessed.
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What are the advantages?
- Your properties are listed on your site.
- You experience the advantages of the
large real estate listing sites on a more personal level.
- Update your property listings right
from your own computer.
- Virtually no limit on the number of
properties you can list.
- Current information on web sites draws
surfers back. You can post special information about your
business or even local news items. You can mark properties
as "Featured Properties" and provide a link to these
properties right on your home page.
- Your business will be represented by a
truly professional web site. Critical in today's market
for drawing new clients.
- Joining the RCSReal family will make
you eligible for updates to your site as new functionality is
added.
- Easy to use, administration pages allow
you to update the information on your site.
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How do my property pictures get on the
Internet?
- Using a digital camera or a scanner,
you can add pictures to each property.
- Once the picture is on your computer,
simply connect to the Internet, sign in to your administration
page, upload the picture and attach it to a property. A
few clicks of the mouse and you are done!
- Each property can have up to 100
pictures attached. No real limitation here!
- Don't have a scanner or a digital
camera? No problem. Your RCSReal support staff
can post the pictures on your web site. Just mail the
picture(s) to us and we will take care of the rest. For
pricing details, see below.
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How long will it take to get me online?
- We will have you up, on-line, within 5
working days, guaranteed!
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What advantages do participating agents
enjoy?
- Each agent subscribing to the RCSReal
service will be able to maintain their own property
listings.
- You will also be able to create your
own "Home Page" including a picture, a description
(containing whatever information you choose), address, phone
numbers and email address.
- Use the description area to communicate
special information to your customer monthly, weekly or
daily!
- Each subscribing agent's home page will
provide a link to their listings, providing your customers with
direct access to your listings.
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What type of computer equipment do I need?
- You will need a computer that is
capable of connecting to the Internet.
- You will need to have an Internet
dial-up connection. Check with a local service provider in
your area.
- For browsers, you can use Netscape 2.0
or above or Internet Explorer 3.02 or above.
- The browser you use will need to accept
"Cookies".
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How will RCSReal support my business?
- We offer free phone and email support
for as long as your account is active.
- You will receive documentation on how
to use your administration screens.
- We are just a phone call or an email
message away with help.
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What does it cost?
Domain Name
Registration:
- This is cost is billed directly by
Internic / Network Solutions, Inc.
- This charge reserves a domain name,
i.e. www.xyzrealestate.com, for your exclusive
use.
- This cost is only incurred by the
office, not each individual agent.
- If you already have a domain name, this
charge will not apply.
Cost: $70.00 for the first two years, $35.00
per year thereafter
Office
Setup/Hosting Fees:
This fee covers
the cost of setting up, customizing and deploying the RCSReal site
on the Internet for your entire office. This is the office's
web site. We will use your company logo and the color scheme
of your choice to make the site represent your business. For
this fee, we will:
- Customize all the navigation buttons on
the site with a graphic of your choice, or a graphic that
matches your business.
- Scan in your logo and place it on the
web site where appropriate.
- Scan in a picture of your office, if
desired, and display it on the 'About Us' page.
- Install and set up your web site on the
Internet for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week access.
- Provide you with the appropriate user
ids and passwords to access the secured administration portion
of the site.
- Provide you with documentation on how
to update information on your site.
Cost: Call for a very
reasonable quote. This is a one-time fee paid by the office.
(Any additional
development/customization of the site will be agreed on up-front
and charged at our current web development cost).
- The hosting fee maintains the office's
home page and related pages (about us, contact us, mortgage
calculator, related links) on the Internet 24 hours a day, 7
days a week.
Cost: Call for a very reasonable
quote. Billed semi-annually.
Agent Listing
Charge:
- This charge is incurred by each agent
using the service.
- Each agent can maintain information
about themselves and their listings.
- Each agent will be provided with a user
id and password for updating their information.
- A minimum of
two agents per office must sign up for this service.
Cost per
Agent: Call for a very reasonable
quote. Billed semi-annually.
Picture
Scanning Charge:
- Built into the functionality of the
site is the capability for each agent to add their own pictures
to the properties they add.
- There is no additional charge for this
capability.
- If you do not have a digital camera or
a scanner or the time to add your own pictures, RCSReal can
provide this service. Mail us the pictures (pictures will
not be returned) and we will add them to the property listing.
- As you know, pictures are an essential
part of the property listing. Be sure to use pictures that
are bright and colorful for the best results when viewing with a
computer.
Cost: $7.00 per picture.
Batches of 5 pictures: $25.00
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Why RCSReal?
- You've seen the large real estate
listing web sites.
- They boast millions of hits per
month.
- They boast hundreds of thousands of
properties.
- They boast easy-to-use search screens
for locating the right property.
- Ever tried finding the property you are
looking for among a million possibilities? Yikes!
- RCSReal offers you the ability to
present your properties to your customers on your web site.
- You update your listings.
- You keep your site current.
- All for one low monthly charge.
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Who do I contact?
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Still haven't answered all your questions?
- Call us at 1-920-570-2167, we can help!
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fully functional version of RCSReal?
- To try out the administration portion
of RCSReal, please contact us. We will provide you with a
temporary userid and password into the administration screens.
You can experience the system first hand! Then
return to this page and click here to enter the adminstration pages.
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