Miscellaneous

When starting an estate agency business we know that it can be a minefield when it comes to choosing providers for different aspects of your new venture. Property Hive can make the choice of website and CRM provider an easy one by offering everything that you might need in these already stressful times. In this […]

You might think WordPress is only useful for building websites, but think again. In this post we’ll look at why WordPress, combined with Property Hive, could also be used for your own internal estate agency CRM. What’s WordPress? Let’s go back to basics for a second and look at what WordPress is in case you’ve […]

If you’re using our Rightmove Real-Time Data Feed add on you might be interested to know that we received a notification from Rightmove last week stating that they’re dropping support for TLS 1.1 when requesting media such as photos and floorplans. The exact email read as follows: —- We are reviewing our security protocols for […]

Did you know Property Hive can be used to manage and market overseas properties? Although primarily UK based, one of the things we wanted to ensure when building our WordPress plugin was that the countries and currencies displayed throughout were customisable for international users so everyone can benefit from our functionality. Below we’ve listed four […]

We’ve been building WordPress plugins for a long time now, and we’ve built a lot of them. In this post we’ll be doing something a little bit different than normal whereby we put together a list of 5 things we’ve learnt during this process to assist others looking to build their first plugin, property related […]

TasteWP has emerged to join WordPress sandboxing solutions, allowing anyone to create a new WordPress instance almost instantly. Platforms such as these have been popular for some time and are convenient for testing out new plugins and themes, which can also be really helpful for people outside of the dev and tech world who want […]

Whether you’re a WordPress guru or a complete technophobe, you’ll probably agree that working within the backend admin area of WordPress can be a bit overwhelming and cluttered, especially if you spend a lot of time in it if using Property Hive as your estate agency CRM, for example. We’ve come up with 7 ways […]

Branding isn’t just about your logo. It’s your whole identity as a business. It is critical that as an estate agency you have your own unique style that doesn’t blend in with all the competition and compliments your USP. The most important thing to remember when branding however, is you MUST tailor it to your […]

WordPress Is Perfect For Your Next Estate Agency Website When it comes to building a website, a basic WordPress structure can be ready to go in a matter of minutes. With a plethora of add ons and plugins at your fingertips, you can customise your website with little knowledge of coding, making it a cost […]

With so many great and free events happening around Birmingham – right on our door step, Amie & Emma have been taking advantage of getting out of the office to see what’s available. On Monday they attended a Facebook Social Media workshop held at Icentrum and today will see them at a Digital Marketing workshop […]