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Celebrating 100 000 property listings!

Andre Viljoen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:56:11 +0000

Nothing slow about this tortoise. Skilpad.Com Property Portal has just passed the 100 000 property listings mark. Skilpad.Com which lists property for free for South African estate agencies was launched in 2008. This tortoise is going places!

Property website offer for South African agencies

skilpad.com — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:54:41 +0000

Skilpad.Com Property Portal has developed three great-value opportunities for South African estate agencies to own their own great value real estate websites. The website packages complement the portal’s standing offer to South African estate agencies to list their properties for free on Skilpad.Com. Aimed primarily at small estate agencies that do not yet have their own [...]

Are you successfully using social media to market real estate?

Andre Viljoen — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:44:26 +0000

Social media like facebook and twitter continue to change the way that people interact. But are they effective in real estate marketing? If you have experience or knowledge of successful social media marketing of real estate, I would love you to comment on this post. I would be especially interested if you have pertinent feedback on [...]

New property portal wiki puts you on the map

Andre Viljoen — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:28:30 +0000

Skilpad.Com Property Portal has develolped an innovative regional wiki that allows visitors to contribute directly to the development of the portal by posting information about any cities, towns or suburbs in South Africa. The idea of the wiki is to create a fun way for website visitors to participate in the portal’s goal of providing useful [...]

Skilpad.Com sets its sights on property research

skilpad.com — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:02:05 +0000

South Africa’s fastest growing property search portal, Skilpad.Com is adding property research to its range of services. The idea is that the growing number of property buyers and real estate professionals who regularly visit Skilpad.Com to view property for sale or to let will now also be able to tap right into a wealth of relevant [...]

Skilpad.Com on Kingfisher FM

skilpad.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:39:35 +0000

Skilpad.Com’s Andre Viljoen was interviewed in the first of a three-part series on Nelson Mandela Bay’s vibrant family lifestyle radio station Kingfisher FM. Today’s interview dealt with the origins of South Africa’s Skilpad.Com property portal, which is growing at an impressive rate. The next interview will be at 11.20am on Wednesday 17th June and the last [...]

Hunting concession investment opportunity breaks new ground

Skilpad.com Author: African Showcase Realtors — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Selling game farms and hunting farms is what we do at African Showcase Realtors. But marketing a hunting concession on a private farm is new for us and is possibly a first in South Africa.

On offer is a US% 420 000 concession to hunt on a top Eastern Cape farm for 5 to 8 years. The investor and his guests stand to make a 10% annual return on investment through discounted game prices. Furthermore the investor will be assured of 4-star accommodation on-site during hunting trips (quality of accommodation close to hunting locations is a bugbear with many overseas hunters). The owner of the farm, who plans to use the concession income for game fencing, purchasing more game and upgrading the lodge, believes that potential investors who might otherwise have considered buying a game farm in South Africa might prefer this route as they get to enjoy the benefits without taking on the risk and hassle of running a farm.

Read more about this ground-breaking marketing intiative here.

Hot new South Africa property search map

Andre Viljoen — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:12:18 +0000

Skilpad.Com Property Portal is proud to introduce a brand new tool that makes it a breeze to find South Africa property on the map. One of the nifty features of the new tool, which integrates the Skilpad.Com property database with Google Maps, is the way you can zoom in deeper and deeper and discover more and [...]

Put your town on the Skilpad.Com property map!

Andre Viljoen — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:33:15 +0000

Skilpad.Com Property Portal has started developing info pages on all of South Africa’s towns and cities and suburbs with a view to increasing targeted traffic inquiries to all areas. And you can help to attract more attention to property listings in your town or suburb on Skilpad.Com by participating in this project. Interested? Then read on [...]

Cheers to Skilpad Dop wine!

Andre Viljoen — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:25:28 +0000

Yesterday Skilpad.Com Property Portal visited our winelands namesake Skilpadvlei winery near Stellenbosch. We tasted the winery’s excellent range of wines, including the popular award-winning Sauvignon Blanc and we left with a stash of Skilpad Dop dry red and dry white. During our visit we had a pleasant chat with Skilpadvlei Marketing Manager J.P Du Toit and agreed [...]