Revealed: how Viewber’s pricing and agent payments work

Details of how Viewber, the outsourced property viewing company, works have been revealed within an article published by a national newspaper today. Daily Mail online property reporter Myra Butterworth (pictured, below) turned sleuth and signed up to join Viewber even though, apart from writing about property, she has no experience as either an estate agent or of showing people around properties. Myra’s report on how she fared as a Viewber agent make for amusing reading – particualry as she locked herself out of the building for her first appointment – but do reveal more details of how the Viewber model works. Ed Mead, one of the co-founders of Viewber and to date its main spokesperson, has always been keen not to give too many details away about its service, but the Daily Mail article does. Viewber expects agents to turn up 15 minutes prior to a viewing to ensure the property is showcased in the best possible light. In Myra’s case she was also hand-held by an employee from agent Aucoot, which was established last year by a former sales director from upmarket agent The Modern House, John McDavid. But in most cases agents will be flying solo. Bank account…