Property Portals

Portal Listing Criteria

The following are selected web sites and the criteria which must be followed to enable a listing/rental to display on the site. The criteria for each individual website is set and maintained by their management and OSL IN NO WAY has any influence on these. If you wish to discuss certain criteria set by each site OSL suggest firstly contacting the individual sites management or your franchise regional management.

All notes last updated Thursday, 21 February 2008


New Zealand

www.brownssothebysrealty.com
www.elders.co.nz
www.getleased.co.nz
Google Base
www.heraldcommercialproperty.co.nz & www.sella.co.nz
www.MyPlace.co.nz
www.openhometimes.co.nz
www.raywhite.com
www.realcommercial.co.nz
www.realestate.co.nz
www.remax.co.nz
www.tommys.co.nz
www.trademe.co.nz

Australia

www.brisrealestate.com.au
www.domain.com.au
Google Base
www.homehound.com.au
www.homesguide.com.au
www.investors.com.au / www.realestatecommercial.com.au
Million Plus - millionplus.com.au
www.myhome.com.au
www.onthehouse.com.au
www.raywhite.com
www.realestate.com.au / www.realcommercial.com.au
www.realestateView.com.au
Misc

* = Coming soon

TopBrowns Sothebys International (NZ)

TopElders.co.nz (NZ)

Elements listed in the following are required for all listing types:
Residential, Rental, Rural, Land, Commercial & Business

  • At least one image (maximum of 27)
  • Ad title & Ad description
  • Suburb & Postcode must match the official REINZ (Realenz) suburb list
  • Agent names in OSL Office must match what Elders IT (Iugo) has on their record (Case-sensitive). Elders IT (Iugo) will also determine their branch
  • Office details are maintained by Elders, it does not come from OSL Office
  • The "Display Price" field in OSL is not used on this website

Elements listed in the following applies to specific listing types only
Residential

  • Price / Low Price – hidden when it is For Sale By: Auction / Tender / No Price
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rental

  • Rent
  • Available From
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value
  • Price / Low Price – hidden when it is For Sale By: Auction / Tender / No Price

Land

  • Price / Low Price – hidden when it is For Sale By: Auction / Tender / No Price
  • Land Area

Commercial

  • commercialListingType (Sale OR Lease OR Sale&Lease)
  • IF Sale OR Sale&Lease: Price / Low Price – hidden when it is For Sale By: Auction / Tender / No Price
  • IF Lease: Rent

TopGetleased.co.nz

Elements listed in the following are required for all listing types:
Rental & Commercial

  • At least one image (maximum of 25)
  • Ad title & Ad description
  • Full address which consist of streetNumber, street, suburb, state and correct postcode
    Suburbs are based on REA NZ suburb list
  • Agent names & contact details comes from OSL Office
  • Office details are maintained by GetLeased.co.nz, it does not come from OSL Office

Elements listed in the following applies to specific listing types only

Rental

  • Rent
  • Available From
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Commercial

  • commercialListingType (Sale OR Lease OR Sale&Lease)
  • IF Sale OR Sale&Lease: Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
    Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • IF Lease: Rent

TopGoogle Base
  • Listings are redirected back to Myplace
  • Address must be searchable on googlemap.com
  • Auction, Tender & No Price are not sent to Google because price is always displayed regardless of whether it is starting/negotiable/search price
  • Ad title and ad description are compulsory

Top heraldcommercialproperty.co.nz & sella.co.nz

Elements listed in the following are required for all listing types:
Commercial & Business

  • At least one image (maximum of 25)
  • Ad title & Ad description
  • Full address which consist of streetNumber, street, suburb, state and correct postcode
  • Suburbs must be valid with correct spelling, the portals will verify it with their source.
  • Agent names & contact details comes from OSL Office
  • Office details are maintained by heraldcommercial & sella, it does not come from OSL Office
  • Elements listed in the following applies to specific listing types only

Residential (for sella.co.nz only)

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rental (for sella.co.nz only)

  • Rent
  • Available From
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rural

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price

Commercial

  • commercialListingType (Sale OR Lease OR Sale & Lease)
  • IF Sale OR Sale & Lease: Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price IF Lease: Rent

Top Myplace (NZ)
  • Images are compulsory
  • Ad tile and ad description are compulsory
  • Address must be searchable on googlemap.com
  • Agency expiry date must be in the future

TopopenhomeTimes.co.nz (NZ)
  • Only one image will be accepted.
  • Only Residential or Land listings will be accepted.
  • Agents details are maintained by Openhometimes.co.nz, email address used in OSL
  • Office & Openhometimes.co.nz must match.
  • Office details are maintained by OSL Office.
  • Display Price field will not be used for Auction or Tender listings.
  • Ad title & ad description is compulsory.
  • Bedroom is compulsory.
  • Suburbs are match based on names & region.

Top Realestate.co.nz (NZ)
  • Suburb must have an REI suburb code (subdivision number). View suburb codes
  • Must have a street loaded
  • Office must have a RealENZ code (assigned by RealENZ) loaded by OSL Support
  • Auction/Tender date must be greater than current date
  • Must be Current (Available) listing
  • Agency Expiry date greater than today
  • Maximum 10 images will display
  • Office and agent details are maintained by RealENZ (not OSL Office)
  • The "Display Price" field in OSL is not used on this website

Top RealestateView.com.au (Aus)
  • Street name is compulsory for any type of listing
  • Suburb is compulsory for any type of listing, suburb & postcode must match the official Australia Post suburb list
  • Price is compulsory for any type of listing. This is only used as an indicator, see DisplayPrice
    For Commercial Lease this is Rent
    otherwise it is Price / Low price field
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price.
  • Advertising copy
  • Maximum of 20 images
  • Agent must have First name, Last name, Mobile & Business number including area code
  • Office details are maintain by realestateView.com.au, it does not come from OSL Office

Top Remax.co.nz (NZ)
  • Listing must be Available or Conditional
  • At least one image
  • Must have Ad title & Ad description
  • Price is compulsory. If it is Commercial For Lease then Rent is compulsory
  • Agent must have a associate ID
  • Office & Agent's details are maintained by remax.co.nz

TopTommys Real Estate (NZ)

TopTrade Me (NZ)

Elements listed in the following are required for all listing types:
Residential, Rental, Rural, Section & Commercial

  • At least one image (maximum of 20)
  • Agent must have First name & Last name
  • At least one of the agent's email, mobile or after-hour number must be provided
    Including prefix for mobile or landline eg 021 or 09
    If after-hour number is not available then the mobile number will be used
  • Suburbs must exist on Trademe’s website otherwise OSL will match it to the nearest
    For a full list of Trademe Suburbs please visit their website, www.trademe.co.nz
  • Office details are maintain by Trademe , it does not come from OSL Office
  • The "Display Price" field in OSL is not used on this website
  • No Business listings are accepted

Elements listed in the following applies to specific listing types only
Residential

  • Ad title & Ad description
  • Bedroom
  • Bathroom
  • Price / Low Price – hidden when it is For Sale By: Auction / Tender / No Price
  • Auction / Tender Date - When For Sale By = Auction / Tender and must be in the future

Rental

  • Ad description
  • Bedroom
  • Bathroom
  • Rent – always displayed, cannot be hidden

Commercial

  • Ad title & Ad description
  • Floor area - compulsory for all Commercial listing types
  • Rateable value (RV)
  • IF Sale OR Sale&Lease: Price / Low Price – hidden when it is For Sale By: Auction / Tender / No Price
  • IF Lease: Rent – hidden when it is For Sale By: Auction / Tender / No Price. Rent does Not include any outgoings
  • Auction / Tender Date - When For Sale By = Auction / Tender

Rural

  • Ad title & Ad description
  • Land area
  • Price / Low Price – hidden when it is For Sale By: Auction / Tender / No Price
  • Auction / Tender Date - When For Sale By = Auction / Tender

Section

  • Ad title & Ad description
  • Price / Low Price – hidden when it is For Sale By: Auction / Tender / No Price
  • Auction / Tender Date - When For Sale By = Auction / Tender

Export is Snapshot style of data, incremental images.


TopREA - Realestate.com.au (Aus) / Realcommercial.com.au (AUS) / Realcommercial.co.nz (NZ)

Elements listed in the following are required for all listing types:
Residential, Rental, Rural, Land, Commercial & Business

  • At least one image (maximum of 25)
  • Ad title & Ad description
  • Full address which consist of streetNumber, street, suburb, state and correct postcode
    For AUS: Suburb & Postcode must match the official Australia Post suburb list
    For NZ: Suburb & Postcode must match the official REA NZ suburb list
  • Agent names in OSL Office must match what REA has on their record (Case-sensitive)
  • Office details are maintained by REA, it does not come from OSL Office

Elements listed in the following applies to specific listing types only
Residential

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rental

  • Rent
  • Available From
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rural

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price

Land

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • Land Area

Commercial

  • commercialListingType (Sale OR Lease OR Sale&Lease)
  • IF Sale OR Sale&Lease: Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
    Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • IF Lease: Rent

Top BrisRealestate.com.au (Aus)

Elements listed in the following are required for all listing types:
Residential, Rental, Rural & Land

  • At least one image (maximum of 25)
  • Ad title & Ad description
  • Full address which consist of streetNumber, street, suburb, state and correct postcode
    Suburb & Postcode must match the official Australia Post suburb list

  • Agent names in OSL Office must match what REA has on their record (Case-sensitive)
  • Office details are maintained by BrisRealestate, it does not come from OSL Office

Elements listed in the following applies to specific listing types only
Residential

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rental

  • Rent
  • Available From
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rural

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price

Land

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • Land Area
TopDomain.com.au (Aus)
  • Only 5 images sent per listing
  • Image size maximum 500kb
  • Suburbs:
    Suburb/State/Postcode combinations will be validated at upload time by Domain. If a suburb is not found in their location table the region and area cannot be set (postcode may be used to attempt a region/area match however searches that include suburbs will not find the property). Region and Area categorization is required due to the structure of the Domain search. Domain uses the Australia Post postcode locality database (www.auspost.com.au) as a starting point. All spellings need to concur with this list e.g. "Mount Pleasant" not "Mt Pleasant".
  • Must be a registered Domain Agency
  • Agent must have First name and Last name
  • Image names must not contain '&' or space characters

TopHomehound.com.au (Aus)

Elements listed in the following are required for all listing types:
Residential, Rental, Rural, Land, Commercial & Business

  • At least one image (maximum of 25)
  • Ad title & Ad description
  • Full address which consist of streetNumber, street, suburb, state and correct postcode
    Suburb & Postcode must match the official Australia Post suburb list

  • Agent names in OSL Office must match what homehound has on their record (Case-sensitive)
  • Office details are maintained by homehound, it does not come from OSL Office

Elements listed in the following applies to specific listing types only
Residential

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rental

  • Rent
  • Available From
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rural

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price

Land

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • Land Area

Commercial

  • commercialListingType (Sale OR Lease OR Sale&Lease)
  • IF Sale OR Sale&Lease: Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
    Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • IF Lease: Rent

TopHomesguide.com.au (Aus)

Elements listed in the following are required for all listing types:
Residential, Rental, Rural, Land, Commercial & Business

  • At least one image (maximum of 25)
  • Ad title & Ad description
  • Full address which consist of streetNumber, street, suburb, state and correct postcode
    Suburb & Postcode must match the official Australia Post suburb list

  • Agent names in OSL Office must match what homehound has on their record (Case-sensitive)
  • Office details are maintained by homehound, it does not come from OSL Office

Elements listed in the following applies to specific listing types only
Residential

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rental

  • Rent
  • Available From
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rural

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price

Land

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • Land Area

Commercial

  • commercialListingType (Sale OR Lease OR Sale&Lease)
  • IF Sale OR Sale&Lease: Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
    Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • IF Lease: Rent

TopInvestors.com.au / Realestatecommercial.com.au (Aus)

Elements listed in the following are required for all listing types:
Residential, Rental, Rural, Land, Commercial & Business

  • At least one image (maximum of 25)
  • Ad title & Ad description
  • Full address which consist of streetNumber, street, suburb, state and correct postcode
    Suburb & Postcode must match the official Australia Post suburb list
  • Agent names in OSL Office must match what Investors has on their record (Case-sensitive)
  • Office details are maintained by Investors, it does not come from OSL Office

Elements listed in the following applies to specific listing types only
Residential

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rental

  • Rent
  • Available From
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rural

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price

Land

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • Land Area

Commercial

  • commercialListingType (Sale OR Lease OR Sale&Lease)
  • IF Sale OR Sale&Lease: Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
    Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • IF Lease: Rent

TopRayWhite.com (Aus/NZ)

TopMillion Plus - millionplus.com.au

Elements listed in the following are required for all listing types:
Residential, Rural

  • At least one image (maximum of 25)
  • Ad title & Ad description
  • Full address which consist of streetNumber, street, suburb, state and correct postcode
  • For AUS: Suburb & Postcode must match the official Australia Post suburb list

Elements listed in the following applies to specific listing types only
Residential

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rural

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price

TopMyhome.com.au (Aus)

Elements listed in the following are required for all listing types:
Residential, Rental, Rural, Land, Commercial & Business

  • At least one image (maximum of 25)
  • Ad title & Ad description
  • Full address which consist of streetNumber, street, suburb, state and correct postcode
    Suburb & Postcode must match the official Australia Post suburb list

  • Agent names in OSL Office must match what myhome has on their record (Case-sensitive)
  • Office details are maintained by myhome, it does not come from OSL Office

Elements listed in the following applies to specific listing types only
Residential

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rental

  • Rent
  • Available From
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rural

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price

Land

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • Land Area

Commercial

  • commercialListingType (Sale OR Lease OR Sale&Lease)
  • IF Sale OR Sale&Lease: Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
    Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • IF Lease: Rent

TopOnTheHouse.com.au (Aus)

Elements listed in the following are required for all listing types:
Residential, Rental, Rural, Land, Commercial & Business

  • At least one image (maximum of 25)
  • Ad title & Ad description
  • Full address which consist of streetNumber, street, suburb, state and correct postcode
    Suburb & Postcode must match the official Australia Post suburb list
  • Agent names in OSL Office must match what onTheHouse has on their record (Case-sensitive)
  • Office details are maintained by onTheHouse, it does not come from OSL Office

Elements listed in the following applies to specific listing types only
Residential

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rental

  • Rent
  • Available From
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rural

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price

Land

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • Land Area

Commercial

  • commercialListingType (Sale OR Lease OR Sale&Lease)
  • IF Sale OR Sale&Lease: Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
    Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • IF Lease: Rent

TopREA - Realestate.com.au (Aus) / Allrealestate.co.nz (NZ) / Realcommercial.com.au (AUS) / Realcommercial.co.nz (NZ)

Elements listed in the following are required for all listing types:
Residential, Rental, Rural, Land, Commercial & Business

  • At least one image (maximum of 25)
  • Ad title & Ad description
  • Full address which consist of streetNumber, street, suburb, state and correct postcode
    For AUS: Suburb & Postcode must match the official Australia Post suburb list
    For NZ: Suburb & Postcode must match the official Allrealestate.co.nz suburb list
  • Agent names in OSL Office must match what REA has on their record (Case-sensitive)
  • Office details are maintained by REA, it does not come from OSL Office

Elements listed in the following applies to specific listing types only
Residential

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rental

  • Rent
  • Available From
  • Bathrooms value
  • Bedrooms value

Rural

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price

Land

  • Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
  • Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • Land Area

Commercial

  • commercialListingType (Sale OR Lease OR Sale&Lease)
  • IF Sale OR Sale&Lease: Price / Low price – This is always used as an indicator
    Display Price is compulsory – This is always used for display rather than Price
  • IF Lease: Rent

TopMisc
  • Tick box on advertising tab must be checked for the specific website (This is checked by default for new listings)
  • Office must be set to be exporting in the related exporter
  • Property type of listing must be mapped (OSL manages this process)