Basically, if you sign up for online payment processing (ie a merchant account and payment gateway) through us, when clients pay you online, we’ll reduce your monthly fee by 0.25% of the total charges within a month.

More information here.

Every appraisal order with an address and zip code allows you to see a Google map of the property. And if you’re using a location-aware browser (most smart phones have this by default, as well as most modern browsers besides Internet Explorer), you can also get one-click driving directions from your current location to the property to be appraised.  This feature is included with our appraisal software (ValuedPRO) and our appraisal management software (ValuedAMC).

The calendar shows the appraiser’s name and the property address, including a link to see more details about the particular order.

• Calendar of scheduled orders, showing property address and assigned appraiser.
• New report shows a list of all automated emails that the appraiser software has tried to send, including contents. Useful if your email goes down or to get a sense of who is using the website for what.
• Choose your own header image for the front end, along with a tagline that’s superimposed on top of the image.
• Choose your own text content default fonts and colors, as well as background colors for content areas in the front end.
• Choose appraiser/admin area fonts and color schemes.
• Email confirmation screens for certain functions.
• New orders / appraisers / clients indicator.
• Password strength indicator.
• Speed up several commonly used pages.

Find out more about our appraiser and AMC websites. If you’re an existing customer and want to upgrade, please contact us.

PUBLIC WEB SITE
Create as many informational pages as you want. Each page comes with SEO features, and there are also online marketing features such as “request more info” form. All of these will help your appraiser management company website pull in new leads.

APPRAISER SELF-SIGNUP FEATURES
Save time and let appraisers sign themselves up. Review their applications and approve them on your own schedule. They can upload up to ten supporting documents (license, insurance, resume).

APPRAISAL ORDER TRACKING
Clients submit an order (or you can enter it into the system for them), then the appraisal is offered to one or more appraisers or just assigned to one. Then the appraiser works on the order, and notes between admin, appraiser, and client are visible. When the appraiser is done, they upload a report for the admin’s review, who can reject it or send it on to the client.

OFFER ORDERS TO APPRAISERS
Appraisers indicate the locations they service, and then you can either assign orders to individual appraisers, or broadcast the offer to all appraisers who meet the criteria of being in the location of the property. More about offering or assigning orders to appraisers.

INVOICING AND ONLINE PAYMENTS
Send one-click PDF invoices to clients, and they can then pay online with a credit card. The system records all payments. More about appraisal invoicing and online payments.

BASIC SEO (search engine optimization):

1. Define the main keyphrase or keyphrases that potential clients would use to search for your website. This is often a combination of your service location plus the words commercial or residential plus appraisal or appraiser or AMC. Hopefully you get the idea!  Make a list of all common possibilities.
2. Use the main keyphrase in your home page’s content at least twice, and also in your home page’s title, meta description, headline, and footer. Use other keyphrases in the home page’s content and on other pages.
3. If possible, get other websites to link to your website using your main keyphrase as the link text. www.dmoz.org (popup) is a good one (you’ll need to submit your listing on the appropriate page).
4. If you have a blog, use your keyphrases in your blog posts, and link to your site’s home page using those keyphrases as the link text. If you want us to install a blog for you, let us know — it costs about $100. Blogs are really only good to have if you plan to create a new post on a regular basis, once a month at least.

BASIC ONLINE MARKETING (free)

1. Set up a Twitter account (here), a LinkedIn account (here), a Facebook page (here), and/or a blog (see previous bullet point). These are all free but ideally you’d post some tidbit about your business, your market, what’s going on in the world of appraisals, etc. onto them from time to time. Be sure to link to your website’s home page from them. Within the Valued Website’s admin click on Website Pages > Web Marketing, and enter the URLs of each of your social media accounts. An icon and link to that account will then automatically appear on your website’s front end.
2. Set up a “request more information” form. Within the Valued Website’s admin click on Website Pages > Web Marketing and enable this form.
3. Create a Google Analytics account (here) and install it on your website in order to get all kinds of information about who visits your website, where they click, how long they read which page, etc. Within the Valued Website’s admin click on Website Pages > Web Marketing and enter your Analytics code.

Read more about our appraiser and AMC software’s online marketing functions.

PAID ONLINE MARKETING

1. The two main general-purpose advertisers out there are Google and Facebook. With Google Adwords (here), you create an ad that people see if they search for certain keyphrases, and you pay Google for each time someone clicks an ad to get to your website.  With Facebook Ads (here), it’s the same basic idea, but you can target your demographic a little more.
2. There are also a whole host of appraiser- and real estate-related websites and magazines that you can advertise in.

Read more about Valued Websites online marketing for your appraiser or AMC website.

• PUBLIC WEBSITE so you can announce yourself to the world and give appraisers and clients a common place to login.
• ONLINE MARKETING functions include request info forms, social networking badges, whitepaper downloads, and support for all common search engine optimization (SEO) functions like titles, headlines and meta descriptions.
• APPRAISER MANAGEMENT functions like self-signup, approvals, and order assigning.
• INVOICING features and online payment features.

And at only $27/month with no contracts and the first month free, it’s easy to see whether it’s right for you.  We’ll also customize it to your exact specifications for a low fee.  Try the AMC software demo or read the complete features list and compare it to our other appraiser software packages.

Read more about our appraiser management company software.

Appraisers can sign themselves up, upload their license and other files, and select what locations, states, or counties they service. Orders can be automatically offered to appraisers servicing the location of the order.

When appraisers upload their finished reports, site administrators can approve or reject the report. Approved reports become available for download by the client.

Every piece of data that makes up an order can now be made visible or editable on a field-by-field basis by appraisers or clients, thus ensuring HVCC compliance.

ValuedAMC is available at http://www.valuedwebsites.com for $27 per month. A free trial is available.

About Valued Websites

Since 2005 Valued Websites has been providing low-cost, high-quality real estate appraisal websites to individual appraisers and appraisal firms. Backed by stellar support and industry-leading guarantees, Valued Websites has continued to add new features while lowering prices. With the newly updated ValuedAMC product, appraiser management companies’ requirements are now fully met.

Without requiring a large investment, for just a low monthly fee ValuedAMC includes:

- a professional looking website,
- comprehensive order management features,
- comprehensive appraiser management features,
- online billing and payments,
- several reports, newsletters, and more.

Contact

Valued Websites
3153 24th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 282-8739
info@valuedwebsites.com
http://www.valuedwebsites.com