Uploading a listing to Rightmove and waiting for enquiries is what most Northumberland estate agents call marketing. It isn't. Rightmove and the other portals show your property to people who are already actively searching. They do nothing to reach the much larger pool of buyers who aren't scrolling portals that week, but who would move for the right home if they saw it. That's the gap our paid social advertising and Beat the Portals campaign are built to close.
What happens before your home even goes live
In the seven days before launch, we run professional photography, video and expert copywriting, then use that content in a genuine pre-market campaign, not just a preview. Our Beat the Portals early-access campaign puts your property in front of our own registered buyers first, and we run targeted paid advertising to AI-driven buyer audiences across Google, Meta and TikTok before the listing reaches the portals at all. That's the difference between hoping the right buyer stumbles across your listing and actively putting it in front of them.
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Book a valuationWhat that actually delivers
Our listings average 85% more views than comparable properties marketed the traditional way. That's the direct result of reaching buyers who wouldn't have found the listing through portal search alone. More views convert into more people booking a viewing, which is exactly why our managed open house events average 53 viewings and 10 offers across two recent launches, with 95% of properties selling on the day itself.
Targeted advertising vs upload and wait
Typical agents upload to Rightmove and wait, with no paid advertising and no targeted buyer audiences. We run targeted paid advertising across Google, Meta and TikTok before the portals, to buyers who are already registered and ready to move.
See how Beat the Portals worksWhy a bigger pool of buyers changes the outcome
More genuine buyer interest doesn't just mean more viewings, it changes the negotiating position entirely. A single interested buyer has no competition and every incentive to hold out for a lower offer. A room full of buyers who've been made aware of your property through targeted advertising, all viewing on the same pre-booked open house day, creates the kind of competition that produces offers above the asking price rather than below it.
Who this actually reaches
It isn't a scattergun approach. The paid campaigns run to AI-driven audiences built around people actively in the market for a home like yours, in and around Northumberland, rather than a generic broadcast to anyone in the region. Combined with our own registered buyer database, who get early access before a listing reaches the portals at all, the result is a launch that starts with real, qualified interest rather than starting from zero and hoping the portals do the work.
What it costs
Nothing extra. Paid social advertising, the early-access buyer campaign, professional photography and video, and the managed open house are all part of our single fixed fee of £1,299, with no commission and no hidden charges for marketing. There's no version of our service where this reach is an optional upgrade, it's simply how every property is launched.
What a wider pool of buyers means for you as a seller
Beyond the headline numbers, it changes the whole experience of selling. Instead of drip-fed viewings over weeks, with the uncertainty of not knowing if or when the next one will come, a wider pool of buyers reached before launch means a concentrated, competitive open house where interest is proven on a single day. That's a fundamentally different, and considerably less stressful, way to sell a home.
If your current listing has only ever been shown to people actively searching Rightmove, it's only ever reached a fraction of the buyers who could actually want it. Book a Selling Advice Meeting and Valuation and we'll show you what proper reach looks like for your property.


