Kamloops House Tours FAQs (frequently-asked questions)

The cost is $99. You only pay once and the property is hosted on our web site for one year.

Some virtual tour photographers will quote a specific number of included virtual tours for the purpose of charging you for "extra" shots. We will take as many virtual tour photos as we deem necessary to properly feature your property for sale for the same low price of $99.

While our photographer is on location, they will take as many still photos as they deem necessary to properly feature your property for sale. The cost of the still photos is included in the $99. Your time should be spent selling houses, not taking photos.

Of course, the still photos that we take will be optimized and ready for you to include in your MLS listing. You won't have to take a single photo.

At the time of this writing, no other realtor in Kamloops utilizes as many additional icons on the MLS web site as the realtors associated with Kamloops House Tours. MLS listings for our realtors include links to a location map, additional photos, brochure, and Multimedia (360 Tour). The addition of these links are handled by us, so you don't have to do a thing.

* Please note: we submit all information for the inclusion of the additional links in a timely fashion but on occasion it takes them a day or two to show up on the MLS web site. If it takes longer than you think it should, please drop us a note and we will resubmit the information.

Our goal is to build a valuable resource to home buyers that will influence their decision on purchasing a house. By setting an attractive price, realtors have used our services for houses for sale in a wide range of prices.
Services that charge more find that their services are only utilized for higher end homes. Their listings will fail to attract repeat viewers due to a lack of variety, range, and number of listings.

No. Our goal is to present all houses that we list in the best possible way. By only using photos that were taken by our photographers, we maintain a level of quality that can't be found elsewhere.

Our most valuable piece of equipment is our photographers. In the relatively short amount of time that we've been doing virtual tours, we've far surpassed all others in Kamloops in both volume and quality.
Our actual "hardware" includes a professional quality high megapixel digital camera coupled with a professional 360 optic constructed of aluminum and glass.

You may have also seen other virtual tours taken with their "family" quality digital camera and plastic toy "egg".

No. We use a professional grade high-quality optic that produces a 360 tour in a single photo.

Yes, when you book a tour we can show you how the camera works. Once you see it in action, it's actually quite simple.

You *could* buy the hardware and do it yourself. Before you drop the money on the hardware required, please consider several things:
- the time involved in learning how to produce quality virtual tours
- the time involved in actually taking the photos
- the time involved in creating the virtual tours once the photos have been taken
- the time involved in optimizing the photos
- the time involved in finding the right resolution and compression ratios for fast loading tours
- the time involved in adding these tours to your web site
- the additional cost of hosting large image files and the bandwidth cost of many people downloading them
- Our web site is another avenue of promotion
- The extras that we provide including maps, aerial photos, neighbourhood maps, slideshows, etc

How much is your time worth? Wouldn't it be better to spend that time MAKING MONEY

We're always ready to add new services that will enhance the ability of our realtors to make a sale. If you have a suggestion, please contact Darryl Schmidt at 571-9733 or darryl@kamloopsepublishing.com

Typically, aerial photos are only available for houses within city limits. If a house has been recently constructed, then an aerial photo may not be available. We do our best and provide them where possible.