Agent Registration Made Easy Guide

This guide serves to make simple the process of registering as an "Agent" within the Contraglobal.net Property Market Platform.

The outcome of this guide is to create an "Agent Registration" that appears within our "Agent Listings" (see figure 1, and figure 2) .

While this guide can be viewed in mobile devices it is best viewed on a full size screen.

Do I qualify as an Agent?

To qualify as an Agent you would be a person or entity who is commercially in the business of marketing properties, it is generally expected that you will list multiple properties, business type examples include the likes of;

  • Real Estate Agents
  • Property Developers ...etc.

An Agent member gains some additional membership features including;
  • A listing within our list of "Agents" and they are promoted upon the site as such (see figure 1)
  • An Agent member is provided with a unique URL that can be shared, and leads to your Agent Personal Homepage within the Contraglobal website, where your respective properties are listed (see figure 2)

Overview of the Agents Listing

The Agent member receives a block display listing with logo in the Agents Listing area (see figure 1), and also a personalised homepage (see figure 2) .

See "ABC Realty" as depicted in the adjacent image 'Figure 1' as an example.

Figure: 1 Outcome of this tutorial

On the Agents personal homepage the Agent member has;

  1. A personalised URL
  2. A personalised Homepage Title
  3. Your Business Details including branded with your logo
  4. A personal Contact Form
  5. A list of your personal Property Listings

See "ABC Realty" as depicted in the adjacent image 'Figure 2' as an example.

Figure: 2 Agents Homepage
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Let's get started!

Step 1
  1. Click on the "Agent Registration" hyperlink found in the Menu or footer area of the https://contraglobal.net website or simply click here. You will arrive at the Agent Registration Form (see figure 3)
     
  2. Fill out the form fields:
    a) Username - Enter a Username reflective of your Business Name; eg. abcrealty.

    b) Email - Enter the email address that you wish to use for business purposes with your clients and customers.

    c) Publish my Email - Check this field if you wish to make your email address publicly view-able.

    d) Password - Choose a password that would be difficult to guess, is at least 10 characters long, and includes uppercase, lowercase, and numeric characters.

    e) Account Type - Select;
     ‘Agent’ - If you are commercially in the business of Selling or Promoting properties/real estate, you will be promoted as an Agent Business within the Contraglobal site, it is generally expected that you will hold multiple property listings within the Contraglobal site.
    Likely entity types for this Account Type include;
    -    Real Estate Agents
    -    Property Developers

    ‘Professional Services’ – If your professional service is largely specific to property/real estate and falls into the category of ‘Accountants’, ‘Finance Brokers’ or ‘Lawyers/Attorneys’.
    Contraglobal does NOT currently promote any other service types.

    ‘Personal’ – If your mainstream business is NOT property/real estate. You may still list multiple properties.

    f) Individual Page - Enter a ‘Business Friendly’ URL, this will form part of your businesses URL, your page upon the Contraglobal site, used when sharing or promoting your business and property offerings. (eg. abc-realty = https://contraglobal.net/abc-realty).

    g) Captcha - Fill out the captcha field with what is shown within the adjacent captcha image.

     
  3. Click the 'Next' button.
Figure: 3 Agent registration step 1
Step 2
  1. Go to your email inbox, waiting for you there will be an account activation email, click the hyperlink contained to activate your new Contraglobal Agent Account (See figure 4) .
    (Cannot see the email? ...do check your spam folder)
Figure: 4 Validate your email address
Step 3
1. After successfully verifying your account, next Login to your Contraglobal Agent Agent Account (See figure 5)
Figure: 5 Login to Contraglobal
2. Once successfully logged in, then go to "My Profile" (See figure 6)
(Figure: 6) Go to 'My Profile'
Step 4
Complete your: My Profile > Profile Settings (see figure 7)
  1. Add your Logo image - Click the 'Manage' hyperlink to upload your organizations logo image. (see figure 7).

    Wait for your logo to upload...
Figure: 7 Add your Logo
Step 5

Complete your: My Profile > Account Settings (see figure 8)

The fields on this form relate to your business.

  1. Most of these form fields are self-explanatory, with exception to a few as follows;
    a)  Address - Enter your Office/Business Address here.

    b) About me - Enter your businesses marketing statement here, sell yourself.
  2. Click the 'Edit' button to save your changes.
Figure: 8 Profile > Account Settings Form
Step 6

Review your Agent Listing

At this point your Agent Listing should look similar to our example 'ABC Realty' (see figure 9).

Figure: 9 Outcome of this tutorial
Step 7

Review your personal Agent Homepage

At this point your Agent Listing should look similar to our example 'ABC Realty' (see figure 10).

Figure: 10 Outcome of this tutorial

You're all done!