Comments on: PFREtour.com Moving Out of Beta Monday March 22

By: christoph

christoph — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:50:42 +0000

This is not “virtual tour” . It is slideshow proud called “virtual tour”.

By: David Eichler

David Eichler — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:27:34 +0000

Re. Tour Factory. Every tour I see of theirs in the Bay Area, the photos look out of focus, often very much so. While this is no doubt sometimes due to the photographer, I have the impression that there is something about the way Tour Factory processes the files that cause a deterioration of quality. This is especially evident in the full-screen views, but is still very much so in the normal view, which is larger than average. I think PFREtour is much better in this regard. Also, I do not particularly care for the interface of the TourFactory format.

Good work on this, Larry.

By: larry

larry — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:25:31 +0000

@Rich & Sabrina… sorry I misunderstood. The tours you buy are good indefinitely. No time limit to use them.

@Jay
Hi Jay,
This is a really good question. I’ve promoted using Slideshow Pro from Lightroom for years and have done it for many years myself… the problem has always been the tours you can create are not as nice and as competitive as everyone would like. The following isn’t an exhaustive list, but these are generally the main features that PFREtour.com offers over and above Slideshow Pro tours that you host yourself:
1-The major difference is the branding and information links around the edge of the tour… none of these are present on straight Slideshow Pro tours. To add these to Slideshow Pro tours you need to be a HTML wiz. I used the straight Slideshow Pro tours generated from Lightroom for years but never was able to create the Property info, Agent Info, maps and e-mail stuff that look as nice as the ones on PFREtour.com tours.
2-Syndication: If you choose, PFREtours can be automatically sent to Zillow, Google Base and Trulia… this is free.
3-PFREtour.com tours can be posted on Realtor.com for an extra charge.
4-PFREtours.com tours can be viewed on the iPhone and on the iPad when it is available. This will become a much bigger issue if and when the iPad becomes widely used.
5-There will be per tour traffic statistics on PFREtours… you could do this on tours you host but it would require a fair amount of work.
6-There will be an agent portfolio page you can offer to agents that shows all their PFREtour.com tours
7-There will be a photographer portfolio page showing all tours by a give photographer.

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:11:34 +0000

@Sabrina & Larry

I think what Sabrina’s question was: If you buy 10 or 20 tours and don’t use them right away, is there a time limit before which they must be used? i.e do unused tours expire?

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:01:29 +0000

I agree. This is MUCH better than Tour Factory. Much less cluttered looking, with a simple, clean line. I’ll give it a try soon. Thanks for developing this.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:08:27 +0000

Ryan…..

No, it looks alot better than what Tour Factory offers, its alot cleaner and more professional looking.

The thumbnails on the Tourfactory slideshow look terrible. The whole flash presentation looks like it its been overstretched.

By: JayCarlton

JayCarlton — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:06:26 +0000

This seems like a great product.

Please excuse my lack of experience – I just purchased the Slide Show Pro not too long ago (Just starting to learn/use it) and was wondering what specific pluses the new software has that I would be missing with my existing Slide Show Pro.

Is there available some kind of product comparison matrix available to show the feature difference?

Thanks so much in advance.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:59:26 +0000

This is great! Thank you, and I can’t wait for the official launch so I can provide this for my clients!

By: larry

larry — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:59:24 +0000

@Sabrina- All tours expire one year from when they are activated.

By: sabrina

sabrina — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:12:52 +0000

Thank you Larry, Alfie and Michael, and all Beta testers for the great work. I believe this final product would be wonderful to use for both Real Estate Agents and Real Estate Photographers since it was created by/and for both sides. I couldn’t wait to use it for my next listing and/or photography job.

Larry, is there an expiration date for 10 or 20 tours?

thanks again,

sabrina from Silicon Valley, California