Definitely make friendlier URLs.
The current URL structure basically requires an email to get the word out about the listing.
I would suggest <tld><username><keyword> resulting in http://leasely.com/Joe/LakesideView
The current URL structure basically requires an email to get the word out about the listing.
I would suggest <tld><username><keyword> resulting in http://leasely.com/Joe/LakesideView
Who wants to type that in letter by letter?
But you make a good point. And there's no reason not to do it (your solution is better in every case). We'll get on it. Thanks.
Anyway, hope it helped.
I can even see a use case where I went to look at a property with Joe Black Realty in City Center, and wanted to show it to my dad but didn't have the URL handy.
I'd recommend that you focus on seeding to a few realtors, then really push your SEO.
One thing that has worked for us in 2 sided markets is having a "partnership" package. Where, for $N, you get a certain number of emails that we'll help you write and send (leveraging our internet expertise), as well as a thousand business cards with our co-branded info (and their custom landing page into our system) onto it.
Might not scale, but for us it's a bootstrapping strategy. May it help you as well.