An investigation has been launched into the website, which has more than 20,000,000 monthly brand searches, and which comes to mind first when it comes to selling real estate or automotive. What do you think this site is called? True. You know. Sahibinden.com. As of 27.07.2022, the Competition Authority has launched investigation regarding Sahibinden Bilgi Teknolojileri Marketing and Trade. Ltd. Company.
An investigation has been launched into the website, which has more than 20,000,000 monthly brand searches, and which comes to mind first when it comes to selling real estate or automotive. What do you think this site is called? True. You know. Sahibinden.com. As of 27.07.2022, the Competition Authority has launched investigation regarding Sahibinden Bilgi Teknolojileri Marketing and Trade. Ltd. Company.
First of all, we need to bring a word to the users who do not have a good command of the subject and who have no idea about buying and selling real estate. Users advertise as property owners and poll the market in their own way. It is trying to determine the price by trial and error. Luckily, he does not sell the property at the prices he finds buyers, but goes in search of buyers who can give higher. I think this alone is enough to open up an investigation. Housing is a public need. Not supervising such an important service could only have the flavor of “being close friends”. Sahibinden.com there are many beneficiaries on the website who do not have a commercial membership, do not pay taxes, try to sell real estate without professional competence, and have the mentality that we should make a profit from here. If you call and interview, he is acting like the property owner. Once he convinced himself. Of course, sahibinden.com can identify these accounts. Does he have any other job? That’s why there is a notice/complain button on the site. After all, the same users, who have been repeatedly reported and complained about, continue to manipulate the Market/market prices. What is the total fee for the re-published ads when 1 ad per year is free? A little bit of math, it seems, is why!
For example, Zingat.com is not. It only serves real estate agents and real estate consultants. He searches for even a simple request and confirms it. If the price/performance dynamics overlap, it is recorded. Have you ever seen a person who calls a house with an age of 31 years or more in Erenköy with a budget of 6.000.000? You can’t see it because there is no such price. However, you can find users who sell real estate with the same characteristics for 7.5 million on the relevant site. Because it doesn’t control. Yet the solution is simple. Certificate of authorization for the sale/lease of real estate. Publication of announcements with documents such as consent, power of attorney, etc. It creates a loss of earnings in those who write wages per advertisement, but it balances the market. It prevents unfair competition and minimizes the anxiety experienced in real estate sales.
Solution; the property owner should be able to place an advertisement if he proves to be the property owner. Otherwise, it should only be based on the authorization document. If it does not need it, the pirate real estate agent can publish it with his statement. After all, it will not be different from today. Again it can be manipulated.
So, what will be the decision? It will be clear in the coming days. Like everyone else, I’m looking forward to it. I think a new update and patent is needed. Ensuring quality guidelines should become a priority factor in auditing well-established and well-known websites/portals. Only in this way will it be possible to make accurate pricing in the market.
This article was written by M. Sami Vadet on July 28, 2022.
