The Matterport® 3D Showcase
and why it matters.
Every listing gets a Matterport 3D Showcase paired with a drone flyover, captured by our own agents, not outsourced, not DIY. Here's what it is, why sellers should say yes to it, and how to talk about it.
Why we bother
A virtual walkthrough stopped being a nice-to-have a while ago. Buyers now expect to explore a property properly online before they decide an inspection is worth their time, and a listing without one is easy to scroll past. Sellers who've done any research on their own know this too, most will ask about it before we even bring it up.
The effect is real and well established in the industry: buyers self-filter before booking a time, so the people who do walk through the door are further along and more serious. Interstate and overseas buyers can do a genuine first inspection from anywhere, which matters enormously on the Gold Coast and in Cairns, where a large share of buyers aren't local. Well-presented listings with a proper walkthrough consistently attract more enquiries and move faster than ones without.
Matterport is the platform buyers already recognise as the standard, it's not a generic 360° photo ball, it's the same walkthrough experience used across the top end of the market. Pairing it with a drone flyover adds the context a room-by-room walkthrough can't, the block, the street, the water, the position, in one continuous piece of media.
What it actually is
A full Matterport 3D Showcase of the home, walk through every room, look in any direction, understand the flow of the property before ever setting foot inside, paired with a drone flyover of the property and its surrounds.
It's captured on a LiDAR-equipped iPhone, not the $6,000+ Matterport Pro3 camera rig you'll see other agencies wheel in on a tripod. The LiDAR sensor in a modern iPhone is accurate enough to produce a genuine Matterport Showcase without the hardware, the cost, or the scheduling lag of a dedicated camera operator. Combined with the drone footage, it's processed and published to the listing within a day of the shoot.
We do, using Matterport's own capture app on a LiDAR iPhone, not a third party, not a separate booking. Every agent is trained to produce a consistent, professional Matterport Showcase on every listing. If you're briefing a seller, you can tell them with confidence that you'll capture it personally as part of the shoot, a walk-through with a phone plus a short drone flight outside, and that it adds no real time or extra coordination to the day.
How to talk about it with sellers
- It's not an upsell trick. It's a flat $199 for both the Matterport Showcase and the drone flyover, on top of the 1%, alongside the portal listing. Say the number plainly, the same way you'd quote the portal tier.
- Frame it against the alternative, not against free. A standalone Matterport booking through a third party typically runs $1,000–$1,500. $199 for both the Showcase and the flyover is the actual comparison worth making.
- Lead with buyer behaviour, not the tech. Sellers care that qualified buyers show up ready to make an offer, not about LiDAR sensors. Keep the pitch on outcomes: fewer time-wasting inspections, stronger interstate reach, faster sales.
- It's genuinely fast. One shoot, one day turnaround, no separate booking with a third-party contractor to coordinate around.
On the listing
The Matterport Showcase and drone flyover both appear on the property page once captured, buyers open the Showcase directly in their browser and can switch to the flyover from the same viewer, no app to download on their end.
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