Australia's selling agent matching platform

Don't sign with the first agent who walks through the door.

Free matching with licensed local agents who back their appraisal with recent sales. Speak to more than one before you commit to anyone.

When are you thinking of selling?

Free. No obligation to list.

  • Licensed agents who actively sell your type of property in your area
  • Start with an appraisal — there is no obligation to list
  • Speak to more than one agent before you commit to anyone
  • 60 seconds to get matched, no obligation

Licensed agents only. Matched on your property type, area and price bracket.

Free and no obligation. Your details are only shared with agents matched to your enquiry.

Before you sign with anyone

There are four common ways to choose an agent.
None of them tells you how the sale will go.

There is nothing unusual about any of these — they are the paths of least resistance. The catch is that each one leans on something other than what the agent has actually achieved for owners like you.

Selling it yourself. The commission saving is real, and plenty of people do it. So is negotiating directly with buyers who may do this more often than you do, arranging your own advertising, and personally fielding every enquiry, inspection and lowball offer.

→ Price in the time and the negotiation, not just the saving.

The agent with the most signs in the street. A lot of boards can mean a strong local agency — or heavy self-promotion, or listings that are sitting. On its own it tells you nothing about what those campaigns achieved.

→ Ask for sale prices and days on market, not listing counts.

Whoever quotes the highest price. An optimistic number is a tempting reason to sign. If a figure cannot be backed by comparable sales, you risk spending the campaign being talked back down to a price the evidence supported all along.

→ Make every agent justify their figure with recent comparables.

Whoever quotes the lowest fee. A cheaper commission is a certain, visible saving weighed against an uncertain result. Worth having — but not if it costs you the campaign, the reach or the negotiator who gets the price.

→ Judge the fee and the track record as one decision.

There is a better way to choose, and it takes about a minute.

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Good agent, bad agent

The difference shows up before you sign,
if you know what to look for.

Both will be personable, and both will want your listing. These are the things that actually separate them — and you can check every one of them in a single conversation, before you commit to anything.

What a good agent does

  • Backs their appraisal with recent comparable sales you can go and look up yourself
  • Explains why auction or private treaty suits your property, rather than defaulting to one
  • Puts commission, the full marketing schedule and what happens if it does not sell in writing
  • Is comfortable with you speaking to other agents before you decide

What to walk away from

  • A price with nothing behind it, especially one sitting well above every other appraisal
  • Pressure to sign today, or an incentive that quietly disappears if you take time to think
  • Vagueness about marketing costs, or about who pays if the property is passed in
  • A long agency agreement with no clear way out if the campaign is not working

You are entitled to ask every one of these questions before you sign an agency agreement. A good agent will expect them, and will have the answers ready.

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Simple process · 3 steps

How it works

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Tell us about your property
Where it is, what it is and when you are thinking of selling. Takes about 60 seconds.
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We match you with local agents
Licensed agents who sell your type of property in your area.
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You speak to them, then decide
Get an appraisal, ask about fees and strategy, and list only if and when you want to.

Want to know what it would actually sell for?

We match you with licensed local agents for an appraisal backed by recent sales. Free, no obligation.

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Whatever your reason

People talk to a selling agent for all sorts of reasons

Selling isn't always a decision that has already been made. These are the conversations we're asked for most, and every one of them starts the same way — with an honest read on what your property is worth.

Get the launch right the first time
A property is never fresher than its first two weeks on market. A mishandled launch is slow and expensive to recover from.
Choose between auction and private treaty deliberately
The right method depends on your property, your suburb and likely competition. Your agent should explain the reasoning, not default to whatever they always do.
See the marketing spend before you commit
Photography, portals, signage, styling and auctioneer fees are usually billed on top of commission, and depending on the agreement can be payable whether the property sells or not. Get the schedule in writing.
Understand exactly what the commission buys
What is included, what is extra, and whether an incentive structure tied to the result makes sense for your sale.
A negotiator on your side of the table
You will negotiate the sale of a home a handful of times in your life. A good agent does it every week of theirs.
Coordinate the sale with your next move
Settlement timing, bridging finance and a simultaneous purchase all need sequencing, and your agent should be planning around them from the start.
Work out the number you actually walk away with
After commission, marketing, styling and your next purchase, the equity you free up can look very different from the sale price.
Decide whether to sell first or buy first
Both carry real risk, and which is safer depends on your market right now. An agent who works it daily can tell you which way round makes sense.
Sell a home holding decades of belongings
Agents who work with downsizers regularly can point you to removalists, decluttering services and estate buyers who have done it before.
Present a long-held home to today's buyers
Homes held for thirty years often need only light preparation to appeal to the current market. The right agent tells you what is genuinely worth doing.
Timelines that suit you, not the campaign
Longer settlements and rent-back arrangements can give you room to move once rather than twice.
Handle the family conversation
Downsizing is rarely decided alone. An agent used to these sales manages the whole family calmly, not just the person on the title.
Work out what you can actually move up to
Your borrowing capacity and your sale price together set the ceiling. A realistic figure for the home you already own is the first half of that sum.
Decide whether to sell first or buy first
Selling first gives you certainty on the number, buying first gives you certainty on the home. Which is the safer order depends on how your market is moving right now.
Line up the two settlements
Bridging finance, simultaneous settlements and rent-back arrangements all exist to stop you owning two homes at once, or none. The sequencing needs planning early.
Understand the full cost of moving up
Stamp duty on the purchase, commission and marketing on the sale, and the move itself all come out of the difference between the two prices. Worth modelling before you commit.
Know what your current home needs first
Family homes are usually sold after being lived in hard. A good agent will tell you what is worth repairing and what buyers will look straight past.
Remember you are buying in the same market
If prices are moving, they are moving on both sides of your transaction. Your agent should be straight with you about what that means for your timing.
Selling a deceased estate
Probate timing, multiple beneficiaries and a property that may need clearing all change how a sale runs. An agent who has handled estates before is worth finding.
Know the difference between an appraisal and a valuation
An agent's appraisal is an indicative market opinion and it is free. Contested settlements, tax and court matters usually need a formal valuation from a qualified independent valuer — your solicitor will tell you which one your situation calls for.
Clear communication with everyone involved
An agent is engaged by, and acts for, the seller or the executor — not as an independent mediator. What a good one does is keep every party clearly informed, which is often what stops a sale stalling.
Sell, or buy the other party out
Sometimes the right answer is not selling at all. Either way, an accurate market value is the first thing you need.
Work alongside your solicitor
Estate and family law matters run to their own timelines. Your agent should be working to them rather than around them.
Discretion through the campaign
Not every seller wants the reason for the sale known. A considered campaign keeps attention on the property.
Decide whether to sell or keep holding
Yield, capital growth, upcoming maintenance and your tax position all feed into it, and every one of them starts from an accurate current value.
Sell with a tenant in place, or vacant
Selling does not end a lease, and whether vacant possession is even available depends on the tenancy agreement and your state's notice rules. Your agent should work through both options against your actual lease.
Reach investor buyers, not just owner-occupiers
Investment stock sells to a different audience, and the campaign, the photography and the copy should all reflect that.
Handle tenant access and notice properly
Inspections during a tenancy carry legal requirements that differ by state. Getting them wrong delays the whole campaign.
Sell interstate without flying anywhere
A local agent manages access, presentation and the entire campaign while you stay exactly where you are.
Time the sale around your tax position
For capital gains purposes the date that usually matters is the contract date, not settlement — so speak to your accountant before you sign, not after. Your agent can then work to the dates you have agreed with them.
Sell to a deadline you did not choose
A job start date does not move. Your campaign needs to be built around the window you actually have, not a standard timeline.
Sell here while buying there
Sequencing two transactions in two different markets takes planning, and your agent should be part of that conversation early.
Manage the whole campaign remotely
Digital signing, video walkthroughs and a trusted agent on the ground mean you do not need to be in the state to sell well.
Decide between selling and renting it out
If the move might be temporary, holding can be the better call. You want both numbers in front of you before you choose.
Prepare the property once you have moved out
Empty homes photograph and present very differently. Styling is often worth it, and a good agent will tell you honestly when it is not.
One point of contact while you are in transit
While you focus on the move itself, your agent handles access, inspections, buyers and negotiation.
You simply want to know what it is worth
A local agent gives you a considered appraisal based on what has actually sold nearby, the condition of your property and what buyers in your bracket are doing right now.
Online estimates are a starting point, not a number
Automated estimates use real sales data, but they work from recorded attributes — so condition, renovations, aspect, outlook and a difficult floor plan are the things they tend to miss. Someone who walks the suburb every week sees all of it.
No obligation to list anything
An appraisal is a conversation, not a commitment. There is no cost and no agreement to sign.
Find out what would actually lift the price
Before you spend on a kitchen or a bathroom, learn whether buyers in your bracket pay for it. Often the answer is no, and styling returns more.
Learn what is selling and what is sitting
Days on market, buyer depth and which price bands are moving tell you far more about your position than a headline median ever will.
Build the relationship before you need it
Choosing an agent well before the campaign gives you time to judge them on more than one meeting.
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Why go through Converta

We are not trying to sell your house.
We put you in front of the right agents.

Converta does one job: work out which agents in our network are genuinely worth your time for your property, and wherever we can, put you in front of more than one of them.

Licensed agents matched on the work they do

Property type, price bracket and area, not whoever advertises hardest in your postcode. Someone excellent with inner-city apartments is not automatically the right person for an acreage block or a unit in a retirement complex.

Licensed agents, matched on the work they actually do

Speak to more than one

Most owners sign with the first agent they meet. Two or three appraisals costs you nothing but a couple of conversations.

Free and no obligation

You only ever pay the agent you choose, under the agency agreement you sign with them. The matching and the first conversations cost you nothing, and you are not committed to listing with anyone we introduce you to.

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Free and no obligation. Your details are only shared with agents matched to your enquiry.

Clear, upfront pricing

What does a selling agent cost?

Most agents charge a commission on the sale price plus a marketing budget. Both vary by agent, state, price bracket and market conditions, and commission is negotiable. Every agent we match you with sets out their fee and marketing schedule in writing before you sign anything.

Commission
Set by the agent
Agreed in writing before you sign
Marketing
Set by the agent
Agreed in writing before you sign
Converta matching
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You only pay the agent you choose to engage

Every selling agent we match you with holds a current real estate licence in the state where your property sits.

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Good to know

Frequently asked questions

How much commission does a selling agent charge?

It varies by agent, state, price bracket and how competitive your local market is, and commission is negotiable. Marketing is usually charged on top, though how it is billed differs between agencies — some require it up front and payable whether or not the property sells, others bundle or defer it. Check whether a quoted rate includes GST, and ask for the fee and marketing schedule in writing. Every agent we match you with sets both out before you sign.

Can I talk to an agent if I'm not ready to sell?

Yes. An appraisal is a conversation, not a commitment, and there is no cost and no obligation to list. Tell us your timeframe when you enquire and we will match you accordingly.

How accurate are online property estimates?

They are a starting point. Automated estimates work from sales data and property attributes, so they cannot see your renovation, your aspect, a difficult floor plan or a busy road — all of which move the number. An agent working your suburb weekly prices from comparable sales plus what buyers are actually doing now.

Should I sell at auction or by private treaty?

It depends on your property, your suburb and how much buyer competition there is likely to be. Auction suits strong demand and hard-to-price properties; private treaty often suits thinner markets or sellers who want more control and discretion. Your agent should explain why they are recommending one for your property.

Do I need to renovate or style before selling?

Not always. Some improvements return more than they cost and some return almost nothing, and which is which depends on your price bracket and local buyer expectations. Styling often returns more per dollar than structural work. Ask what buyers in your market actually pay for before committing to any spend.

Is there any cost to use Converta's matching service?

Converta's matching service is completely free. You only pay the agent you choose to engage, under the agency agreement you sign with them. There is no cost for the matching or the initial conversations, and no obligation to list with anyone we introduce.

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