Product Review: AgentPress Premium WordPress Theme from StudioPress

Many professionals today are using the web in new and interesting ways to promote themselves, their businesses and build a “network” for their businesses.  I ran across AgentPress which is a premium WordPress theme designed with the Real Estate professional in mind.

AgentPress was developed by the team at StudioPress whom I’ve had a chance to review in the past with some of their other Premium WordPress Themes.  AgentPress is not only a Premium WordPress Theme but also offers people who purchase the theme the chance to have it professionally installed and optimized for SEO with the latest and greatest WordPress plug-ins including the “All-in-one SEO Pack”.  I had a chance to look at the “inner-workings” of this website theme in action and review the pros and cons of the AgentPress WordPress theme.

What I love about the AgentPress Theme

Someone did their homework – It seems like someone did their homework about the Real Estate profession in general and applied it to this theme.  That’s the truly great thing about the AgentPress WordPress Theme.  From the page layout for multiple agent real estate firms to the “Featured Properties” content areas that are available on the main page.

Professional Image – Being professional calls for a website that can deliver a professional image and this WordPress Theme definitely does that from the header of the website down to the footer.  I like the fact that you can add your personal biography of people working at your organization with this theme.

The “Property Search” Widget – Now this is a cool feature that this theme offers.  When visitors come to your website after you’ve installed and are using AgentPress your visitors will be able to “Search by Price”, “Search by Type”, “Search by Location” and “Search by Bedrooms”.  From there you can set up listings for properties for sale that are in a certain price range, real estate based on its location which the search pulls by going through your website.  It’s some very useful functionality that could be applied to other sales professionals from automotive sales, specialty equipment or machinery just to name a few examples.

Not your “average” contact form – The contact form is also customized to grab specific information that someone looking for a real estate agent would give such as “Budget for purchasing a home”, “Reason for contacting” as well as the standard contact information.

Things that I don’t like about the AgentPress Theme

When I was reviewing this WordPress theme I had trouble finding flaws with it.  It’s a solid, standup theme and the only thing I can say is that it’s specifically gearing towards real estate agents so it may not fit your specific needs without some serious customization for your own business’ needs.  Naturally if you are going to buy a website theme like this some you are going to end up customizing it for your needs but if you are looking at this theme as the “be all” and “end all” for you this is something that could affect you putting together a great website.

3 Reasons why you should run out and buy the AgentPress Theme

Here is a short list of 3 reasons that you should buy this theme…

1. The “property search” widget is awesome and very useful
2. The functionality is very well aligned with the goals of the website theme
3. The ability to customize the theme for your needs

How much does it cost?

There are 3 pricing points that depending on what you are looking for offer 3 different options for the AgentPress Theme cover a wide range of solutions to fit your needs.  I’ve broken them down for you to understand what you are actually paying for depending on the option that you choose.

The AgentPress Theme costs $99.95 will get you the WordPress Theme, access to the support forums should you need any help with customizing your theme or any problems you are running into and the ability to enhance your website’s layout fast and intuitively.

The AgentPress Basic Package costs $199.95 and gives you some more options including WordPress installation (they will install it for you!), basic WordPress plug-ins (Akismet, Feedburner feedsmith and WP Database manager) as well as theme demo account.

The AgentPress Premium Package costs $299.95 and is the best option for your money if you are not up for installing WordPress and the theme yourself.  It also includes premium WordPress plug-ins including the ones from the basic package and the All-in-one SEO Pack (which I recently reviewed here) and Google XML Sitemap Generator.  If you aren’t a “techie” than this is the package for you!