Yes, agree Pods. And what will help consistently steer renters...

Yes, agree Pods. And what will help consistently steer renters to rent.com.au? I believe, properties. If I am about to look for a place to rent I will use whatever tool provides me with the biggest market of available properties. Currently, REA has more, so Rent needs to attract all those owners/agents - get them doubling up their listings via Rent as well - then the renter will not feel like they're potentially missing out on a great property by only looking at Rent.

If I am seeing the same properties on both platforms, then the quality of the platform (and value adds through Rentpay etc) will drive my decision, but whilst I am not seeing the same properties at the time of my initial search (to get, as you say, Pods, "locked in") the quantity of properties on each platform will drive my decision.

I believe the same mob do the back end listing work on both platforms (VaultRE / PTG?) so shouldn't be difficult to leverage.

There is great potential here, but the basics need to be ticked off first.