How many of you pay for LoopNet? What do features do you pay for and what do you think of their products?
Just wondering how many of you on this subreddit pay for loopnet features and what features in particular (premium search and/or premium listings). Have been working on an alternative website specifically dedicated to retail real estate and I would love to hear about any issues you have with Loopnet and what features you may want to see in a new site.

Thanks for any feedback!

Edit: Please don't hold back on mentioning anything you hate about loopnet or anything you hate doing on a daily basis that you think there should be a tool for. Thanks!
[{"id": "d8snthw", "text": "I get access to both loopnet and costar through my brokerage (coldwell) and am still learning it. So far it's meh. I've found some stuff not accurate or up to date. ", "replies": [{"id": "d8tjdrx", "text": "Do you find yourself using to search for properties or just list your own? What sort of data are you finding inaccurate and is there any data you would want to see that they dont show?\nThanks!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "d8sp3s7", "text": "Yessss!!!! I love hearing about companies coming up to compete against costar/loopnet I work for their competitor and even then I think we're lackluster.\n\nEdit: btw goodluck and keep us/me updated. ", "replies": [{"id": "d8t6zjd", "text": " Prospectnow?", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "d8tjccr", "text": "Awesome! Good to see other companies in the space trying to knock down Loopnet. We are basically trying to make a better search experience for brokers looking for retail properties, thats why I just wanted to know what information premium loopnet searchers are paying for", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "d8t5jbx", "text": "You obviously need the most up to date demographics that you can obtain and overlay them over aerial maps.  And something that automatically pulls all retail store location info into your database.  Employer data.  Traffic counts.  User profiles that can be used to create custom maps and reports.  Market vacancy data.  Absorption.  Owner information.  Possibly current available space (but good luck with that).\n\nEdit:  i just saw you mentioned loopnet.. if you are trying to do a listing database there's no market for that.  The market is for data that we can make money on as brokers and things that will save us time.", "replies": [{"id": "d8tj4mf", "text": "Thanks for the feedback! So why do feel theres no market for listings search, because loopnet is already dominating it? \n\nSo currently what tools do you use to give you all the data that you mentioned, is there any one site that just lets you plug in an address and spits all that data back out? \n\nOur focus has been on retail property search. Basically you search by the business that someone is looking to open(e.g. coffee shop) and we show you all available properties, relevant demographics for each one and the locations of similar or complimentary businesses in that region. Would you find anything like this useful when searching for a property for one of your clients?\n ", "replies": [{"id": "d8tjuvc", "text": "I used to work for a company in the listings market (not loopnet/costar but one of the largest competitors).  Now I'm a commercial broker and have access to a huge variety of tools for research.\n\nLandvision is one that does basically what you are trying to do and it also has owner info for the properties.\n\nYour biggest issue is going to be populating your database with current listing information.  There's at least 10 companies already on the radar that are trying to get brokers to consistently load their listings to their site and nobody wants to do it.  It will be very labor intensive to get that data and the value of it would be small in comparison.\n\nThe biggest value data you could provide the commercial real estate industry is reliable owner data with contact info.  Getting this info takes up so much time and would be extremely valuable to a broker in terms of canvassing for new clients, etc.", "replies": [{"id": "d8tk3wd", "text": "Sent you a message. I'll start digging into this and seeing if theres a way I can make it easier to find this info!\n", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "d8v3r3k", "text": "I use both CoStar and LoopNet on a daily basis (commercial mortgage brokers).  Luckily my firm pays for both of those services.  Very few people know that CoStar actually owns LoopNet, therefore, any information on LoopNet is on CoStar.  If you know how to use CoStar properly (they offer free classes), it is an extremely helpful tool from both the mortgage and sales side of the business.  If you're going to pay for a premium service, you should take the hit and pay for CoStar. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "d9176zt", "text": "This is interesting. Please keep us updated with the progress of your project. If you have a beta version that needs testing please feel free to send a PM. Thanks!", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]