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Booking a shoot

How do I book a shoot online?

Go to the booking form. There's no account to set up first; your email is enough, and the first time you book we also ask for your name.

  • The property: start typing the street address and pick it from the list, or type it in full.
  • Your details: your email, plus your name if we haven't got it yet. Mobile and office are optional.
  • Services: tick what the listing needs. The total, including GST, updates as you go.
  • Pick a time: choose a day and a start time, or tick No preference and we'll arrange one with you. This step only appears when something needs us on site.
  • Access & notes: how we get in, and anything we should know.

Press Confirm booking to finish. Nothing is charged on the form; we invoice after the shoot.

Where can I see your prices?

On the booking form. Every service shows its price, including GST, and the summary keeps a running total. You can look without booking; nothing is saved until you press Confirm booking.

The Agents and Builders buttons at the top switch between the two price lists. Once your photos are delivered, the gallery's Add more services panel lists extras with their prices, or Account price on some office accounts.

Do I have to pay when I book?

No. Nothing is charged on the booking form. The total you confirm, including GST, goes on your booking, and we invoice after the shoot.

How and when to pay is on the invoice itself; see Invoices and paying.

Is my booking confirmed, and what happens next?

If you picked a time, you're booked in for it: the Booking received page says so, and your portal shows the booking as Booked. We'll call if anything needs to change. If you ticked No preference, see I don't know the time yet.

  • We email you the same details, with a Manage your booking online link for moving or cancelling and an Open my portal button.
  • The afternoon before a booked shoot you should get a reminder.
  • We invoice after the shoot.

Online changes close 24 hours before the shoot; see Changing or cancelling. To see all your bookings and photos later, sign in with the same email. There's no password; we email you a link.

I'm a builder or developer. Which price list do I book from?

Use the Builders button at the top of the booking form. It switches to the builders and developers price list, and Agents switches back. On the builders list, the office field is called Company.

Not sure which list your project belongs on? Call us on 0414 685 933.

The booking form says 'Online booking isn't available right now'. What do I do?

That message shows when the form has nothing it can offer online at that moment, for example if the price list didn't load. Try reloading the page. If it's still there, call us on 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media and we'll book you in.

I pressed Confirm booking and got a message instead. Did my booking go through?

Usually not. A booking that goes through takes you to the Booking received page. If you're still on the form with one of these messages, it wasn't saved, and what you typed is still there.

  • Sorry — that time was booked moments ago: that time is no longer free. Fresh times load; pick another.
  • Prices have changed since this page opened: the form has updated its prices. Check the total, then confirm again. It can also mean your sign-in ran out; see standard prices.
  • This address is outside our standard area: a travel fee applies, and it's now in your total. Check it, then confirm again.
  • Something changed in our price list: a service you picked has changed. Tick your services again.
  • A message that names one of your services, such as an add-on that needs a photo package: change your services as it says, then confirm again.
  • We're still saving this booking: your first press is still going through. Wait a few seconds, then press Confirm booking again.
  • You've sent a few requests just now: wait a few minutes, then try again. Tries from everyone on your office's internet connection count towards this, so if it keeps showing, call us on 0414 685 933.
  • Something went wrong saving your booking: try again, or call us on 0414 685 933.

If the message is just Something went wrong — please try again, or call us, the connection dropped, and the form has already tried once more by itself. Pressing Confirm booking again is safe: if your booking was saved, you're taken to it rather than booked twice. Still stuck? Call us on 0414 685 933.

Can I book several properties in one go?

Not in one booking. Each booking is for one property, so book each address separately on the booking form. Each one gets its own Booking received email and its own link to manage it.

After your first booking, the form usually recognises your email and says Welcome back, so you won't need to type your details again. If you're signed in, it already knows who you are.

Why can't I see twilight or the aerial add-on?

They're add-ons to a daylight photo package, so they stay hidden until you pick one. Choose a photography size or a package first and they appear. You may also see a few Pairs with photography shortcuts under the list.

The stand-alone aerial option works the other way round: it's for aerial on its own, so it disappears once you pick a photo package.

I can't find video, 3D tours or floor plans on the form. Where are they?

Some sections start folded up to keep the list short. Tap a section heading (it shows how many options are inside) to open it.

Still not there? Some options only show once you've picked a photography size or a package, like twilight and the aerial add-on. Some stand-alone options are swapped for a package version once you pick one. A package you've picked may already include it, or it may not be on your price list. Call us on 0414 685 933 if you need something you can't see.

Can I order more than one of something, like several rooms of virtual furniture?

Yes, for anything priced per room or per image. Those services have − and + buttons, the price shows per unit, and the total updates. Everything else is booked once per order.

Services that come in sizes, like photo counts or floor-plan sizes, are one choice. Tap a different size to swap; tap the selected one again to clear it.

How long will you be at the property?

It depends on the property and what you've booked. If you need to know, for example because an owner or tenant will be home, call us on 0414 685 933.

The booking form shows a rough on-site time beside the on-site services you pick, and at the top of the Pick a time step.

What's included in a package?

Each package on the booking form lists what it includes under its name, with one price for the lot. Packages are one choice: picking a package replaces any other, and tapping it again clears it.

Some packages also show a booked separately figure: what the same items come to at today's prices if you booked them one by one. On some office accounts that figure isn't shown.

I picked a package and the photo sizes disappeared. Can I add more photos?

A package already includes its photography, so the other photo sizes, and anything else it covers, are hidden while it's selected. That stops you paying for the same thing twice.

Per-image and per-room extras stay available beside a package. If you need more photos than the package covers, untick the package and choose a photography size and extras on their own, or call us on 0414 685 933.

Why can't I see packages when I'm signed in?

Your office's account pricing decides what's on your form, and some office accounts don't include packages. Book the services you need one by one, or call us on 0414 685 933 and we'll help you put the order together.

If your prices change after I book, does my booking change?

No. Each service on your booking keeps the price it had when you booked. A price change only affects new bookings and anything added later.

If prices change while you have the form open, it tells you before anything is booked: Prices have changed since this page opened. Check the new total, then confirm again.

Our office has its own pricing with you. How do I see it on the booking form?

Sign in before you book. If you see Office account? Sign in to see your account pricing under the heading on the booking form, tap it, enter your email, and we'll email you a sign-in link that brings you back to the form. Otherwise sign in with the email we have for you, then use Book a shoot in your portal.

Signed in, step 2 shows Booking as with your name, and the prices on the form are the ones for your account.

Pricing follows who's signed in, not the email typed into the form. Book without signing in and you'll see and pay the standard prices.

Why am I seeing standard prices instead of our office's pricing?

Usually because you're not signed in, or someone else's account is signed in on this device. Pricing comes from the signed-in account only, never from the email typed into the form.

  • Not signed in, or your sign-in has run out: sign in with your own email, then open the booking form again.
  • Someone else is signed in on this computer: use Not you? Sign out in step 2, then sign in as yourself.
  • Signed in, but step 2 has no note saying the prices are your account pricing: your account isn't set up with its own pricing. Call us on 0414 685 933 if you think it should be.
  • Your office pricing may cover only some services, so the others show at the standard price.
  • Booking for one of your agents: see Can I book a shoot for one of our agents?.
  • Already booked at standard prices: call us on 0414 685 933 so we can check the order.
How many photos will I get?

It depends on what you book. On the booking form, the photography sizes are photo-count ranges, each with its own price, and each package lists the photos it includes.

The beds and baths you enter in step 1 don't pick a size for you. Not sure which range suits the property? Call us on 0414 685 933.

What areas do you cover?

Western Sydney and the Macarthur region, and the booking form takes any address. Whether a travel fee applies is worked out from the property's address when you book. If one applies, it shows in the order summary as Out of area travel, included in the total, before you confirm; a booking never gets a travel fee the form didn't show you.

For a property a long way out, call us on 0414 685 933 before you book.

Can you shoot on a weekend?

No, we shoot on weekdays only, and not on NSW public holidays. In the time picker, days we don't shoot show as Closed.

If the listing goes live or the open home is on a weekend, allow for the turnaround when you pick the day. Photos back the next business day, video up to three business days.

What times can you shoot?

The time picker shows every start time we have free that day, in half-hour steps, in Sydney time. A time only shows if the whole shoot fits in our hours that day, so a longer order can have fewer start times.

Twilight shoots run around sunset, so we confirm the exact start time with you after you book.

Can I book for today, or further ahead than the form shows?

Not online for today. The form starts from the day after today, and a day that's too close to book online shows as Booked out. For anything urgent, call us on 0414 685 933.

The form shows the next 14 days. For a later date, tick No preference and put the date you want in Anything we should know?, or call us. With No preference you can also choose a time yourself later, from the Manage your booking online link in your confirmation email, once the date is within the next 14 days.

What do 'Booked out' and 'Closed' mean on the day buttons?
  • Closed: we don't shoot that day (weekends and public holidays).
  • Booked out: no start time is free that day for the length of your order. We may be busy or away, or it's too close to the day to book online.
  • A number of times: tap the day to see them.

Try another day, or tick No preference and we'll arrange a time with you. If nothing in the next 14 days works, call us on 0414 685 933.

If the form says it couldn't load times, our calendar couldn't be read just then, so it doesn't mean we're booked out. Tick No preference and we'll arrange a time with you, or call us.

What do the stars next to some times mean?

A ★ marks a time when we're already shooting near your property that day. Picking one saves us a separate trip. Any time shown is bookable, starred or not.

Stars only appear once we can place your address, and only on days we already have other shoots.

I don't know the time yet. Can I still book?

Yes. On the Pick a time step, tick No preference — we'll arrange a time with you. The Booking received page and email show the shoot time as to be arranged, and your portal shows the booking as Enquiry received until a time is set.

We'll be in touch to set a time, or you can choose one yourself from the Manage your booking online link in your confirmation email. Once a time is set, it shows on your manage page and in your portal.

The address search can't find my property. What do I do?

Type it in yourself. The suggestions are only a shortcut, and they start after the first few characters. In that step, only the street address is required.

Add the suburb and postcode too, even if you picked a suggestion and they stayed blank. We use the full address to work out free times and any travel fee, so a complete address gives you the most accurate times.

I changed the address or services and my chosen time disappeared. Why?

Free times depend on the address (drive time between shoots) and on how long your order takes on site. When either changes, the form reloads the times and clears the time you picked, so you choose again from what's actually free.

Why has a travel fee been added to my booking?

Further afield, a small travel fee can apply. The booking form adds it when the order needs us on site and the property is outside our standard area. It's worked out from the address, so it only appears once you've entered one.

On the form it shows as Out of area travel, its own line in the summary, included in the total, before you press Confirm booking. If the check when you confirm finds the fee applies but the form wasn't showing it, nothing is booked: the form adds the line and asks you to check the new total and confirm again. Your Booking received page and email list every line that was booked, including any travel fee. You can't remove it on the form. If you think it shouldn't apply, call us on 0414 685 933.

How much is the travel fee?

When it applies, the Out of area travel line on the booking form shows the amount for your price list before you confirm. It's also on your Booking received page and in your confirmation email, like any other line.

It only applies to orders that need us on site. Whether it applies is worked out from the address, so a property near the edge of our area may or may not attract it. Questions about it? Call us on 0414 685 933.

It said 'that time was booked moments ago'. What happened?

That time stopped being free while you were choosing, usually because someone else booked it. Nothing was booked for you. We check the time again just before saving, to avoid giving the same time out twice.

The form loads fresh times. Pick another and confirm again. You can see the same message when moving a booking on your manage page; choose a different time there too.

How do I tell you how to get in, like a lockbox code?

In the last step, Access & notes. Pick an option under How do we get in? (agent meeting us, lockbox or key safe, key from the office, occupied by a tenant or owner, or vacant and unlocked). Then put the details in Anything we should know?: the lockbox code, parking, pets, features to highlight.

Both are optional, and only our team sees them.

How do I change the access details or notes after I've booked?

Reply to your Booking received email or call us on 0414 685 933 with the change. If the shoot is close, call rather than email.

Your manage page can change the time, cancel and take files, but it can't edit access or notes.

How do I send you the plans for a floor plan redraw, or other files?

Upload them to your booking. When your order needs a file from you, like the plans for a redraw, there are two shortcuts:

  • straight after booking, on the Booking received page (One more thing — send us your file)
  • the upload it here link in your confirmation email

For any booking, use Documents & files on your manage page (the Manage your booking online link in your confirmation email). It takes any plan, sketch or reference, even when the order doesn't need one. Files stay with your booking, and our team is told when one arrives.

What files can I upload, and what if mine is too big?

PDFs and images: PDF, JPG, PNG, WebP, and iPhone photos (HEIC). Each file can be up to 20 MB, and a booking can hold up to 25 files. You can pick several at once.

A file of the wrong type, or over the size, is flagged under the upload box as soon as you pick it, before anything is sent. If some files in a batch fail, it says how many didn't upload: choose those again, on the same page, and they're sent again. If the form says a file doesn't look like a real PDF or image, re-save or export it and try again. Still stuck? Email it to info@sabo.media with the property address.

If it says a file would go over the upload limit for this booking, the booking is full, or an upload that didn't finish (the page was closed part-way) is still holding its place for a little while. Email the file to info@sabo.media instead.

How do I know you got my file? Can I replace it?

After uploading you'll see a tick with the number of files received, and each file is listed under Documents & files on your manage page.

If it says 0 files received and Those files are already on your booking, that file was already there. Nothing more to do.

You can't delete or swap a file yourself. To send a new version, rename it, upload it, and tell us which one to use: reply to your booking email or call 0414 685 933.

I didn't get a confirmation email. What now?

When you book online we email a confirmation with the subject Booking received and the property address. Check your spam or junk folder, and check the email you booked with: the booking is filed under whatever was typed.

If we booked the shoot for you, by phone or email, there's no Booking received email.

Either way, you can sign in with that email to see the booking in your portal. If it's not there, or you think the email was mistyped, call us on 0414 685 933.

My booking says 'Enquiry received'. Is it booked?

We've got your order, but there's no shoot time on it yet. That happens when you ticked No preference, or when nothing on the order needs us on site, like a floor plan redraw from your plans.

With No preference, we'll be in touch to set a time, or you can choose one yourself from the Manage your booking online link in your confirmation email. When nothing needs a visit, there's no shoot to arrange (your confirmation and manage page say there's nothing to schedule); just upload any files the order needs. Not sure which yours is? Call us on 0414 685 933.

How do I add the shoot to my calendar?

If you picked a time when you booked online, the Booking received email has a calendar invite attached (sabo-shoot.ics). Open it to add the shoot, with the address and services, to your calendar.

If you choose or change the time yourself on your manage page, the Booking updated email carries a new invite. Depending on your calendar app it may update the event or add a second one, so delete the old one if it stays. If we set or move the time for you, no new invite is sent: check the time on your manage page or portal and update your calendar yourself. Cancelling on your manage page sends a Booking cancelled email whose calendar update marks the shoot cancelled; if your calendar still shows it, delete it yourself.

Will I get a reminder before the shoot?

Yes. In the late afternoon the day before a booked shoot, you should get a reminder with the address and time, asking you to have the property ready.

It goes to the person the booking is for, once for each shoot time, and only for bookings with a shoot time. If the shoot moves after the reminder has gone, you get another one for the new time.

I didn't get a reminder for my shoot. Is it still on?

Check your portal or manage page: they show the current time and status. If your portal shows the booking as Booked with a time, it's still on.

You might not get a reminder when:

  • the shoot was booked, or moved onto the next day, after that evening's last reminder run
  • the booking has no time yet
  • the booking is under someone else's email, such as another agent at your office
  • it landed in your spam or junk folder

If you're unsure, call us on 0414 685 933.

Changing or cancelling

How do I change the time of my shoot?

Open your manage page and use Pick a new time: choose a day, tap a time, then Confirm new time. The new time is booked straight away. You can do this up to 24 hours before the shoot. After that, call us on 0414 685 933.

Times are Sydney time. Starred times, where you see them, are when we're already shooting nearby. Moving the time online doesn't change the price.

We email you a Booking updated note with the new time, the old time and a new calendar invite, and we're notified at the same moment. If your calendar ends up showing both times, delete the old one.

If someone else books the time while you're choosing, you'll see "that time was booked moments ago". Pick another one.

How do I cancel my booking?

Open your manage page and go to Cancel this booking. Tap Cancel booking…, then Yes, cancel my booking. Keep it backs out. You can do this up to 24 hours before the shoot, and it's free. After that, call us on 0414 685 933.

We email you a Booking cancelled note, which says no cancellation fee applies, and we're notified at the same moment. The shoot time is released straight away.

If you'd added the shoot to your calendar, the Booking cancelled email carries a calendar update that marks it cancelled. Some calendar apps add that as a separate entry instead, so if the shoot still shows, delete it there yourself.

No time booked yet? The section is called Cancel this order instead, and cancelling just closes the order. Once we've started work on an order like that, it can't be cancelled online: the page says We've started on this order, so call us on 0414 685 933.

My shoot is coming up soon and the manage page won't let me change it — what now?

Online changes close 24 hours before the shoot. Inside that window, call us on 0414 685 933 to move or cancel it.

If you cancel inside 24 hours of the shoot, a cancellation fee may apply. See Is there a fee if I cancel or move my shoot?.

If the shoot time has already passed, the page says so instead. There's nothing to change online then; call us if you need anything.

Booking a time, or moving the shoot to one, that's less than 24 hours away? The order form, or your manage page, says so before you confirm, and there are no online changes from the moment it's booked. Your confirmation says to call us instead.

Is there a fee if I cancel or move my shoot?

Not if you change it online in time. Moving or cancelling on your manage page is free up to 24 hours before the shoot: moving the time doesn't change the price, and the Booking cancelled email says no cancellation fee applies.

Inside 24 hours of the shoot, online changes are closed, so call us on 0414 685 933. If you cancel then, a cancellation fee may apply, whoever called it off: you, the vendor or the tenant. The order form states these terms under the shoot times before you book, and wherever the form, your manage page or your booking email mentions the fee, it shows the amount.

It's never added automatically. If one is added, it shows as its own line on your booking and your invoice.

How much is the cancellation fee?

$50.00 including GST. It may apply when a shoot is cancelled inside 24 hours of its time. Cancelling on your manage page before then is free.

It's never added automatically. If it is added, it shows as its own line on your booking and your invoice. Questions about a fee on your booking? Call us on 0414 685 933.

What can I change online, and what needs a phone call?

On your manage page you can pick a new shoot time, cancel the booking, and send us files (plans, sketches, references) under Documents & files. Time changes and cancelling close 24 hours before the shoot. On an order with nothing for us to shoot, cancelling online also stops once we've started work on it. Sending files stays open unless the booking is cancelled.

You can't add or drop a service, or change the property address or the access details, online. For those, call us on 0414 685 933, email info@sabo.media, or reply to your booking email, and we can update the booking for you.

Once your photos are delivered, extras and fixes are asked for from your gallery. See Your photos and downloads.

Why won't my manage page let me change anything?

Online changes stop 24 hours before the shoot, and once the shoot time has passed. Sending files under Documents & files stays open unless the booking is cancelled. What else the page shows depends on where the booking is up to:

  • Less than 24 hours to go: call us on 0414 685 933. More in what to do this close to the shoot.
  • We've started work on the order: We've started on this order means it can't be cancelled online any more. Call us on 0414 685 933 if something's changed.
  • The shoot time has passed: there's nothing to change online. Use Call SABO Media or Email us if you need anything.
  • Shot or in production: there's nothing left to move. Use Call SABO Media or Email us if you need anything.
  • Delivered: Sign in to your portal and use View & download photos, or open the gallery link in the email saying your photos are ready, if you have one. Signed in, the manage page shows View & download too. See Your photos and downloads.
  • Cancelled: the booking is closed. Its services stay listed, crossed out and without prices or a total, unless we've invoiced them. A cancellation fee, if one was added, shows its price. Book a new shoot starts a fresh one.

An order with nothing for us to shoot on site, like a floor-plan redraw, never offers a time to pick. You can still cancel it there until we've started on it.

If the page says it couldn't load available times, our calendar couldn't be read just then. Refresh in a minute, or call us on 0414 685 933 to move the shoot.

If the link opens a "page could not be found" message, it was probably cut short when it was copied. Open it straight from the email, or sign in to your portal and use Manage booking.

The day I want isn't in the list — how do I move the shoot further out?

The manage page only shows the next 14 days, starting from the day after today. Days marked Booked out have no times left online, and days marked Closed are days we don't shoot (weekends and public holidays).

For a date further out, or a day that's booked out, call us on 0414 685 933 and we'll see what we can do.

I booked without picking a time — can I choose one myself?

Yes. If you ticked No preference when you booked, open your manage page and use Choose a time, then Confirm time. There's no cutoff, because no time is held yet. Or leave it with us and we'll arrange a time with you.

If everything on your order is done at our desk with no visit to the property (a floor-plan redraw from your plans, for example), there's no time to choose: the manage page says there's nothing to schedule and shows no time picker. Upload what we need under Documents & files instead.

The weather looks bad for my shoot — what should I do?

Call us on 0414 685 933 and we'll talk it through with you.

I cancelled, but the page still shows my services and a total — am I being charged?

The list is the record of what was booked, not a new charge. Cancelling online adds nothing, and the Booking cancelled email says no cancellation fee applies.

If the booking was cancelled by phone inside 24 hours of the shoot and a cancellation fee was added, it shows as its own line in that list.

We invoice after the shoot, so there's normally nothing to pay or refund. If an invoice for this booking still shows in your portal, or you'd already paid one, call us on 0414 685 933. More in My booking was cancelled — why is there still an invoice for it?

I cancelled by mistake — can I undo it?

Not online. Cancelling releases the shoot time straight away, so the page only offers Book a new shoot.

Call us on 0414 685 933 as soon as you can and we'll try to put it back. If the old time has gone, we'll find another with you, or you can book again online.

My booking shows as cancelled, but I didn't cancel it — what happened?

Either someone with the manage link cancelled it online, or we cancelled it on our side. The link opens without signing in, so check whether someone else in your office used it.

An online cancellation emails a Booking cancelled note to the person the booking is under, so check that inbox. A cancellation on our side doesn't send an automatic email.

Either way, call us on 0414 685 933 and we'll check what happened.

I'm the office admin — can I move or cancel a booking one of our agents made?

Yes, while online changes are open. Sign in to your portal: each of the office's upcoming bookings has a Manage booking button, which opens the same page the agent gets. Inside 24 hours of the shoot, call us on 0414 685 933.

The Booking updated or Booking cancelled email goes to the agent the booking is under, not to you, and we're notified at the same moment.

We changed the shoot time over the phone — why didn't I get an email or a new calendar invite?

Changes we make on our side, including a new time agreed over the phone or a cancellation, don't send an automatic email or calendar invite. Only changes you make yourself on your manage page do.

Your manage page and your portal show the time we have on the booking. If you'd added the shoot to your calendar from our email, update it there yourself.

If the time showing isn't what we agreed, call us on 0414 685 933.

I've moved my shoot — will I still get a reminder the day before?

Usually, yes. Each shoot time gets one reminder, by text or email, in the afternoon the day before the shoot, and it gives the time we have on the booking then.

If the reminder for the old time had already gone out, you get another one the afternoon before the new date. A shoot moved onto the next day still gets one if it's moved before that evening's last reminder run. Your manage page shows the current time.

Signing in and your portal

Do I need to create an account before I book?

No. There's no sign-up form. Book a shoot with your email, and your first booking sets up your account under that address.

There's no password either. To see your bookings, photos and invoices later, sign in with that same email using an emailed link. See How do I sign in?.

Everything is filed by email address, so it's worth booking with the same one each time.

Where can I see all my bookings, photos and invoices?

In your portal. Sign in with the email you booked with, using an emailed link (no password).

Each booking shows the property, its status and the shoot time (Sydney time), with buttons for what you can do next:

  • View & download photos once the gallery is ready
  • Manage booking to reschedule or cancel online, up to 24 hours before the shoot
  • Pay invoice with the amount owing, or View invoice · paid once it's settled (a job with more than one invoice names each by its number)
  • Book a shoot at the top, for the next one

You can't change your details or get a statement in the portal. For either, call us on 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media.

I asked for a sign-in link but the email hasn't arrived. What now?

Check spam, junk and promotions for 'Your SABO Media sign-in link'. It can take a minute or two.

Check the address. The page says 'If there's an account for …' whatever you type, so a typo, or an email you've never booked with, gets the same message and no email.

Don't keep pressing Resend. After a few requests for the same email (sign-in links and password resets count together), more aren't sent at all for about 15 minutes, though the page still says a link is on its way. Wait, then ask once more.

Still nothing? Call us on 0414 685 933. We can check which email your account is under and send you a link once the wait is over.

Why did a link take me to a sign-in page asking for a password?

Your portal needs you signed in. Open it while signed out, from a bookmark say, and you land on the sign-in page, which starts on the password form. You don't need a password. Tap email me a sign-in link under it, and the link brings you back to the page you were after.

The gallery's 'sign in to see prices' link works the same way. You only need it to see your office's account pricing on extras; the photos themselves open without signing in.

Gallery, invoice and Manage booking links never need a sign-in. See Do I need to sign in to see my photos or pay?.

I never set a password. What is it?

You don't have one, and you don't need one. Accounts made when you book, or that we set up for you, have no password: you sign in with an emailed link. Trying the password boxes anyway just gives 'That email and password didn't match'.

On the sign-in page, tap email me a sign-in link instead. See How do I sign in?.

Prefer a password? Tap Forgot your password?, enter your email and follow the emailed link to set one (at least 8 characters). After that you can sign in either way. The password form works for clients too, even though the link page labels it '(staff)'.

I've forgotten my password. How do I reset it?

On the sign-in page, tap Forgot your password?, enter your email and tap Email me a reset link. Open the email called 'Reset your SABO Media password' and tap Set a new password.

Choose a password of at least 8 characters, type it twice and tap Update password. You're signed straight in and taken to your portal.

The reset link works once and lasts about an hour. No email? The same checks apply as for sign-in links: see the sign-in email hasn't arrived. And if you'd rather skip passwords altogether, email me a sign-in link gets you in without one.

I got a sign-in or password-reset email I didn't ask for. Should I worry?

Usually not. Someone may have typed your email into our sign-in page by mistake. The email comes only to your inbox, and its link works once and lasts about an hour.

If you leave it unopened, nothing changes. A reset email doesn't touch your password unless you open it and choose a new one.

If they keep coming, call us on 0414 685 933.

How do I sign out, and why did my phone sign out too?

Tap Sign out at the top of your portal. That signs your account out everywhere: your phone, other computers, any browser you've used, not just the one in front of you.

Signing back in works the same as before: email me a sign-in link on the sign-in page.

Only need to hand the computer to someone else for a booking? Use Not you? Sign out on the booking form instead. See Someone else needs to book from my computer.

Someone else needs to book from my computer. How do we switch?

On the booking form, while you're signed in, the Your details step says Booking as with your name. Tap Not you? Sign out next to it before anyone starts filling in the form: it reloads the form empty, so anything already entered is lost. It signs out this browser only; your phone stays signed in.

The next person then types their own email, and their booking goes on their own account. Prices show without any account pricing until they sign in themselves.

Could I end up with two accounts?

Only if we have you under two different emails. Usually that's from booking once with a work email and once with a personal one, or from booking with a different address from the one we set you up under. A booking goes on whichever account has the email you use, even when the form doesn't say Welcome back (that can happen on a busy shared office connection). Fill in your name if it asks; it won't start a second account or change the details we hold.

If that has happened, each portal shows only its own bookings. Call us on 0414 685 933 and we can merge them. After that, sign in and book with the email we keep.

Booking for a colleague? Use their email and it goes on their account, not yours. If you're signed in, tap Not you? Sign out on the form first.

How do I change my name, mobile, agency or email on my account?

Call us on 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media and we'll change your name, mobile or agency. There's no settings page in the portal, and typing new details into the booking form doesn't change what we hold for an existing account.

Your email is different: it can't be edited on an account. Call us and we can set you up under the new address and move your bookings, photos and invoices across. After that, sign in and book with the new email; the old one stops signing in.

Moved offices? Let us know, so your new bookings are filed under your new office. Earlier jobs usually stay with the office you were with at the time.

I've booked with SABO Media before. Do I already have an account?

Quite possibly. Accounts are filed by email, and we may already have set one up for you, with no password. To check, go to the sign-in page, tap email me a sign-in link and use the email you usually book with. If there's an account under that address, the link arrives.

Passwords don't carry over from anywhere else, including any other site you've ordered from us on. Use the emailed link, or set a password here with Forgot your password?.

No email after a few minutes, and nothing in spam? We may have you under a different address. Call us on 0414 685 933 and we'll check, rather than you starting a second account.

My booking isn't showing in my portal. Why?

Just booked? It can take a few moments to appear. Refresh the page.

Scroll down. Bookings are listed by shoot date, latest first, so a shoot weeks away sits above next week's. Anything without a shoot time yet goes below all the dated ones, often right at the bottom.

Check you're signed in with the email you booked with: the one you typed to get your sign-in link. The portal only shows bookings made under that email. A booking made with a different address, or by a colleague under theirs, is on that account instead. See two accounts.

Still missing? Call us on 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media and we'll find it.

What do the statuses in my portal mean?
  • Enquiry received: we've got the order, but there's no shoot time on it yet (what that means)
  • Booked: the shoot is booked in
  • Photos in production: we've shot it and are working on the photos
  • Finalising your photos: nearly there; the gallery opens once we deliver
  • Photos ready: the gallery is open, tap View & download photos
  • Completed: finished and filed; if it was delivered, View & download photos stays on it
  • Cancelled: the booking was cancelled

If we re-open a delivered job for changes, it can show Photos in production again. Its gallery usually stays open in the meantime.

As a guide: Photos back the next business day, video up to three business days.

Why is there no Manage booking or View & download button on my job?

Manage booking shows only on upcoming jobs that are Booked or Enquiry received. Once the shoot time has passed or we've started on it, the button goes. Inside 24 hours of the shoot it still shows, but online changes are closed, so call us on 0414 685 933. More in Changing or cancelling.

View & download photos appears once we've delivered the gallery, not before. Finalising your photos means it's close. A cancelled booking never has one.

A thumbnail not loading? Refresh the page. The thumbnails on it are only good for about an hour at a time.

Where's the Listing kit button in my portal?

On delivered jobs with photos, a Listing kit button sits next to View & download photos. It opens the same gallery, scrolled to the kit.

No button? The gallery isn't delivered yet, the delivery has no photos (floor plans or video only, say), or the kit isn't included with that job. More in Listing kit.

I manage our office. Can I see all our agents' bookings, photos and invoices?

Yes, once we've set your account up as the office admin for your agency; call us on 0414 685 933 to ask. Then your portal shows your own jobs plus every job filed under your office, with the same buttons: photos, invoices, and Manage booking for upcoming shoots.

The cards don't say which agent each job belongs to, so go by the address.

When we email that one of your office's galleries is ready, office admins are on the list by default, so you'll usually get a copy. Signed in, you can also keep your office's logo on file: in a gallery, tick Add my watermark, upload the logo, then tap Save this logo to my agency.

Can my office manager or the other agents see my bookings and invoices?

Your office admin can, if your office has one set up with us. They see every job filed under your office in their own portal: the photos, the invoices, and Manage booking for upcoming shoots. They're usually copied on the email saying a gallery is ready, too.

Other agents at your office don't see your jobs in their portals. The only other way in is a link: anyone you forward a gallery, invoice or Manage booking link to can open that page.

Want to know who your office admin is? Call us on 0414 685 933.

A new agent has joined our office. How do they get set up?

They just book. On the booking form, they use their own email and type the office name under Agency / office. Their first booking sets up their account.

If they type the office name exactly as we have it, their bookings are usually filed under your office straight away and show in the office admin's portal. If it's spelt differently (a slightly different branch name, say), or your office has its own account pricing, we check it and link them by hand, so give us a call on 0414 685 933 after their first booking to make sure it's sorted.

Booking for them yourself? See Can I book a shoot for one of our agents?.

Why can't I see one of our agents' jobs in my portal?

A job is filed under an office when it's booked, from the agent's account at the time. If the agent wasn't linked to your office then (say a new agent whose office name we couldn't match), the job isn't filed under your office, so it doesn't show for you.

Call us on 0414 685 933. We can link the agent to your office for their next bookings and re-file earlier jobs one by one, so tell us the addresses. Invoices on those earlier jobs may still only show in the agent's portal; we can send you the invoice links.

An agent who moves to another office usually keeps their earlier jobs filed under the office they were with at the time.

Can I book a shoot for one of our agents?

Yes. While you're signed in, the booking form books under your own account (Booking as with your name), at your account's prices. To put it on the agent's account instead, tap Not you? Sign out on the form before you start (it clears anything already filled in), then type the agent's email. The booking goes on their account and shows in their portal, and in yours if they're linked to your office.

Booked that way, our booking emails go to the agent's address, not yours, and the prices are the standard ones: pricing follows who's signed in, never the email typed into the form. To keep your office's pricing, have the agent sign in and book, or call us on 0414 685 933 and we'll book it for them. Sign back in afterwards to see your portal.

My old email won't sign me in any more. What happened?

The usual reason is a merge. When someone ends up with two accounts, say one under a work email and one under a personal one, we move the bookings, photos and invoices onto one and switch the other off. Sign-in links for the old email then won't arrive, or open on 'That link didn't work'.

Sign in with the email of the account we kept. If you book with the old email by habit, the booking still goes on the kept account, shows in your portal, and its confirmation goes to the kept email. The page you land on after booking shows the start of that email and its domain, to sign in with.

Gallery, invoice and Manage booking links you already have keep working. Not sure which email we kept, or think it's a mistake? Call us on 0414 685 933.

Listing kit

What is the listing kit on my gallery?

It's the section under your photos headed Ready for the feed. It turns the delivered photos into social posts in your branding: tiles for each stage of the campaign, a vertical video, an Instagram carousel, clean crops and a caption ready to paste.

It has four tabs: Tiles, Reel, Carousel and Branding. The tiles, video, carousel and crops are made in your own browser from the photos, on a phone or a computer. Nothing is posted for you. You save the files and post them yourself.

Where do I find the listing kit for a listing?

On the listing's gallery, below the photos. There are three ways in:

  • Open the gallery link and scroll down past the photos.
  • Tap Open your listing kit in the email that says your photos are ready.
  • Sign in to your portal and tap Listing kit on the delivered job.

The kit is part of the gallery link, so anyone you forward the gallery to can open it too.

How do I make a tile for Instagram or Facebook?

On the Tiles tab:

  • Under Listing, answer For sale or For rent, then tap the status.
  • Tap the photo to use. Collage takes three, and the first you tap is the hero.
  • Pick a Design: Editorial, Band, Frame, Collage, Minimal or Agent, plus Floor plan when the gallery has an image floor plan.
  • Pick a Size.
  • Add anything you want under Details. On a phone it sits below the save buttons and the caption.
  • Save it from the Save group.

Sizes: Story (9:16) for stories and reel covers, Portrait (4:5) for a tall feed post, Square (1:1) for feed posts anywhere, and Landscape (16:9) for Facebook and LinkedIn link posts. Download all 4 sizes (Prepare all 4 sizes on a phone) saves the same tile in every size at once.

I can't see the listing kit on my gallery. Where is it?

It sits under the photos once they're delivered, headed Ready for the feed. It won't be there when:

  • The photos aren't delivered yet. The page shows Being prepared until they are.
  • The delivery has no photos, only floor plans, video or a 3D tour. The kit is made from photos.
  • It's still loading. Grey placeholder boxes mean give it a moment.

If a card in its place offers Add the listing kit, the kit isn't on this listing's order yet. If it says the kit unlocks with the invoice, see why the kit is locked. If it says Your listing kit isn't available for these archived photos., no photo on that listing kept the web-size copy the kit works from, and that can't be undone. Questions? Call us on 0414 685 933.

If a photo in the kit didn't load, tap Try again. If it says too many photos loaded at once, wait a minute. Everyone on the same internet connection shares that limit. Otherwise call us on 0414 685 933.

Do I need to save my changes in the listing kit?

No. Your choices save on their own for this listing a moment after each change: design, status, photos, framing, the price and open home lines, caption edits and this listing's own colour. Come back on another device and they're still there. Only the details on the Branding tab need a button, Save branding: name, title, phone, headshot, logo and office colour.

Two things aren't kept: a finished video and a music file you added. Make the video again when you come back.

The choices belong to the listing, not to you. Anyone with the gallery link sees the same status and settings and can change them, and the last change wins. Worth knowing before you forward the link to a vendor. What they can change on the Branding tab is narrower: see forwarding the link.

If a note says your choices couldn't be saved, everything still works on this visit, but it may not be there when you come back.

Does the listing kit cost extra, or do I need to order it?

No. It comes with the photos: the kit sits under them on every delivered gallery that has photos. There's nothing to add to your booking and nothing to switch on.

If downloads on a job wait for payment, the kit waits too and opens once the invoice is paid. See why the kit is locked.

If you have a question about a Media Marketing Kit line on your booking or invoice, call us on 0414 685 933.

My listing kit says it unlocks with the invoice. What do I do?

Pay the invoice. On jobs where downloads wait for payment, the kit waits too. Tap View & pay invoice on the card, and once the invoice shows as paid the kit opens on its own. Just refresh the gallery.

No View & pay invoice link on the card? The invoice may not have gone out yet. Call us on 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media.

I've paid, but the listing kit is still locked. Why?

Refresh the gallery first. It checks the invoices each time it loads, and the kit opens once every invoice on the job is paid in full.

Still locked? The usual reasons:

  • You paid by bank transfer. It shows as paid once we've recorded it against the invoice, which we do by hand, so there can be a gap.
  • Another invoice on the job is still owing, such as one for an extra service. View & pay invoice on the card opens it.
  • Part of an invoice is still unpaid.

If the card says Your listing kit is temporarily unavailable, the gallery couldn't check the invoices just then. It doesn't mean you haven't paid. Refresh in a minute, and if it stays that way, call us on 0414 685 933.

Does the listing kit still work after my photos are archived?

Usually, yes. The kit runs on web-size copies of your photos, which we keep for at least 365 days after delivery, so tiles and reels keep working after the full-size files go. A note above the kit says when it's running on those copies.

A photo without a web-size copy drops out of the kit, and the note says how many are left. If none of the photos kept a copy, which is usually an older gallery, the kit can't run for that listing and won't again: the gallery shows Your listing kit isn't available for these archived photos. Questions? Call 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media.

More on archiving under Your photos and downloads.

Why does the kit start with that photo, and how do I change it?

The tile starts with the gallery's first photo. On a rental, or before you've said whether it's for sale or for rent, it starts with the first photo that isn't tagged as edited instead. The reel starts with the gallery's first six photos, opening on an untagged one on a rental, and the carousel with your tile's photo and the next ones in the gallery.

Tap another photo to change it. Your picks are saved with the listing.

Why does my tile show a different design from the one I picked?

Some designs need something on file. Until they have it, the tile shows another design, and the note under the preview says what's missing:

  • Collage needs three photos. Until three are picked, it shows Editorial. If three are picked and the note stays, a photo may still be loading.
  • Agent needs a headshot. Add one on the Branding tab. Until then it shows Band. It has no unbranded version either, so with Unbranded ticked it shows Band.
  • Floor plan needs an image floor plan on the gallery, and shows Editorial without one. See floor plans in the kit.
How do I put the price, open home time or a headline on a tile?

Use Details on the Tiles tab. On a phone, for a sale, it's folded up as More details (price, open home, headline…). Only what you type goes on the tile. Leave a line blank to keep it off.

  • Open home shows only when the status is Open home, and Auction only under Auction. What you typed is kept, just hidden under other statuses.
  • Price or guide (optional) becomes Rent on a rental.
  • Headline (optional) replaces the big status word.
  • Car spaces, plus Bedrooms and Bathrooms if the booking didn't include them.
  • Agency name as licensed starts as your agency's name. Change it to the name on the licence. It goes in the caption and under your details on the tiles.

Bedrooms and bathrooms from the booking can't be changed in the kit. If they're wrong, call us on 0414 685 933 and we can correct the job.

How do I move the photo so the house sits right in the tile?

Drag the photo inside the tile preview. The framing is kept for that photo and used in the reel, the carousel and the crops too. With a keyboard, the arrow keys nudge it. Reset framing puts it back in the centre.

On a phone, a sideways drag works straight away. To move it up or down, tap Reframe up or down first. Until you tap Done, the page won't scroll over the photo.

A photo only moves in a direction where it's bigger than the tile. One reminder the kit gives you: reframing is for the feed, not for hiding things. A crop that leaves out a power pole or a defect can still mislead.

How do I change my tile from Just listed to Sold?

Under Listing, tap the new status. Sales have Just listed, For sale, Open home, Auction, Price reduced, Under offer, Sold and Coming soon. Rentals have For lease, Open home and Leased.

The status saves with the listing, so it's where you left it next time. Anyone else with the gallery link sees the same.

The price line stays on the tile under every status. If you don't want the price on a Sold, Under offer or Leased tile, clear it (Price or guide, or Rent on a rental) before you save. The caption leaves the price out for those statuses on its own.

On the day of an open home, tick Say "Open today" instead of "Open home" under the Open home line in Details. It switches back the next day.

Why can't I see the status buttons?

The kit asks Is this one for sale or for rent? first, because sales and rentals have different rules for the price line. Until you answer, the status buttons stay hidden and nothing with text can be saved. The kit says "Choose for sale or for rent first."

If the booking suggested a rental, For rent is picked for you and the kit says it guessed from the booking. Change it if that's wrong. Switching between sale and rent resets a status that only belongs to the other one.

What does Download the campaign give me?

One tile for each stage of the listing, in the size you're on: Just listed, Open home, Under offer and Sold for a sale, or For lease, Open home and Leased for a rental.

Your headline stays on the current status's tile only. The others get their own status word. If you've typed a price line, it goes on every tile in the set.

Each tile is checked before it's made. If one would break a rule, for example the rent line on the For lease tile, the kit says which tile and what to change. On a phone it's two taps, Prepare the campaign and then save or share it. On a computer it downloads as one zip.

Why are the save buttons greyed out?

Something on the listing breaks a rule the kit checks. While it does, nothing with text can be saved or copied: tiles, the campaign, the carousel, the video or the caption. The reason sits right above the buttons, with Fix it to take you to the line to change.

The usual reasons:

  • Sale or rent hasn't been answered yet.
  • On a NSW rental, the rent isn't one fixed weekly figure.
  • On a NSW sale, a Coming soon post without The contract for sale is prepared ticked.

No reason showing? The photo may still be loading, or another save is still running, so give it a moment. The clean crops under Just the photos carry no text, so the checks never hold them up.

It says NSW rental ads need one fixed rent. What should I put?

One weekly figure in Rent, written with "per week". The rent line is flagged for a range, a second figure, words like "offers", "negotiable", "POA" or "contact agent", or "from", a plus sign or "minimum". If you've typed only a number, tap Use "… per week". A note saying there's no rent bidding is fine.

The headline, the open home line and an edited caption get a lighter check, for bidding words, ranges and "from" next to an amount, and an edited caption has to keep the rent. An exact bond, fee or parking amount is fine. If the kit isn't sure an amount is a second rent, it asks and lets you carry on.

This applies to a rental under For lease or Open home. Outside NSW these are warnings, not blocks. The checks catch common slips, but the ad is still yours to check.

Why does the kit ask me to tick "The contract for sale is prepared"?

Because the listing is a NSW sale. The kit's note says a property in NSW can't be advertised or promoted for sale until the contract for sale is prepared. Tick The contract for sale is prepared under Listing once it is. The tick is saved with the listing.

Until it's ticked, the kit shows a reminder but still lets you save, except a Coming soon post. That one can't be saved until it's ticked, because a Coming soon post promotes the sale.

The checks catch common slips, but the ad is still yours to check.

Why is the kit warning me about words like "won't last" or "ideal for families"?

They're warnings, not blocks, so you can still save. "Won't last", "selling fast" or "multiple offers" read as sales claims, which is what Fair Trading looks at. Wording about who a place suits, like "ideal for…" or "families", suggests who can or can't apply, which NSW ads shouldn't do. The kit suggests leaving them off. Your call.

The kit reads only what you type: the headline, the price, open home and auction lines, and a caption you've edited.

Other warnings you may see:

  • No Agency name as licensed. NSW ads need the licensee's name.
  • Price reduced with no new price in the price line.
  • On a NSW sale, a reminder to tick The contract for sale is prepared once it is. Until then it only stops a Coming soon post.
  • On a rental, "Is … a different rent?" when the headline or caption has another weekly amount. If it's a bond, fee or parking, leave it.
Can I take the "Digitally altered" tag off my tiles or video?

On a sale, yes. Untick Label digitally altered photos. It shows on the Tiles (in Details), Reel and Carousel tabs when the photos you've picked include one we've tagged as edited. It's one setting for the whole listing: tiles, video, carousel, crops and the caption line.

On a rental it stays on, and it's also on until you've said whether the listing is for sale or for rent. The kit's note says rental ads should say when a photo has been digitally altered.

If you switch it off on a sale where a photo has virtual furniture, items removed or another edit, the kit notes that Fair Trading's guidelines say an ad shouldn't add or remove features without saying so. Your call.

How do I save a tile or the video to my iPhone's Photos?

Open the gallery in Safari. Tap Save to Photos, then choose to save the image on the share sheet that opens.

Sets, like all four sizes, the campaign or the carousel, take two taps. The first (Prepare…) makes the files, and the second (Save … to Photos) opens the share sheet. iPhone only lets a page open the share sheet straight after a tap, which is why it's split. If the share sheet doesn't open, tap the button again.

For the reel, tap Make the video first, then Save to Photos. Download MP4 saves it as a file instead.

There's no save button when I open the gallery from Instagram, Facebook or Outlook. Why?

Those apps open links in their own built-in browser, and it can't save files to your phone. So the kit shows no save buttons there. It says to open the page in Safari on an iPhone, or Chrome on Android, instead.

Tap Copy link, then paste it into Safari or Chrome, or use the app's menu to open the page in your browser. The video can't be made inside those apps either.

How does saving work on Android or a computer, and where do the files go?

On Android, Share opens your phone's share sheet, for apps such as Instagram, Messages or Drive. The Download … instead link beside it saves the file to your downloads. Sets take two taps: prepare, then share.

On a computer, including a touch-screen laptop with a mouse or trackpad, one click downloads. A single tile comes as a PNG and a set as one zip, in your browser's downloads folder. The file names include the address.

If you change anything after preparing a set, the prepared files are dropped so what you save always matches the preview. That's why a button can go back to Prepare….

How do I make the vertical video?

On the Reel tab:

  • Tap 4 to 8 photos in the order they should play. The first is the opening shot.
  • Pick a Style: Calm (about three seconds a photo), Punchy (under two) or Editorial (about two and a half, on a pale border).
  • Check the status. The opening card uses the same one as the tiles.
  • Tap Preview to watch the exact frames, then Make the video.

It's made on your device as a 1080 × 1920 MP4. On a phone that takes a little while, so keep the page open until it's done. Leaving the page cancels it.

It ends on a card with your details, or "Thanks for looking." if it's unbranded. The second photo carries your price line, so clear it before making a Sold video if you don't want the price in it. Change anything afterwards and the finished video is cleared, so make it again before you save.

It says my browser can't make the video. What now?

Open the gallery in Safari 17 or newer on an iPhone or iPad, or in Chrome or Edge on a computer, or tap Make tiles instead. The video is made on your own device, so the browser has to be able to build it. Other browsers may or may not, and the Reel tab checks for you.

Other messages you might see:

  • "The video tools couldn't be loaded just now" is the connection. Tap Try again.
  • "This device ran out of memory": try fewer photos, or close other tabs and try again.
  • "…a reel needs at least 4": tap more photos, or the gallery has fewer than four. The tiles work with one.
  • Inside the Instagram, Facebook or Outlook app, the video can't be made at all. Open the gallery in Safari or Chrome.
Can I add music to the reel?

Yes, if it's your own file. Under Music, tap Add a music file (optional)… and pick an MP3, M4A, AAC or WAV of up to 15 MB. We don't supply music, so use a track you have the rights to. Or leave it off and add audio in Instagram when you post.

The music isn't in Preview. It goes in when you tap Make the video. A long track is cut to the video's length and fades out at the end, and a short one loops. Adding, changing or removing the music clears a finished video, so make it again. The file isn't kept, so add it again if you come back later.

If the Music section says this browser can't add a music track, add it in Instagram when you post.

Can I get the photos cropped to size for our own templates?

Yes. Use Just the photos at the bottom of the Carousel tab. Pick Story 9:16, Portrait 4:5 or Square 1:1, tap up to 20 photos, and save them. They use the same framing as your tiles.

They carry no text, apart from a small "Digitally altered" tag on photos we've tagged as edited. On a sale you can switch that off with Label digitally altered photos. On a rental it stays. The crops have no agency name or rent on them, so put those in the post's caption. With no text on them, the checks never hold them up.

Can I change the caption?

Yes, the top part: the headline, address and listing facts in the Caption box. Your edit is kept for this listing under the status you wrote it for, so switching to Sold shows Sold's caption, not your Just listed one.

The lines underneath are added for you and can't be edited in the box. They update themselves when your details change. See what those lines are.

If you change a detail after editing, the kit says "Your details changed since you edited this. Reset to update it." Reset puts the generated caption back. On Sold, Under offer and Leased, the caption leaves out the price, open home and auction lines.

Where do the hashtags and the Enquiries line come from, and can I take them out?

Not in the Caption box. They're added from the listing each time you copy, so change them where they come from, or edit them after you paste into Instagram or Facebook.

  • Enquiries: the agent's name, phone and agency as licensed, from the Branding tab and Agency name as licensed in Details. Only the agency when the kit is unbranded.
  • A SABO Media photography credit, only while Credit SABO Media is ticked in Details.
  • A 3D tour link, if the gallery has a tour. Untick Mention the 3D tour on the Reel tab to drop it.
  • A line saying which photos are digitally altered, if any in the post are tagged. On a sale, Label digitally altered photos turns it off. On a rental it stays.
  • Hashtags for the status, the suburb, the suburb and state real estate tags, and #Rental on rentals.
Copy caption isn't working. What do I do?

If the button is greyed out, something needs fixing first. The reason is just above it, with Fix it.

If the app you're in blocks copying, the kit says "The clipboard isn't available here" and selects the part you can edit. Copy that from the keyboard, then the lines underneath. Opening the gallery in Safari or Chrome usually avoids this.

How do I change the name, phone or headshot on my tiles?

Open the Branding tab, change Name, Title or Phone, add or change the Headshot, and tap Save branding. Headshots are PNG, JPG or WebP under 3 MB, and tiles show them in a circle. Leave Phone blank to keep a phone number off the tiles. Your email is never printed.

Signed in as yourself or as your office's admin, the save goes to the account and your other listings use it too. From a gallery link without signing in, it can only fill details that are empty. If yours are already set, what you type is kept for this listing only, and the tab says so.

This only changes what's printed on the kit. The phone and email we use to contact and invoice you stay as they are. To change those, call us on 0414 685 933.

The tiles show the wrong agent. How do I put the listing agent's details on?

The kit picks whose details to show in this order: someone entered just for this listing, then the listing agent we've set on the job, then whoever booked. If the booking came through an office admin's account, it shows only the agency until an agent is added.

To change it for this listing, open Branding, and under Whose details go on the tiles pick Someone else, just for this listing. Type their name, title and phone, add a headshot if you like, then tap Save branding.

If the agent has their own account with us, call us on 0414 685 933 and we'll set them as the listing agent on the job, so their saved details are used.

Can I post without my name and logo, or credit SABO Media?

Yes. Tick Unbranded — no name or logo in Details on the Tiles tab. It's on the Reel tab too. Tiles and the video then carry no agent name, phone, headshot, logo or agency name, the caption's Enquiries line keeps only the agency, and the video ends with "Thanks for looking." The Agent design and the carousel's end card aren't available unbranded.

NSW ads need the licensee's name. On an unbranded post it's only in the caption, and a story has no caption. So before you post an unbranded story, the kit reminds you to add the agency name in your own template. For the unbranded video, it reminds you to add it in your own edit or post the video with the caption.

Credit SABO Media (small, in a corner) is off unless you tick it. With it on, you can also tick Add @sabo.au to the credit, which puts "Photography: SABO Media (@sabo.au)" in the caption.

Can I use the floor plan in the kit?

Yes, if your floor plan came as an image. Pick the Floor plan design on the Tiles tab for the plan on a clean page with your details underneath. Tick End with the floor plan on the Reel tab, or Add the floor plan on the Carousel tab. With more than one plan you choose which, and the choice is shared by all three.

No Floor plan design? The gallery has no image plan. If the plan only came as a PDF, the kit says so. Ask us for an image version on 0414 685 933 or at info@sabo.media.

Invoices and paying

Where do I find my invoice?

Any of these opens the same online tax invoice:

  • The Tax invoice INV-… email, once we've sent it to you
  • Your portal, signed in with the email you booked with: a booking with an invoice shows Pay invoice and the amount owing, or View invoice · paid once it's settled
  • The email saying your photos are ready, which has a Pay button if anything was owing when we sent it
  • Your gallery's View & pay invoice button, while downloads are waiting on payment

There's nothing to pay when you book: we invoice after the shoot, so a booking shows no invoice until we've issued one. Office admins also see the invoices billed to their office. For a statement of everything outstanding, email info@sabo.media and ask for one.

How do I pay an invoice?

Open the invoice from its email or from your portal. The link works without signing in.

Below the balance, the invoice lists the ways you can pay right now: a card button, a bank transfer box with our account details and the reference to use, or both. If it shows neither, it asks you to contact us: call 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media.

When do I have to pay?

Within 7 days of the invoice date. The due date is printed next to the issue date on the invoice, and it's in the invoice email too.

There's nothing to pay when you book: we invoice after the shoot. There's no late fee (more). Questions about an invoice? Call 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media.

Is there a late fee if I pay after the due date?

No. We don't charge a late fee or interest. An invoice past its due date still shows what's owing, and nothing is added to it.

If you can't pay by the due date, call us on 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media.

Can I get a PDF of my invoice, or a receipt?

Open the invoice and press Print / Save PDF at the bottom, then choose Save as PDF in the print window. On an iPhone, use the share button on the print screen to save it to Files. The buttons are left off the printout.

We don't attach a PDF to the invoice email. The email has the line items and totals in it, plus a link to the invoice page.

For a record of payment, open the invoice once it's paid. It's still headed Tax invoice, and now shows the amount under Paid, a zero balance and Paid — thank you. Print or save that version for your records.

Why is my invoice total different from my booking total?

The invoice bills what's on your order when we issue it, so it differs from the booking total if the order changed in between. Usually that's one of these:

  • A service was added or taken off after you booked, for example after you spoke with us
  • An extra you asked for from the gallery
  • A travel fee for a property outside our standard area, if it wasn't already on the booking form

If something is added after we've issued your invoice, it goes on a second invoice instead, so check your portal for both.

Each line on the invoice says what it's for. If one looks wrong, see Something on my invoice is wrong — can you fix it?.

Can I pay part of an invoice now and the rest later?

Talk to us first: call 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media. If the invoice has a card button, it always pays the whole balance, so it can't take a part payment.

Once a part payment is recorded, the invoice shows it under Paid and the rest as Balance due.

Can our office get one invoice a month instead of one per booking?

Each booking gets its own invoice after the shoot, and they aren't combined into a monthly invoice automatically. If your office would like a different billing arrangement, call 0414 685 933 to talk it through.

To see everything your office owes in one place, your office admin can check the portal, which lists the invoices billed to your office. Or email info@sabo.media and ask for a statement of everything outstanding.

I didn't get the invoice email — can you resend it?

Yes. Invoices aren't emailed automatically when they're issued, so yours may not have gone out yet, or it may have gone to a different address.

Search your inbox and spam for "Tax invoice" from SABO Media. Issued invoices also show on their booking in your portal, ready to view and pay. Otherwise call 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media, tell us the address to use, and we'll send it.

Can you send our invoices to our accounts team?

Yes. Email info@sabo.media with your accounts team's address and we'll add it when we send your invoice. We add addresses invoice by invoice rather than keeping a standing list, so mention it on later bookings too. Everyone we send to goes on the one email, so they'll see each other's addresses.

You can also forward the invoice email yourself. Anyone with the link can open the invoice and pay it without signing in, so only forward it to people who should see it.

If your accounts person is set up as an office admin for your agency, they can see every invoice billed to your office in the portal, along with the office's bookings and photos. Call 0414 685 933 to set that up.

Need it made out to your agency's legal name, or to carry a PO number? See Can you put our company name or a PO number on the invoice?.

Why did I get a second invoice for the same job?

Usually one of two things:

  • Something was added after the first invoice went out, such as an extra you asked for after delivery. The second invoice lists only the new items, so the first invoice's items aren't billed again.
  • We corrected the first invoice by cancelling it and issuing a new one. The cancelled one's link then says it's been cancelled and it drops off your portal, so only the new one is current.

Each invoice has its own number, due date and pay link. In your portal, a booking with more than one current invoice shows a button for each, named by its invoice number. Not sure which is which? Call 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media.

How do I know an invoice email is really from you?

Our invoice emails come from SABO Media, usually with the property address in the subject, and the button opens the invoice on this website, where you can check the amount and how to pay.

If anything looks off, or an email asks you to pay into different bank details, hold off and call us on 0414 685 933 to check before you pay.

Can I pay by card?

Not at the moment. Your invoice shows how to pay: our bank transfer details, or where those aren't shown, a note to contact us.

The View invoice button in the invoice email opens that same invoice. If bank transfer doesn't suit, call 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media.

Do your prices include GST?

Yes. Every price on the booking form, in your booking confirmation and on your invoices includes GST.

The invoice shows Total (inc GST) and, under it, how much of that total is GST (Total includes GST). The GST is one-eleventh of the total.

Is this a proper tax invoice, and what's your ABN?

Each invoice is headed Tax invoice with its number, and shows our business name and ABN under From, the issue date, and the GST included in the total. Our ABN is also printed at the foot of the booking form.

If an invoice shows ABN pending instead of a number, call 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media before you file it and we'll sort it out.

Need your own business name or ABN on it? See Can you put our company name or a PO number on the invoice?.

Can you put our company name or a PO number on the invoice?

Yes. We can set the Bill to name, for example your agency's legal name and ABN, and add a comment such as an order or PO number. Both print on the invoice and appear in the invoice email.

We set these on each invoice, not once for your account, so ask each time you need them, or put them in Anything we should know? when you book. Already sent? Ask us to update it, and the same invoice link then shows the change. Call 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media.

Why is the due date on my invoice showing in red?

The due date has passed and the invoice still shows a balance. Once it's paid, the badge changes to Paid.

If you've already paid by bank transfer, it may not be recorded yet. See I paid by bank transfer — why does the invoice still say it's due?.

Will you remind me before an invoice is due?

No, we don't send automatic payment reminders, so go by the due date printed on the invoice. Any reminder you get before a shoot is about the shoot, not the invoice.

To see what's still owing, open your portal: a booking with an unpaid invoice shows Pay invoice with the amount. The email saying your photos are ready showed what was owing when we sent it, so the portal is the up-to-date place.

Can I get a refund or a credit note?

Talk to us: call 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media with the invoice number and what's happened, and we'll go through it with you. There's no refund or credit-note option in your portal or on the invoice.

If the problem is an amount on an invoice you haven't paid yet, see Something on my invoice is wrong — can you fix it?.

Booking cancelled and still invoiced? See My booking was cancelled — why is there still an invoice for it?.

Something on my invoice is wrong — can you fix it?

Yes. Tell us before you pay if you can: call 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media with the invoice number.

A name or PO number can be changed on the same invoice. If an amount is wrong, we usually cancel that invoice and issue a corrected one. The new one appears in your portal, and the old link then says the invoice has been cancelled.

Already paid it? Still call us, and we'll sort it out with you directly.

My booking was cancelled — why is there still an invoice for it?

Cancelling a booking doesn't cancel an invoice already issued for it. We cancel invoices by hand, so call 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media with the invoice number and we'll check it with you.

If a cancellation fee applies (for cancelling inside 24 hours of the shoot), it's billed like anything else, as its own line on an invoice. More on that in Changing or cancelling.

Good to know

When will I get my photos?

Photos back the next business day, video up to three business days.

When they're ready, the gallery link usually comes by email. If you sign in to your portal, the booking shows Photos ready with a View & download photos button.

What can I book you for?

Everything you can book is on the booking form, with prices, grouped by type: for example photo packages, twilight photography, aerial photos, video, floor plans and iGUIDE 3D tours.

Something you can't see there? Call us on 0414 685 933 and ask.

How do I get in touch?

Call us on 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media. Replying to any email we send you reaches the same inbox, and our emails come from SABO Media.

If your booking email has a Manage your booking online link, that's the quickest way to change or cancel, up to 24 hours before the shoot. After that, call us. More in Changing or cancelling.

For a quick answer first, tap the ? in the bottom corner of the page you're on. It's on every page except the help page.

Can I get help without leaving the page I'm on?

Yes. Every page except the help page has a ? in the bottom corner. Tap it for answers about that page, like the booking form or your gallery, and a search box for everything else. Tap a question to open its answer right there.

At the bottom are All help, for every answer, and how to reach us: call 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media.

We're shooting on a Friday. Will the photos come over the weekend?

Plan on the next business day, not the weekend. Our turnaround is counted in business days: photos back the next business day, video up to three business days.

If you need the photos by a particular time, say for a launch or an open home, put it in Anything we should know? when you book, or call us on 0414 685 933.

Who's coming to the shoot?

Mile or Isaac. We're a father-and-son team, and it's one of us who comes out to the property.

If you need to know which of us it'll be, call us on 0414 685 933.

Do I need to be at the property for the shoot?

No, as long as we can get in. How do we get in? on the booking form covers it: you meet us there, a lockbox or key safe on site, we pick up a key from your office, someone's home, or it's vacant and unlocked.

Put lockbox codes and anything else we need in Anything we should know?. The reminder the day before asks you to have the property ready.

How should the property be ready for the shoot?

Our before-the-shoot guide has a room-by-room checklist: cars off the driveway, bins away, benches clear and so on. It's written for the vendor, so you can forward it.

If the property is tenanted, or you're not sure what can be moved, call us on 0414 685 933 before the shoot.

The property is tenanted, or the owner lives there. What do I put on the booking?

Under How do we get in?, pick Occupied — tenant or owner home, even if there's also a lockbox or a key to collect. That tells us someone lives there before we arrive.

Put the rest in Anything we should know?: the lockbox code or key arrangements, who'll be home, pets, and anything the tenant or owner has asked for. If it's easier to explain, call us on 0414 685 933.

Why does my listing kit say “Someone lives here”?

Because the booking said the home is occupied. When How do we get in? was set to Occupied — tenant or owner home, the kit shows a tenant-consent reminder above the save buttons on the Tiles, Reel and Carousel tabs.

If the listing is set to For rent and the booking wasn't marked occupied, you'll see an “If a tenant still lives here” version instead. The kit may pick For rent for you from the booking, and you can change it. A sale that wasn't marked occupied gets no reminder, so check for yourself whether someone still lives there.

It's information only. Nothing is ticked or recorded when you read it.

Are you insured, and licensed to fly the drone?

Call us on 0414 685 933 and we'll go through our insurance and drone details with you before you book.

Why did I get an email asking for a Google review?

Because we recently delivered media for one of your properties. About 2 days after we deliver a gallery and let you know it's ready, we send one email asking for a Google review, on a weekday during business hours.

The ask is the same for everyone, however the job went, and nothing comes with it: no discount, no reward. Write what you actually think, or ignore it. We won't chase you about it.

We ask once per job at most, and if we've asked you recently, we skip you even when you've had another delivery since.

How do I stop the review request emails?

Use the Stop review requests link at the bottom of the email. It opens a page with one button: press Stop review requests and it's done. You don't need to sign in.

That only stops review requests. Delivery emails and invoices still come as normal.

If the page says there have been too many tries, wait a few minutes and press it again. If it still won't save, email info@sabo.media.

What do I get with an iGUIDE 3D tour?

A 3D tour of the property and a measured floor plan with room measurements. Booked with photos, we scan it in the same visit.

When it's delivered, the tour usually sits in your gallery behind an Open the 3D tour button, and only loads from iGUIDE when you tap it. There's an Open in a new tab link beside it too.

The floor plan is measured, but it's a marketing plan, not a survey. If you need survey-grade measurements, use a surveyor.

How do I book an iGUIDE, and why did the size options disappear?

On the agents' booking form, iGUIDE is under 3D Tours. Booked on its own, you pick the property's size. Once daylight photography or a package is in your booking, the sizes are replaced by a single with a photo package line, priced for booking it with photos.

There's also a package with photos and an iGUIDE tour together, under Packages. For a property over 600 m², call us on 0414 685 933 for a price.

Does the iGUIDE come with a site plan, and is there a hosting fee?

Call us on 0414 685 933 and we'll confirm both for your property.

What's a Spotlight Reel?

A widescreen (16:9) video cut from the photos we already took for the listing, with your agency's branding on the opening and closing titles, and music. There's no second visit, so you don't pick a shoot time for it.

It's for listings we photographed. You'll find it under Video on the booking form, with its price.

Can I get the Spotlight Reel vertical, and how long does it take?

No. It's widescreen (16:9) only, and we don't make a vertical cut of it.

For timing, call us on 0414 685 933. If you need it by a particular day, put that in Anything we should know? when you book.

Is the Spotlight Reel the same as the reel in my listing kit?

No. The listing kit's Reel tab makes a short vertical video in your browser, from 4 to 8 photos you pick, sized for stories and reels.

The Spotlight Reel is a widescreen video we edit for you, with your agency's titles and music, booked under Video on the booking form.

Who owns the photos, and how can I use them?

We keep the copyright. Our terms give you a royalty-free licence to use the photos for promotional purposes, in any media, anywhere.

Using them for anything else, or for something other than what they were shot for, needs our OK first, and a copyright fee may apply. If you're not sure a use is covered, call us on 0414 685 933.

Can the vendor or landlord use the photos too?

Ask us first. Our terms give the licence to you, our client, for promotional purposes, and any other use needs our OK.

If a vendor or landlord wants to use the photos, call us on 0414 685 933 and we'll sort out what works.

The listing has moved to another agency. Can they use your photos?

Only if they buy them from us. Under our terms, once the agency agreement ends, another agency has to buy the photos from us to use them, whoever paid for the shoot in the first place. Ask them to call us on 0414 685 933.

Other websites can buy them from us too, priced by how they'll be used and for how long. For anything like that, call us.

Do I have to credit SABO Media when I post from the listing kit?

No. The kit has a Credit SABO Media (small, in a corner) tick, and it starts off. Turn it on only if you want a small photo credit on what you make.

What do you do with my details?

We use your name, email, mobile, office and the property details to run your bookings: confirmations, reminders, your gallery and your invoices. After a delivery we may also email you once asking for a Google review.

Some of it passes through the services we use for that: our database and hosting, a map service for address suggestions and drive times, our email and text providers, our own Google Calendar and, if you pay by card, the card payment provider. If our site hits an error, a report may go to an error-tracking service, with email addresses, mobile numbers and the private links to your gallery, invoices and booking stripped out where we can.

Our privacy policy is on our main site, and the gallery footer links to it. For anything it doesn't answer, email info@sabo.media.

Who sees the lockbox code and notes I put on my booking?

Just us. What you put under How do we get in? and Anything we should know? is saved on the booking for our team, and goes in the booking alert we get by email.

It isn't repeated in your confirmation email, your gallery or your listing kit, so forwarding those doesn't pass on a lockbox code. If a code changes, call us on 0414 685 933.

Can I see, correct or remove the details you hold about me?

Ask us. Email info@sabo.media or call 0414 685 933 and tell us what you'd like to see or change. If you'd like something removed, say so and we'll tell you what we can do.

Is an email from bookings@send.sabo.media really from you?

That's the address our emails are sent from, with SABO Media as the sender name. Replying reaches us at info@sabo.media.

Our links for your gallery, your booking, your invoices and signing in open on book.sabo.media. If an email looks off, or asks you to pay into different bank details, call us on 0414 685 933 before you act on it.

Can I book and see my photos on this site?

Yes. Book on the booking form. To see your bookings, photos and invoices here, sign in with an emailed link: enter the email you book with and we'll email you a link that signs you in. You don't need a password.

The links in our emails, for your gallery, managing your booking and paying an invoice, open straight on this site without signing in.

Orders made through a different SABO Media link may not show in your portal here. If you usually order that way, or you're after an older order, call us on 0414 685 933.

It says “please wait a minute and try again”. What did I do?

You haven't done anything wrong. To keep out spam, the booking form, file uploads and parts of your gallery only allow so many tries in a few minutes. The count is per internet connection, so everyone in an office on the same connection shares it.

Wait a minute and try again. The booking form keeps what you've entered. If it asks for your name even though you've booked before, that can be the same limit: fill it in, and the booking still goes on your existing account. If address suggestions stop appearing, type the address in full.

On a gallery, “We've received plenty of requests on this listing already” can mean the same thing, or that the listing already has a lot of open requests. Call us on 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media and we'll sort it out.

A download says “Too many downloads at once”. What now?

Wait a few minutes, go back to the gallery and try again. Downloads are limited per internet connection and per gallery, so a busy office, or a gallery lots of people are downloading from, can hit the limit.

On a big shoot the download comes in parts, and each part counts as one download. If you've just downloaded several, give it a few minutes before the next. If a watermarked photo says “Couldn't add the watermark just now”, or a resized photo comes out at full size, wait a minute and try again. “This device couldn't add the watermark to this photo” is different: waiting won't help, so pick a smaller download size or use a computer.

Still stuck?

Call 0414 685 933 or email info@sabo.media.