On Thursday 10th June, the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2021 announced their finalists in each of this year’s categories, with Sort Move being one for this years’ Customer Satisfaction Innovation Award, alongside companies such as Yell, Nestle Purina, Highways England and others.

The ‘innovation’ the award is based on is non other than Sort Move’s highlighted product, their Fast-Start Client onboarding. Since the product launch - end of last year (2020) – many of their agents have used Fast-Start for their client’s sale cases as it reduces the overall time to legal exchange.

The Sort Move brand was designed by estate agents, for estate agents to use, elaborating on the importance of what the client’s wants and needs are for their home moving journey. With this in mind, Fast-Start is just one of many other products/services the brand provides to their customers in order for them to operate a smooth transaction from start to end.

Customer service is a high focal point across the brand, so to be finalists in this award type is outstanding.

So far, many of their agent clients have loved using the Fast-Start product…

“The technology that Sort Move have embraced and which we have implemented has resulted in quicker completions and happier clients, moreover we really appreciate the personal service they provide as they are always helpful and easy to contact.” Gorvins Solicitors

“Sort Move are constantly looking for ways to improve the experience for the customers, the recent release of Fast Start for sellers being a good example. This enables sellers to sign up as soon as they put their property on the market, complete ID checks and preliminary forms and paperwork to be 'contract ready' as soon as a buyer is found.” Westcoast properties

“The Sort Move Portal was great for sharing and managing the completion of information at the start of our conveyancing process. It was easy to follow, navigate and the security checking facility was excellent and certainly sped up our ability to return documentation to the solicitors. The speed of response from the Sort Move Team to rectify any queries was excellent and this is very advantageous in the link to solicitors.” End client

Not only does it shave off weeks of the conveyancing process, but it allows the Seller clients to complete all their important documentation (e.g. Client Questionnaire, Title Register and Plan, TA6, TA10 and TA7) from the comfort of their own home, safely, securely and before they even have an offer. This in turn allows for quicker time to exchange, quicker commission received and ensures happier customers overall.

A recent report in May discovered that Sales using Fast-Start averaged to exchange in 9 weeks, whereas those Sales without Fast-Start averaged to exchange in 14 weeks – a total of 5 weeks difference.

Tom Gilbert, Head of Estate Agency Services commented: “This is fantastic news, our team have worked extremely hard, and our products definitely deserve this recognition, especially in a customer service light. We’re all about helping our clients, helping the end clients which is why this is such a huge milestone for our brand. Just to be a finalist in this open industry category is a huge win in itself.”

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