How Nestloop works — a smarter way to sell

Why Nestloop exists

The old way costs Kiwis thousands — often for less than they think.

When you sell with a real estate agent in New Zealand, you typically pay somewhere between 2.5% and 4% of your sale price in commission. On a $1.6m home, that's upwards of $48,000 — gone. For a few open homes, a marketing package, and a signboard.

Meanwhile, you do most of the work: you tidy the house, you take the call from your solicitor, you make the big decisions. The agent just holds the microphone at auction.

Nestloop gives you everything you actually need — listings, photography, legal, inspection — and charges you for the tools, not a slice of your life savings.

$50

is all it costs to list.

Compare that to ~$48,000
in typical agent commission on a $1.6m home.

How it works

Three steps to a sale you control

List your home in under 15 minutes

Fill in your property details, upload photos, add a description and set your price. Your listing goes live the same day after a quick ID check.

No commission. No contract. A single flat fee of $50.

What you get

A beautiful, shareable listing page
Appearance in regional + national search
Featured on our interactive NZ map
Enquiries delivered straight to your inbox
120 days live (extend if needed)

Manage enquiries on your schedule

Buyers message you directly through Nestloop. You reply on your own time, schedule viewings when it suits you, and field offers when they arrive.

Your dashboard tracks views, saved listings, enquiry volume and open home RSVPs — the signals you need to price and negotiate well.

Your dashboard includes

Buyer enquiry inbox with notifications
Open home RSVP tracking
14-day view & save analytics
A selling checklist with local guidance
One-tap access to vetted services

Get help when you need it

Selling privately doesn't mean going it alone. Our Services directory lists trusted Kiwi photographers, solicitors, stagers, inspectors and marketers — so you can build the team you want, without a blanket agent fee.

Pay each pro for the work they actually do. Keep every cent you save.

Pros you can find

Real estate photographers
Solicitors & conveyancers
Home stagers & declutterers
Building & pre-purchase inspectors
Listing copywriters & marketers
Registered valuers

Do the maths

On a $1.6m sale, Nestloop saves the average Kiwi $47,950

Even if you spent every cent of those savings on a photographer, a stager, a solicitor and a marketing package, you'd still pocket tens of thousands.

Traditional real estate agency

Typical commission

$48,000

3% of $1.6m sale price

Listing & marketing
Open homes
Buyer negotiations
Final contract handling

Nestloop — Full teamDo-it-with-help package~$2,850
Listing + photos + staging + solicitor + marketer$50 Nestloop listing fee
$850 pro photography package
$1,200 light home staging
$750 solicitor (fixed fee)
Plus ~$45,000 back in your pocket

Indicative figures based on average NZ service pricing in 2025. Your costs will vary based on your home, your region and your chosen providers.

Trust & safety

How we keep things safe

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Verified sellers

Every seller verifies their identity and ownership before their listing goes live. No ghost sellers, no scam listings.

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Payments stay outside

Nestloop never handles deposits, settlement funds or commissions. All real money moves through your solicitor's trust account — the same as any property sale.

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Vetted service pros

Verified Pros have had their business registration, licences and professional memberships checked by a real person. It shows.

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On-platform messaging

Buyer enquiries route through Nestloop, so we can spot scams and support you if something looks off.

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REA Act 2008 compliant

We're a private sale platform, not a real estate agency. We provide tools, not agency services — and we're clear about where that line sits.

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Built & hosted in NZ

Nestloop is Kiwi-owned and built with the NZ market in mind. Your data lives here, not overseas.

A simpler way to change hands

Nestloop started the way a lot of good things start in New Zealand — with a kitchen-table conversation about a frustrating experience.

We'd watched a friend pay $62,000 in commission to sell a home they'd owned for seven years, in a market where buyers were queuing up at the door. The agent didn't do anything wrong. They just got paid — handsomely — for a sale that was, by most measures, going to happen anyway.

"There has to be a better way for people to sell their home without losing a year's savings to a middleman."

So we built it. Nestloop is the marketplace we wished existed — one where sellers stay in charge, buyers get honest information, and the pros who help you along the way get paid for the work they actually do.

We're a small team based in Aotearoa, and we answer the phone when you call. Kia ora from all of us.

Your home. Your sale. Your way.