Meero to Offer EyeSpy360 360 Virtual Tours/EyeSpyLIVE via Globa Partnership

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	Media Release [While the dateline says July 8, 2021, this news was announced Thursday, 12 August 2021] --- Meero to Offer EyeSpy360 360 Virtual Tours/EyeSpyLIVE via Globa Partnership London, England July 8th 2021 - EyeSpy360, a world leading 360° Virtual Tour Platform has announced a partnership with the worldwide leader in photography, Meero. The collaboration will make EyeSpy360’s Virtual Tours and associated Features, such as EyeSpyLIVE – a unique Real-time remote viewing solution accessible to Meero's thousands of customers and photographers worldwide. Meero who raised $230 million in 2019 allows image creators to generate additional revenue by connecting them with companies that have recurring needs for visual content. The startup allows these companies to order photo stories that match their specifications worldwide in a few clicks. Thanks to an AI technology that automates a laborious part of the retouching process, companies can upload their ready-to-use content within 24 hours. It will now also provide EyeSpy360’s technology, allowing access to 360° Virtual Tours, Floorplans, 3D Models, Automated Video Walk-throughs, Live Remote Viewings and Lead Generation features etc. to the masses. Andrew Nicholls, CEO at EyeSpy360, said: We are delighted to be partnering with Meero through which a truly scalable all-in-one capture and content creation solution can now be offered to the mass market. Leveraging Meero’s global reach and EyeSpy360’s feature rich and highly scalable 360° Virtual Tour Solution, any Independent or Enterprise of any size can now confidently deliver on the exponential increase in global customer demand for Virtual Tours. Fanny Kauffer, General Manager Food & Travel at Meero, said: "I am very excited about this partnership with EyeSpy 360. Their Virtual Tours' solution has comprehensive and innovative features. It will complement Meero's Real Estate offer and benefit many of our customers, allowing them to better connect with their clients.” Meero Founded in 2016 in Paris, Meero aims to revolutionise the world of photography by allowing photographers to dedicate themselves to their passion and takes care of all the laborious, time-consuming tasks. Thanks to advanced AI technology, Meero significantly reduces time to edit photos, enabling clients to access high quality professional photo solutions around the world in record time. EyeSpy360 Headquartered in London, England with operations in the USA, Asia and Mainland Europe, EyeSpy360 is a market leading Virtual Tour platform operating across 77+ countries. Powering a broad collection of independents, Top Brokerages, Property Portals, Market Place’s, CRM’s and Photography service providers with White label and fully integrated solutions; EyeSpy360 combines dual DIY and fully managed capture solutions, offering a truly scalable, affordable and feature rich platform to the mass market. Media Release via: @EyeSpy360
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Hi All,

I am not surprised that Meero did a deal with Matterport competitor EyeSpy360.

I could imagine that Meero was not too happy when Matterport announced the Matterport Capture Services Program after Matterport had previously announced a strategic alliance with Meero.

I previously wrote about Matterport competing with photography agencies, like Meero, three years ago.
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Originally Posted by @DanSmigrod
@MeshImages is spot-on (above) will his analysis of Matterport originally posted in this WGAN Forum discussion. Matterport's new CEO would do well to study, conclude and act on these recommendations to help Matterport achieve exponential growth.

Matterport MUST exist the service business of booking Matterport Service Providers. It's a flawed strategy because:

1. It competes with existing and potential alliance partners such as Meero
2. Matterport should be nurturing agencies - and Matterport Service Providers - to do one order many markets (Hard to do when you compete with this marketing channel.)
3. The valuation of the business will be based on the software side of the business: not a messy, labor intensive service side
4. Professional photographers thinking about buying Matterport will think twice when the same company selling them a camera is also calling on their clients (and potential clients)
5. Management's time is best spent focusing on growing the demand (by home sellers, for example)
6. Matterport should be interested MSPs the most for their work; not the least
7. As @MeshImages points out, Matterport focusing on its Service side of the business comes at the expense of faster innovation in the software side of the business

What do you think? Should Matterport be booking Pros or focus on the software side of the business?

Your thoughts?

Dan

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