Best online estate agents

[Jabbitt]

Hi everyone. I’m selling my house and have had a quote from 3 estate agents. They have all quoted around 1.3% for marketing and selling the property. DH said he would rather see if we can use an online agent to reduce fees.

My neighbour sold with purple bricks twice but both times it fell through. They paid £2000 upfront for both listings (second listing was a couple years after the first so they had to pay the full amount again?). They didn’t overly rate them though.

I have heard of Strike (which are apparently free) but there is a house near me that hasn’t had any interest after many months (it is near a main road and a crematorium so they could also be factors!).

Has anyone used an online agency and it been a positive / cost reduced service and would recommend? We live in the South West.

Thanks!

Thank you all - I really appreciate the feedback / experiences. I definitely think we will just try and haggle an EA instead for best offer if we can. I’ve also scoured the “related threads” and can see that online EAs are definitely not value for money. We haven’t ever bought through an EA; our first home (the one we are selling) was a new build so never had dealings with one. Thank you all for feedback.