Before You Bid

What Before You Bid does

Before You Bid, operating today as Before You Buy, is an Australian proptech company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Sydney that operates an online marketplace for residential property due diligence and compliance reports. The platform connects individual property buyers, sellers, real estate agents, buyers agents, and licensed inspectors across more than ten Australian cities, including Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Gold Coast, Geelong, Sunshine Coast, Townsville, Central Coast, Ipswich, and Ballarat. Its core product set covers five report categories: Building & Pest Inspections, Strata Reports, Contract Review, Pool Inspections, and Contract Preparation.

The platform is built around a group-purchasing pricing model in which discounts scale with the number of buyers ordering the same report for a given property, ranging from 40% off at the first additional buyer up to 70% off at three or more buyers, taking Building & Pest reports from A$649 to A$189 and Strata reports from A$299 to A$89. Revenue is generated through transaction fees on these unit-priced report purchases, with reports delivered digitally and additional features such as cash-back on repurchased reports and direct buyer-to-inspector communication.

The company operates a self-serve, product-led growth model: customers order directly through the website, supplemented by earned media coverage (7 News, Property Observer, Sydney Morning Herald), content marketing, professional referrals, and channel partnerships with RACV and Agentbox. Before You Bid raised A$5 million in a Series B round in March 2022 and was rebranded from 'Before You Bid' to 'Before You Buy' in 2022 to reflect broader positioning across the property transaction lifecycle. The company is led by CEO Rhys Rogers and operates as Before You Buy Australia Pty Ltd.

Name

Before You Bid

Legal name

Before You Buy Australia Pty Ltd

Website

https://beforeyoubid.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Australian proptech marketplace offering discounted property due diligence reports, including Building & Pest, Strata, Contract Review, and Pool Inspections, through a group-purchasing model serving residential buyers, sellers, and real estate agents across 10+ Australian cities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Report Sales: Transaction-based revenue from sale of property inspection and compliance reports including building inspections, pest inspections, strata reports, contract reviews, and pool inspections. The platform charges transaction fees on report purchases with tiered pricing based on volume purchasing by multiple buyers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Before You Buy operates an online marketplace platform that aggregates property compliance and due diligence reports for Australian residential property transactions. The platform connects buyers, sellers, buyers agents, and sales agents with qualified, insured inspectors and lawyers who deliver building & pest inspections, strata reports, contract reviews, pool inspections, and contract preparation. Its defining commercial mechanism is group purchasing pricing, where the unit price of a report decreases as additional buyers order the same report for the same property, with discounts scaling to 70% off full price at the highest tier.

Product overview

Before You Buy is a property compliance and due diligence platform that operates as a one-stop shop for property reports. The core platform aggregates inspection and legal services including Building & Pest Inspection, Strata Report, Contract Review, Pool Inspection, and Contract Preparation. The platform's key differentiator is its group purchasing model: the more buyers purchase the same report for a property, the greater the discount each receives, with savings ranging from 40% to 70% off full price. The company connects buyers, sellers, inspectors, buyer's agents, and sales agents through its marketplace, operating across major Australian cities including Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Gold Coast, Geelong, Sunshine Coast, Townsville, Central Coast, Ipswich, and Ballarat.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Building & Pest Inspection

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 70% discount on property reports through group purchasing
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• RACVminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRACV partnership provides access to property inspection and report services for RACV members, expanding BYB's reach to RACV's customer base in Victoria.
• Children's Cancer InstituteminorOthersCharitable partnership where BYB donates $2 from every original report ordered in July 2026 to the Children's Cancer Institute, supporting childhood cancer research.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• REA Group (realestate.com.au): Dominant Australian property portal and listed media company with deep residential buyer relationships. Comparable Australian property buyer audience and ability to bundle transaction-adjacent services.
• Airtasker: ASX-listed Australian marketplace for local services. Comparable marketplace model targeting Australian consumers, though broader and not property-specific.
• Hipages Group: ASX-listed Australian marketplace connecting homeowners with tradies and home service providers. Comparable marketplace model and Australian consumer base, though operating in trades rather than property due diligence.
• Domain Holdings: Major Australian property portal with diversified services across the residential transaction lifecycle. Comparable as a buyer-facing property platform in Australia with potential to bundle inspection services.

Emerging players

• OpenAgent: Australian marketplace that matches consumers with buyer's agents and real estate agents. Comparable as a buyer-side property services marketplace targeting Australian residential transactions.
• Oneflare: Australian online marketplace connecting customers with local service providers. Comparable two-sided marketplace model and Australian SMB/consumer base, though not property-specialist.

Direct peers

• View.com.au: Australian property platform offering tools and services for buyers and sellers across the transaction workflow. Overlaps with BYB in serving Australian residential buyers with property decision-support services.
• InspectionBook (now Inspectify): US-based online marketplace connecting home buyers with home inspectors for booking and report delivery. Most directly comparable to BYB in product, model, and buyer-side due diligence focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/beforeyoubid
• Facebookfacebook.com/beforeyoubid

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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