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Nine Twentyone Studios

Photography studio · Sockburn, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 194 Christchurch photography businesses.

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Checked13 October 2026
Your marketChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Nine Twentyone Studios

Photography studio · Sockburn, Christchurch

Where you stand#39of 194 photography businesses
Overall health8.0/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Nine Twentyone Studios is a purpose-built photo and film hire studio in Wigram, Christchurch. The space centres on an 8x6-metre cyclorama available for solo hire or with lights and creative gear. It offers flexible hire options and practical technical support for photographers, filmmakers and production teams seeking a neutral, discreet environment for stills and video.

Nine Twentyone Studios is a purpose-built photo and film studio located in Wigram, Christchurch-Ōtautahi. The studio presents a professional, neutral space intended for photographers, filmmakers and production teams to hire for stills, video and mixed-use productions.

The studio features a prominent 8x6-metre cyclorama and practical working room. Hire options include half-day and full-day bookings, and clients can book the cyclorama alone or with lights and creative gear. The team offers practical technical support to help with lighting setup and general studio operation when requested.

Customers frequently describe the space as well set up, organised and welcoming. Reviews note a relaxed, supportive atmosphere and helpful staff who make shoots easier to run, whether for private sessions, fashion shoots or member bookings. The studio is described as discreet in its creative involvement unless specifically asked to assist.

As a local Christchurch hire space, Nine Twentyone Studios positions itself as an affordable, professional studio option with a purpose-built cyclorama, flexible hire lengths and on-site technical support. Its neutral environment and practical facilities make it suitable for a wide range of photo and film shoots in the Wigram area.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Nine Twentyone Studios shows an average overall health for its Google Business Listing, with a solid base of essential contact details and verified ownership. The strongest immediate strength is that the listing includes a phone number and a website link, while the logo is missing and the description is improving but not yet at the local midpoint.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

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    LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.
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    Description lengthYour description gives a reader less than half the listings here do, so someone reading yours and then a competitor's gets less to go on from you.
  • 3
    Category fitYour categories cover less of this market than nearly every competitor, so someone searching for a job you actually do is shown a list your listing was never entered into.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.9Room to grow
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5.0 ★★★★★ (21)
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From the business

Nine Twentyone Studios is a purpose-built shoot location for film and photography. Our vision is to bring clients and creatives together to play, inspire, create, learn and level up. Our star is an 8x6-metre high cyclorama (wow!) - hire it by itself or with lights and creative gear.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Nine Twentyone Studios shows a healthy Google review profile with a 7.5/10 health score and a top-10% star rating. The most notable achievement is a high star rating, reflecting strong customer satisfaction. Opportunities focus on improving engagement with reviewers, increasing rating confidence toward the top tier, and sustaining a solid base of reviews.

Strengths

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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.

Top three opportunities

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    Response rateYou have replied to a small share of your reviews, so most customers reading your page still see feedback about you with no voice from you anywhere on it.
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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit ahead of half the field here, so a customer has enough to go on and no reason to hesitate.
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    Review countYour review count sits above the middle of this market, which puts you in the group customers read as established rather than untested.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
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Kathryn T.★★★★★ · Edited a year ago

Incredible space to photograph in. I have now been there 3 times and could not be happier with the space, equipment setup. Whether it has been portfolio building or photographing a large corporate team of 21, this space has the capacity t...

Response from the owner1

Thanks so much, Kathryn!

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Sarah L.★★★★★ · 3 years ago

Highly recommend this fantastic studio. Excellent facilities, friendly and helpful team, incredible cyclorama wall...everything you could ask for from a photography/videography space. Will definitely be booking again.

Response from the owner

Thank you so much, Sarah. That means a lot! Can't wait to see you back :)

Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Where you show up on the map

Nine Twentyone Studios shows very high health in Maps Search Performance with a score of 8.6 out of 10, indicating strong visibility across Google Maps. The top findings highlight excellent ranking for key photography-related queries, especially in Wigram and Sockburn, helping attract local clients such as photographers, filmmakers and production teams.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than nearly everyone here, so a customer searching well outside your own patch still sees you.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than nearly every business in your suburb, so a customer searching nearby sees you before most of your competition.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
8.7Strong
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1Top three for "photography studio" in 5 suburbs, seen in 31
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Photolife Studios2.3 ★ (10) · Photography studio
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Nine Twentyone Studios25.0 ★ (21) · Photography studio
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Zhuoya Photography4.8 ★ (4) · Photography studio
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Rosa Photo Studio5.0 ★ (83) · Photography studio
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #27 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Nine Twentyone Studios shows a very high health score of 8.7, indicating strong overall presence. The two clearest strengths are outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles, which support ongoing engagement and branding. A notable area to watch is directory visibility elsewhere, with several opportunities to improve profile completeness and discoverability without overhauling existing channels.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.

Top three opportunities

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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
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    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
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TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #69 for listings and social
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top two opportunities

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    Recommendations on your pageNo recommendations sit on your page, so a stranger who came to see whether anyone else has used you leaves with only your own posts to go on.
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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 5 of them.
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A shoot location bringing people together - to inspire, create, learn and capture. Nine Twentyone studios is the new kid on the block - here to build community, here to help you level up, and by-your-...
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your website

Nine Twentyone Studios shows a mixed on-page SEO health for the homepage, with a 5.0/10 overall score. Notable strengths include a favicon, an SEO-friendly URL, a clear title tag, reasonable page size, and adequate text. Primary issues to address are missing meta description, absence of an H1 tag, and render-blocking resources that could slow loading.

Strengths

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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.
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    Page file sizeYour home page is light enough to open quickly on a phone with a weak signal, which is where most people meet a local business for the first time.

Top three opportunities

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    Meta descriptionYour pages carry no summary line of your own, so the two lines under your name in search results are whatever Google decides best fits the search.
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    On-page scoreSeveral checks on your home page fail at once, and a visitor meets all of them in the first few seconds: a slow open, no clear heading, nothing under your name in search that says what you do.
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    Separate sites linking to youFewer separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, which means when someone searches for what you do, the businesses with a longer list of vouchers are the ones on the page they actually read.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Nine Twentyone Studios shows a very high overall health for website traffic, with strong organic momentum and solid local visibility. The standout finding is the impressive organic traffic value and top-10% local SERP coverage, indicating strong SEO performance. Opportunities focus on capturing paid traffic and expanding keyword coverage to convert interest into measurable paid visits.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
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    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
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    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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www.ninetwentyone.nzNineTwentyOne Studios

An affordable pro-level photo and film studio for hire, we bring clients and ... Wigram, Christchurch. Phone +64 3 242 0247. Email [email protected] ... Read more

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About 141 visits a month from search, across 70 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Nine Twentyone Studios has partial alignment with Christchurch demand: open during several late-afternoon peaks (Monday, Thursday, Friday 4pm and Monday 5pm) but closed for many high-demand midday hours, especially Monday and Wednesday lunchtimes. Seven weekly hours are open during low-demand early mornings, suggesting some inefficiency. Overall, the schedule captures some peak sessions but misses key commercial windows.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand worse than nearly every business here, which means a good share of your open time passes with nobody looking for what you do.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
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Nine Twentyone Studios
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Hours 1
Monday8am-10am, 4pm-6pm
Tuesday8am-10am, 4pm-6pm
Wednesday8am-10am, 4pm-6pm
Thursday8am-10am, 4pm-6pm
Friday8am-10am, 4pm-6pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Thursday · Sockburn
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Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page2 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#39of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
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