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Number Nine Photography

Photographer · North Beach, 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
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Number Nine Photography

Photographer · North Beach, Christchurch

Where you stand#147of 194 photography businesses
Overall health2.4/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours9.401Google listing9.1

Where we can help

03Map positions4.302Reviews3.604Listings and social3.605Facebook page2.507Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Number Nine Photography is a Christchurch-based studio in North New Brighton specialising in newborn, baby and family photography. Founded by Steven, who has over 25 years' professional experience including 14 years running a wedding photography business, and Rebecca, who focuses on working with children, the studio aims to offer professional images at fair, reasonable prices for new parents.

Number Nine Photography is a Christchurch studio based in North New Brighton run by Steven and Rebecca. Steven brings more than 25 years of professional photography experience, including 14 years owning a wedding photography business, while Rebecca brings a practical focus on working with children. The studio concentrates on creating images that record early life stages.

The studio specialises in newborn and baby photography, capturing snapshots that reflect the rapid changes infants go through as they grow and reach milestones. Sessions focus on those early moments parents often want to remember, with attention to timing as babies develop and change quickly.

Customers can expect professional photographs intended to document newborn and baby stages, presented at price points described as fair and reasonable. The owners state a desire to provide new parents an opportunity to have professional photos of their baby, emphasising the value of preserving those early moments through imagery.

Locally, Number Nine Photography combines long-standing professional experience with a specific interest in working with children and families in Christchurch. The studio's stated aim to balance professionalism and accessible pricing, along with its North New Brighton location, shapes its identity as a local provider of newborn and baby photography.

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Your Google listing

Number Nine Photography shows a very healthy Google Business Listing with a 9.7/10 health score. The business has strong basics in place, including a website link, open-for-business status, a listing title, claimed status and a phone number, which support easy customer access and reliability.

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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    Photos on the listingThere are more pictures on most listings around you than on yours, so a customer flicking between them gets a fuller look at the businesses either side of you.
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    Category fitYour category set covers less of this market than half the field, so there are jobs being searched for near you that your listing is not eligible to appear in.
  • 3
    Description lengthYour description is one of the fuller ones in this market, which means a customer comparing you side by side has more of your case in front of them than most.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
9.1Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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From the business

Christchurch based Number Nine Photography came about through a combination of Steven’s 25+ years of professional photography including 14 years owning a successful wedding photography business and Rebecca’s passion for working with children. Photos are a snapshot in time and capturing those precious newborn & baby moments is invaluable. Babies grow, develop and change so quickly, reaching new milestones and stages before you know it. We know how precious our children are and enjoy the many photos we have of them. Our desire to offer professional photography at a fair and reasonable price is our main objective, giving new parents an opportunity to have some lovely professional photos of their baby.

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Google listingChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Number Nine Photography shows a below-average health score of 3.4 out of 10 on Google reviews, indicating limited engagement and credibility with potential clients. The strongest lever appears to be gathering more positive feedback and improving response to existing reviews. Key opportunities include establishing a visible star rating, building trust through timely responses, and increasing total reviews with satisfied customers to create a more credible online presence.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together put you at the bottom of this market - either the rating is low, or there are too few reviews behind it for anyone to trust it.
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    Star ratingYou have no star rating yet, so a customer scanning results sees an empty space where every other business shows a number.
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    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
3.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #125 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Number Nine Photography in Christchurch shows an overall Maps health score of 4.3 out of 10, indicating average visibility on Google Maps. The top findings highlight that the business already ranks well for several New Brighton and North Beach related terms, such as photography service and studio in North Beach and New Brighton, with rankings around positions 4-9. There is opportunity to improve aggregate and borough scores to climb into higher map results.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across fewer of the surrounding suburbs than half the businesses here, so someone two suburbs over searching for your service is shown your competitors and never sees your name.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
4.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Seen in 2 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #111 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Number Nine Photography shows below-average health in citations and social presence with a 3.1/10 health score, indicating limited third-party trust signals and directory presence. Key achievement includes a very strong Facebook profile with very high trust, but opportunities exist across Instagram, TikTok, Yellow, Neighbourly and directory listings to improve reach and local discovery. Strength lies in a trusted Facebook presence.

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.

Top three opportunities

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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page through search alone, with no link from your own website and nothing on your Google listing.
  • 2
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    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.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 4 of them.
3.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #124 for listings and social
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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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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    An email addressCustomers can see an email address on the page, which gives the one who wants a quote in writing a route that does not depend on anyone picking up the phone.
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    A cover photoYour page opens with a cover photo rather than a blank banner, so the first impression a visitor gets is your own work.

Top three opportunities

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    Where your page link pointsNothing in your page details points at a website, so a visitor who has read your posts and wants prices, hours or a booking form has nowhere to go next but back to search - where your competitors are waiting.
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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post reaches people who already know you rather than anyone still deciding.
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    A phone numberNo phone number is published on your Facebook page, so someone who found you there and wants to ring has to go hunting elsewhere or send a message and wait.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
2.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your website

Number Nine Photography shows a below-average on-page SEO health score of 3.6 out of 10, indicating a weak baseline for search visibility. The most impactful findings are missing meta description and title tag on the homepage, a missing favicon, and absence of an H1 tag. Addressing these elements will establish baseline SEO signals and improve click-through rates and crawlability.

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.

Top three opportunities

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    Domain HealthYour website did not come back healthy when we tried it, and anyone clicking through from your Google listing is meeting whatever we met.
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    On-page scoreYour home page did not return anything we can measure, and a page that will not answer a scanner is usually the same page that keeps a customer waiting.
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    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 4 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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How people find you on Google

Number Nine Photography shows moderate website traffic health with a score of 4.8 out of 10. Key takeaways are very low organic traffic value and no organic traffic yet, indicating weak visibility. Paid traffic is also minimal. Addressing content quality, local relevance, and SEO basics could help attract more local clients over time.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What that traffic is worthSearch is delivering you nothing you would otherwise have to pay for.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws no measurable visitors from search, so the only people reaching it are ones you sent yourself.
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    Search terms you rank forYour site does not appear in search results for any terms we can measure, so nobody is finding it by searching for what you do.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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You are #87 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Number Nine Photography's published hours largely match local demand, with strong alignment across weekday midday sessions-particularly Monday 11am-2pm and Wednesday noon-making most peak windows available for bookings. Some popular evening demand is missed: Tuesday and Wednesday nights show notable searches when the studio is closed. A few low-demand open hours (Friday, Saturday, Sunday mornings) could be slimmed to improve efficiency.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand better than nearly every business here, so most of the time you are open, people are actually looking.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
9.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Hours 1
Monday9am-5:30pm
Tuesday9am-5:30pm
Wednesday9am-5:30pm
Thursday9am-5:30pm
Friday9am-5:30pm
Saturday9am-5:30pm
Sunday9am-5:30pm
Popular times Saturday · North Beach
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03Map positions2 opportunities

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07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#147of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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