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Pixel Stories by Sanka

Photography studio · Rolleston South East, 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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Pixel Stories by Sanka

Photography studio · Rolleston South East, Christchurch

Where you stand#148of 194 photography businesses
Overall health2.4/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours9.104Listings and social6.503Map positions6.1

Where we can help

02Reviews5.105Facebook page2.701Google listing0.007Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Pixel Stories by Sanka is a Rolleston-based photography studio specialising in family, newborn and party portraits. The photographer is described by clients as friendly and professional, with a focus on creating personal portrait sessions for families and events. Local customers praise the service quality and recommend the studio for memorable family and celebratory photography.

Pixel Stories by Sanka is a photography studio operating in Rolleston that focuses on portrait work. The business presents itself under the Pixel Stories by Sanka name and serves families and event clients in the local area.

Services centre on family portraits, newborn sessions and party photography, reflecting the specialisms clients mention in reviews. The offering concentrates on staged portrait sessions for families and celebratory events rather than commercial or product work.

Customers commonly describe interactions as friendly and professional, noting clear satisfaction with the photographer's work. Reviews highlight excellent service, with clients recommending Pixel Stories by Sanka for family and party photography and mentioning the photographer's strong interpersonal approach during sessions.

Locally, Pixel Stories by Sanka is distinguished by a focus on family-oriented portraiture and newborn sessions in Rolleston. Those seeking a photographer for family milestones or small celebrations will find a service profile that centres on personal portrait work and client-facing professionalism as described by recent customers.

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Your Google listing

Pixel Stories by Sanka shows a very low health score, with limited listing details that hinder discovery. The strongest existing items are an open-for-business status, a listing title, and a full street address. However, the listing lacks a claimed status, a website link, a phone number, a meaningful description, and photos, all of which curb engagement and credibility with potential customers.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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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.
  • ✓
    AddressYour listing carries an address, so the directions button works and Google can match you to searches for your suburb.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    ClaimedYour listing is not claimed, which means anyone can suggest an edit to it and you have no way to reply to a review or correct what is shown.
  • 2
    WebsiteYour listing has no website link, so a customer who wants to check your prices or your work before ringing has nowhere to go from Google.
  • 3
    PhoneYour listing has no phone number, so the call button a customer expects to tap is not there and the ones in a hurry ring someone else.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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5.0 ★★★★★ (3)
Photography studio · Rolleston South East✓
Open 7 days ✓
Directions No website 32
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Google listingChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Pixel Stories by Sanka shows solid health in Google Reviews with room to grow. The business maintains a strong star rating, while the total number of reviews and owner responses remain modest. The key finding is the high customer satisfaction demonstrated by a top-10% star rating, alongside opportunities to increase engagement with reviewers and grow review volume.

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

  • 1
    Review confidenceRating and review volume together sit well behind this market, which means a customer comparing you has both halves of the picture reading thin.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Review countYour review count sits well below what buyers here are used to seeing, which means a customer comparing options side by side reads you as the less proven choice.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
5.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #96 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Pixel Stories by Sanka shows a health score of 6.1 out of 10 for Google Maps search visibility, which is above average and indicates a solid baseline. The top opportunities focus on expanding presence across suburbs and strengthening the local borough listing, with current rankings already strong in Rolleston. The business should continue to build its local footprint while maintaining core listings.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    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
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
6.1Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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2Top three for "photographer" in 3 suburbs, seen in 3
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Pixel Stories by Sanka15.0 ★ (3) · Photography studio
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Hazel&Cass5.0 ★ (46) · Photography studio
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Stacey Cavalier Photography5.0 ★ (90) · Photography studio
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Pete Prue Photography5.0 ★ (114) · Photography studio
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #76 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Pixel Stories by Sanka shows strong Facebook presence with a very high trust score, while overall health sits at 4.7 out of 10. The most important finding is solid Facebook engagement but limited cross-platform visibility, especially on TikTok and Yellow Pages. Improving consistency across platforms could broaden reach without changing core services.

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

  • 1
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    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.
6.5Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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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

  • ✓
    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.
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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 street addressA street address sits in your page details, so someone deciding between you and a business two suburbs over can see which of you is closer.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    A page address you choseYour page address is one Facebook generated rather than one you chose - your business name with a long number bolted on, or just the number.
  • 3
    Recommendations on your pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
2.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Pixelstoriesbysanka2
522 followers
We love to capture your special moments in your life. ~Family, Wedding, Birthday, Events,maternity ~
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★ 1 reviews · recommended 3
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #141 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    Domain UniquenessWe could not find a domain registered to your business, which means there is no address of your own for a customer to go to and nothing for your Google listing to link to.
  • 3
    Domain Age ScoreWe could not read how long your domain has been registered, or it is only weeks old.
3 checks on your website. You're seeing all of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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How people find you on Google

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Where we can help

Nothing to sort here.
0 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing all of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #87 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Pixel Stories by Sanka's opening hours largely align with local demand, with strong coverage across Monday late morning and early afternoon and Wednesday lunchtime when search interest is highest. No high-demand hours are missed, but some low-demand windows are kept open (early Monday morning, late Monday night, early Tuesday and Thursday mornings), suggesting modest scope to trim hours without reducing peak availability.

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover more of the busy stretches than the middle of the field, so you are open for most of the searching that happens near you.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
9.1Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Hours 1
Monday12am-12am
Tuesday12am-12am
Wednesday12am-12am
Thursday12am-12am
Friday12am-12am
Saturday12am-12am
Sunday12am-12am
Popular times Monday · Rolleston South East
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#148of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
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