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Poochi Studio

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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Poochi Studio

Photographer · North Beach, Christchurch

Where you stand#54of 194 photography businesses
Overall health7.3/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

Poochi Studio is a Christchurch-based dog photography studio in North New Brighton that specialises in soulful, personalised portraits of dogs. With 15 years of photography experience, sessions are tailored to each dog's temperament and can be shot in-studio or outdoors. Clients note a relaxed, friendly atmosphere and thoughtful handling of dogs who need space, producing images that focus on personality and character.

Poochi Studio is a dog photography studio located in North New Brighton, Christchurch. The studio was founded from a long-standing interest in photographing dogs and draws on 15 years of experience to create portraits that reflect each dog's character.

Sessions at Poochi focus on personalised dog portraiture, offered both in-studio and on outdoor locations. The work concentrates on capturing expressive moments-head tilts, playful movement, or quiet, soulful looks-with settings and poses chosen to highlight a dog's features and temperament.

Customers commonly describe a relaxed, friendly atmosphere and clear communication before and during shoots. Reviews note that the photographer is approachable and patient, willing to give dogs space to settle and follow owners' guidance for anxious or shy dogs. Clients report practical instructions ahead of sessions and a calm environment that helps dogs feel comfortable.

Locally, Poochi Studio is characterised by its focus on dog-centred portraiture and a hands-on, patient approach to shoots. The studio's combination of experience, tailored sessions, and a calming, client-focused process is what distinguishes it in Christchurch for owners seeking thoughtful portraits of their dogs.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Poochi Studio shows a very high overall health for its Google Business Listing, reflecting solid information and verified ownership. The strongest finding is a complete profile with a listed phone number and a website link, plus an active claimed status. A secondary strength is the description and title that are already well-presented and easy for customers to digest.

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.
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    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.
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5.0 ★★★★★ (9)
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From the business

Poochi is a Christchurch-based dog photography studio dedicated to capturing your pup’s unique personality through beautiful, soulful portraits. With 15 years of photography experience behind it, Poochi was founded as a heartfelt passion project to celebrate the bond between people and their dogs. Every session is creatively tailored to reflect each dog’s temperament—whether playful, shy, or full of quirks. Whether shot in-studio or outdoors, portraits are designed to highlight your dog’s features and spirit. Poochi turns fleeting moments into timeless memories—one paw-some portrait at a time.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Poochi Studio - Dog Photographer shows strong overall health on Google Reviews, with an 8.5/10 health score. Key strength is a stellar top 10% star rating, reflecting high customer satisfaction. Opportunities focus on growing total reviews, improving rating confidence, and sustaining engagement with responses to 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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    Review countYour review count sits under the middle of this market, so you are readable to a customer without yet being convincing.
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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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    Response rateYou answer more of your reviews than the middle of this market, so a customer scrolling your page mostly finds you there.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
8.2Strong
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Julianna M.★★★★★ · 2 months ago

Our photoshoot for our 2 dogs with Hillary was excellent. One of our dogs needs space from strangers, so we provided Hillary detailed instructions to not approach our dog and let her warm up. She followed these and took our guidance which w...

Response from the owner3

Thank you so much for sharing this. It was a pleasure photographing your pups and I am glad the space and approach helped your dog feel comfortable. I appreciate you sharing clear guidance, it made th...

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Urmi S.★★★★★ · 2 months ago

Great studio. Hillary is friendly and very approachable. She was happy for my dog to have a wander to get used to the space and then took some gorgeous photos. I absolutely recommend her!

Response from the owner

Thank you Urmi, it was so lovely to meet you and your boy Reggie! He was the goodest boy in the studio! We hope to see you again :) Cheers!

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Where you show up on the map

Poochi Studio shows a moderate health in Google Maps search, with an overall health score of 5.2 out of 10. The business ranks well for several local terms in certain areas, but the borough-specific presence remains limited. Key opportunities lie in expanding visibility across more local suburbs while maintaining strong performance in top keywords.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches, but below most businesses in your suburb, so a customer looking from a nearby street is shown someone else first.
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    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.
5.3Room to grow
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2Seen in 7 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Adena Teka Photography5.0 ★ (19) · Photographer
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Hillary K Photography5.0 ★ (5) · Photographer
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Raewyn Murray Photography5.0 ★ (10) · Photographer
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Time2Shine Photography4.9 ★ (33) · Photographer
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Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Where customers find you

Poochi Studio shows a healthy overall presence with a health score of 7.9 out of 10, indicating strong visibility on key platforms. The most notable strengths are outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles, which are driving trust and engagement. The main opportunities lie in expanding profiles on TikTok, Yellow, Neighbourly, Neighbourly Directory, and LinkedIn to broaden local and niche reach.

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.
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    Infobel ListingWe can see your Infobel Listing listing (https://infobel.com/poochi_studio) found via: Google search results.

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 6 of them.
8.6Strong
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TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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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 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.
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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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    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 most in this market, which means a post reaches people who already know you rather than anyone still deciding.
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    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.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
2.4Room to grow
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #147 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Poochi Studio - Dog Photographer shows above-average on-page health with a 6.3/10, indicating room for improvement yet solid fundamentals. The most notable findings are a strong title tag and a concise page size, with favicon and adequate text. Key priorities are meta description health, on-page SEO score and page speed optimisations.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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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.

Top three opportunities

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    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
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    The shape of your link profileNo links to your site were found, so there is no shape to read yet.
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    Meta descriptionThe summary under your name in search results is either too brief to say anything or long enough that Google cuts it mid-sentence.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Poochi Studio's website traffic health sits at 5.8 out of 10, which is above average for the local market. The top findings show near-zero organic traffic value and no clear paid spend, indicating opportunities to build content, target relevant topics, and set up a small paid campaign with tracking.

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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    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 search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than most businesses here, so most people looking for what you do are landing somewhere else.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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31About 1 visits a month from search, across 1 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Poochi Studio's opening hours show partial alignment with local demand: 22 peak hours open but 58 high-demand hours missed. Strong alignment appears on Friday at 10am, 4pm and 5pm, and on Saturday 11am and Sunday noon. Missed opportunities include several lunchtime and early afternoon slots on Monday and Wednesday. Some open hours fall in lower-demand windows, notably Friday and weekend afternoons.

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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Poochi Studio
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Hours 1
MondayClosed
TuesdayClosed
WednesdayClosed
ThursdayClosed
Friday9am-5:30pm
Saturday9am-5:30pm
Sunday9am-5:30pm
Popular times Wednesday · North Beach
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02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#54of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
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