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Redbox Photo & Frame

Photographer · Sydenham, 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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Redbox Photo & Frame

Photographer · Sydenham, Christchurch

Where you stand#58of 194 photography businesses
Overall health7.0/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

Redbox Photo & Frame is a Christchurch-based studio in Waltham (Sydenham) offering custom picture framing, fine art printing and commercial photography. The studio specialises in archival materials, colour-accurate photo printing and a curated range of frames and matboards for clean, professional presentation. Clients include artists, photographers, businesses and the general public.

Redbox Photo & Frame is a Christchurch studio located on Waltham Road in Sydenham that provides custom picture framing, fine art printing and commercial photography. The studio describes itself as experienced in presenting and protecting images and artwork, and notes a focus on modern, high-quality framing and print processes.

Services include custom picture framing using a curated selection of mouldings and matboards, fine art and photo printing with archival materials, and commercial photography. The studio emphasises colour-accurate, high-quality printing, careful mounting and finishing, and a selection of frame collections such as natural timber and certificate-focused options.

Customers tend to report professional, responsive service and positive outcomes from photography work. Review themes indicate clients feel comfortable during shoots, see improvements in web and business imagery, and are pleased with finished prints and framed pieces. The studio's communication and responsiveness are noted by customers who return for further work.

Locally, Redbox Photo & Frame serves artists, photographers, businesses and the general public across Christchurch, offering a combination of studio photography, archival-quality printing and custom framing. Its use of specialised materials and attention to mounting and finishing distinguish its practical offering for anyone seeking long-lasting presentation and protection for photos, artwork and certificates.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Redbox Photo & Frame shows an average health score on Google Business Listing, indicating room for improvement. The business has solid foundations with a claimed listing, an accessible phone number, a website link, and a clear description, which helps customers learn about services. The most impactful findings are the status concern and the need for more recent photos.

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 two 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 categories cover this market better than the middle of the field, so you appear in most of the searches your competitors appear in.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 5 of them.
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From the business

Redbox Photo & Framing is a Christchurch-based custom picture framing, art printing, and commercial photography studio. We specialise in modern, high-quality framing and fine art printing for photos, artwork, prints, and certificates, using archival materials and a carefully curated range of frames and matboards for clean, professional results. With over 15 years’ experience as a professional photographer, we understand how images and artwork should be presented and protected. That experience informs everything we do — from colour-accurate, high-quality printing to precise mounting, balanced proportions, and careful finishing. We provide custom picture framing and art printing for artists, photographers, businesses, and the general public

Google listingChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Redbox Photo & Frame shows an above-average Google Health score of 7.0/10, indicating solid overall performance in reviews. The business has a top 10% star rating, reflecting strong customer satisfaction. The main opportunities focus on increasing total reviews and maintaining consistent responses to reviews to build trust with current and prospective customers.

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 confidenceRating and review volume together sit well behind this market, which means a customer comparing you has both halves of the picture reading thin.
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    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.
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    Response rateYou reply to some of your reviews but not most, so a customer scrolling your page finds long stretches where nobody answered.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
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Sue R.★★★★★ · 3 years ago

I am uncomfortable having my photo taken but Johnny made it easy and I am super happy with the outcome! I highly recommend Redbox Photography for your professional photography needs.

Response from the owner3

Thankyou Sue. Glad you enjoyed the experience

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Paul★★★★★ · 9 years ago

Redbox did a great job for us! The photos we received really made our website look great. Very professional and responsive.

Response from the owner

Thanks Paul. Look forward to working with you again in the future

Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #65 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Redbox Photo & Frame shows a below-average overall health in Google Maps at 4.2/10, with steadier improvement in the borough. The strongest signals come from top ranking in Waltham and nearby Sydenham for photography-related terms, indicating solid local demand among artists, photographers and businesses. Opportunities lie in increasing aggregate visibility and strengthening the borough presence.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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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.
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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.
4.4Room to grow
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2Seen in 6 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Where customers find you

Redbox Photo & Frame shows a below-average health score for social presence, with room to improve across multiple channels. The strongest current assets are a very active Facebook profile and a credible LinkedIn presence, which can help at‑a‑glance trust with clients and professionals. Key opportunities include launching or boosting TikTok activity and improving Yellow directory listings for discoverability.

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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    LinkedIn ProfileWe can see your LinkedIn Profile listing (https://linkedin.com/in/johnny-houston-a89b3435) found via: Your website.

Top three opportunities

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    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
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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.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
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InstagramredboxphotographyRedbox Photo & Frame | Instagram1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #130 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

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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    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

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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.
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    Recommendations on your pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
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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 6 of them.
3.4Room to grow
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Redbox Photo & Frame offers custom framing and photo printing and commercial photography in Christchurch for over 15 years. Stylish, archival-quality frames for art, photos, and personal keepsakes.
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your website

Redbox Photo & Frame shows a very high on-page SEO health score of 8.8/10, indicating strong technical optimisation for the homepage. The strongest recent gains include a valid favicon, an SEO-friendly URL, a precise title tag, and a compact page size under 256KB. A missing H1 tag stands out as the main fix needed, with additional refinements around meta description length.

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 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.
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    The shape of your link profileYour links come from fewer separate sites than most profiles the size of yours.
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    On-page scoreMost checks on your home page pass, so someone clicking through from a search gets a page that opens quickly and says what it is.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Redbox Photo & Frame shows a solid overall health for website traffic, with room to grow paid activity and reinforce organic gains. The top highlights include mid-high organic traffic value and steady organic rankings, while paid metrics show no measurable spend yet. The combination suggests focus on targeted paid campaigns alongside continued content and technical improvements.

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.redboxphotography.co.nzRedbox Photo & Frame NZ - Christchurch

Redbox Photo & Frame offers commercial photography, custom framing and fine art printing in NZ. Stylish, archival-quality frames for art, photos, ...

www.redboxphotography.co.nzPhotography Studio Hire - Christchurch

We offer a photo studio on hire in Christchurch for full or half day. 50 sq in size, it has great natural light, wooden flooring and 2.7 metre high ceiling.

About 22 visits a month from search, across 40 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Redbox Photo & Frame has no published opening hours, so alignment with Christchurch demand patterns cannot be measured. Without recorded hours, hours that would match peak local searches or those that miss demand are unknown. Adding accurate opening hours will enable clear identification of good alignment, missed opportunities and potential inefficiencies. The business should publish hours and monitor city-level demand to guide any adjustments.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandWe could not measure your hours against local demand, which almost always means your listing shows no opening hours at all.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
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Popular times Monday · Sydenham
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Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #137 for opening hours
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01Google listing2 opportunities

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#58of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
You are #58 overall
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