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Soul Creative Studio

Photography studio · Christchurch Centre, 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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Soul Creative Studio

Photography studio · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

Where you stand#38of 194 photography businesses
Overall health8.1/10across the eight areas

Going well

03Map positions10.002Reviews9.908Opening hours9.101Google listing7.507Google search and traffic7.1

Where we can help

04Listings and social2.805Facebook page2.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Soul Creative Studio is a naturally lit content and photography studio in central Christchurch. It caters to photographers, videographers, podcasters, creators, influencers and brands needing space for shoots, campaigns and podcasting. The studio emphasises natural light, simple booking and on-site props to help teams produce polished brand and product imagery in the City Centre.

Soul Creative Studio is a naturally lit content creation and photography studio located in the City Centre of Christchurch. The space is described as New York style and is set up for photographers, videographers, podcasters, creators, influencers and brands who need a dedicated place to capture images, film campaigns or record audio.

The studio offers natural light spaces, props and a podcast studio, and is positioned for content creation and brand or product shoots. The venue describes itself as suitable for creating campaign imagery and curating aesthetics, and the website highlights an easy booking and hire process for those needs.

Customers commonly report that the studio's natural light and modern, uncluttered setting suit brand and product photography. Reviews reference helpful, organised staff and a smooth booking-to-setup experience, with clients noting the space works well for launches, campaigns and one-off shoots.

Locally, Soul Creative Studio is distinguished by its central Christchurch location, natural light focus and a setup that supports both photography and podcasting. These practical features, combined with on-site props and a customer-oriented booking process, make it a straightforward option for teams and solo creators needing a tailored creative space.

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Your Google listing

Soul Creative Studio shows a solid overall health score of 8.2 out of 10 for its Google Business Listing, indicating a strong presence. Key findings include that the listing is claimed, has a website link and a phone number, and open-for-business status is accurate. The listing title is present, and the description is improving but not yet at local midpoints.

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

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingYou carry more photos than most of this market, which gives a customer a real look at the work before they ring.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.5Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (77)
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From the business

A natural light designed for photographers, videographers, podcasters, creators, influences and brands needing a stunning space to bring their vision to life. Whether you’re capturing content, filming a campaign, or curating the perfect aesthetics, this space is yours to create in.

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Google listingChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Soul Creative Studio shows a very high health in Google reviews, with top 10% ratings and strong total reviews. The business also excels in customer satisfaction and listing strength, indicating solid local reputation. The main opportunity is maintaining high engagement by continuing prompt responses to reviews to stay in the top quartile.

Strengths

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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you at the head of this market: well rated, with enough reviews behind it that a customer takes the number seriously.
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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.
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    Review countYou hold one of the deepest review banks in this market - social proof that does its own selling.

Top opportunity

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    Response rateYou answer nearly all your reviews, which is more than almost anyone in this market, and a customer reading the page sees a two-sided conversation rather than a scoreboard.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
9.9Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Soul Creative Studio
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GAIA A.★★★★★ · a week ago

Great photoshoot - love the space

Response from the owner1

Thanks Devi, was so lovely to have you in the studio 🤍

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Janelle M.★★★★★ · a week ago

Absolutely beautiful studio space on Central Christchurch, perfect for brand and product shoots and creating content. Also has a podcast studio. Amazing service and beautifully set out.

Response from the owner

I’m so glad the studio was perfect for your shoot! It was so lovely to meet you too!

Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Soul Creative Studio shows a high health score on Google Maps at 8.4/10, indicating strong local visibility and solid performance across searches. The top opportunities focus on maintaining borough presence and continuing consistent updates to sustain a position among top performers, while aggregate coverage already sits in the top quartile for the broader region.

Strengths

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    Maps visibility across the city groupThere is no wider Maps reach available to a business at your address - you appear across more of the surrounding suburbs than anyone in this market.

Top opportunity

  • 1
    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
10.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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✓Top three for "portrait studio" in 44 suburbs, seen in 74
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Soul Creative Studio15.0 ★ (77) · Photography studio
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Lightworkx Photography5.0 ★ (10) · Photography studio
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BIG SKY Studio5.0 ★ (1) · Photography studio
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Photosynthesis5.0 ★ (26) · Photography studio
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #1 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Soul Creative Studio shows a below-average overall health score of 4.1 out of 10, indicating limited presence across key third-party platforms. The strongest point is an outstanding Instagram profile with a very high trust score, suggesting strong brand reach on that channel. Opportunities lie in expanding TikTok, Neighbourly, LinkedIn, and Fresha profiles to broaden local and niche visibility.

Strengths

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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
    Having a Facebook page at allWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing.
  • 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.
2.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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InstagramsoulcreativechristchurchSoul Creative Studio | Instagram✓
FacebookNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
NeighbourlyNo listing found
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #140 for listings and social
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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

Top opportunity

  • 1
    Facebook pageCriticalWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing. Shown at a typical score for this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 1 of them.
2.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #155 for your Facebook page
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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

Soul Creative Studio shows average on-page SEO health with a clear path for improvement. Current strengths include a valid favicon, no frames, HTTPS security, a relevant meta description, and an SEO-friendly URL. The main opportunities focus on meta description absence, improving the overall on-page SEO score, refining the title tag length, speeding page load, and adjusting text-to-page size balance.

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

  • 1
    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.
  • 3
    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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3Separate sites linking to you
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How people find you on Google

Soul Creative Studio shows a solid overall health for website traffic with an above-average health score of 7.0 out of 10. The strongest signal is in organic traffic percentile, with room to grow paid activity. Key takeaway is to seed paid campaigns carefully while continuing SEO basics to lift both organic value and paid visibility.

Strengths

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

Top three opportunities

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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than most businesses here, which means the work coming in arrives through word of mouth and repeat customers rather than through people searching for what you do.
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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.
  • 3
    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.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.1Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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www.soulcreativestudio.netSoul Creative Studio

"The space was more than I could have asked for, perfect lighting, props, and it was easy to book and hire the space for a reasonable price too. Read more

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1About 10 visits a month from search, across 8 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #57 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Soul Creative Studio's published hours largely match local demand: most weekday midday peaks are covered, with strong alignment Monday 11am-2pm and Wednesday 12pm. There are a small number of missed high-demand hours and some low-demand open periods. Adjusting a couple of early/late sessions could improve commercial efficiency while preserving core midday availability for photographers and creators.

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
Soul Creative Studio
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
Hours 1
Monday7am-10pm
Tuesday7am-10pm
Wednesday7am-10pm
Thursday7am-10pm
Friday7am-10pm
Saturday7am-10pm
Sunday7am-10pm
Popular times Friday · Christchurch Centre
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Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #18 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews1 opportunity

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#38of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
You are #38 overall
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