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The Collective 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
Your marketChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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The Collective Studio

Photography studio · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

Where you stand#169of 194 photography businesses
Overall health1.3/10across the eight areas

What you have

01Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.01ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.01NameYour 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.

Where we can help

01Google listing5.008Opening hours4.702Reviews3.603Map positions2.005Facebook page2.004Listings and social1.707Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

The Collective Studio offers professional studio-based headshots and talking-head video recording in central Christchurch. The team describes a no-fuss approach: quick, professional shoots with an easy online booking system and fast asset turnaround. Customers can expect efficient sessions focused on the essentials, suitable for busy professionals needing polished photographic and video assets.

The Collective Studio provides studio-based photography and filming from a central Christchurch Central City location. It focuses on professional headshot portraits and talking-head video work, operating from a compact, city-centre studio designed for straightforward sessions.

Services centre on professional headshot photography and talking-head video recording, with an emphasis on simple, effective delivery. The studio offers an easy online booking system and aims to keep shoots focused and efficient, delivering finished assets back to clients as quickly as possible.

Customers can expect short, no-fuss sessions that concentrate on the essentials of professional imagery. The studio describes its process as streamlined, getting clients in, completing the shoot, and returning usable files with an emphasis on speed and clarity of result. Sessions are presented as practical and time-conscious, aimed at people who need polished images or short video assets without a complex production.

What distinguishes The Collective Studio locally is its city-centre convenience combined with a pared-back, professional service model. The mix of studio-based facilities, online booking, and swift turnaround makes it suitable for professionals, sole traders, and small teams in Christchurch seeking efficient headshot and talking-head video work.

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Your Google listing

The Collective Studio shows solid basics on Google Business Listing health, with a score of 5.9 out of 10, meaning above average but several clear gaps remain. The strongest completed items include a listed phone number and a website link, plus a claimed listing and visible title. Ongoing gaps are photos, a logo, and further refinement of the description to reach the local midpoint.

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 listingYou have no photos on your listing, or close to none, so a customer scrolling past sees a blank where every other business shows their work.
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    LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.
  • 3
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Photography studio · Christchurch Centre
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From the business

Professional headshot & talking head videos. Sometimes you just need the basics. We offer professional studio-based photography and filming at our central city studio. No fuss. We get you in, get it done and get your assets back to you as quickly as possible. Easy online booking system, professional shoots, efficient turnaround.

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Google listingChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your reviews

The Collective Studio shows a below-average health score on Google reviews, indicating potential trust issues among new customers. The most important findings are the lack of response to existing reviews and very few total reviews, which together limit perceived credibility and listing strength.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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

The Collective Studio shows a low overall health in Google Maps search at 1.8/10, indicating limited visibility. Top findings include strong rankings for several portrait and photography keywords in Christchurch suburbs such as Richmond, Edgeware and Linwood, suggesting good local demand. The main opportunity lies in improving aggregate and suburb-specific maps visibility to rise above the current bracket.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbWe are not seeing you in Maps searches in your own suburb, which is the search a customer standing a street away actually makes.
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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.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
2.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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2Seen in 4 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #155 for map positions
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Where customers find you

The health of The Collective Studio is average, with a score of 5.0 out of 10. This suggests some foundational online presence exists, but opportunities for improvement remain. The strongest current achievement is a very high trust Facebook profile. Focus should be on expanding high-trust channels and filling gaps in other directories to boost overall visibility and credibility.

Strengths

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

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
    Instagram Profileyour Instagram Profile page surfaces strongly in search, which is how we found it, though nothing you control points at it.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 3 of them.
1.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
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Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #162 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
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Your website

The Collective Studio shows an overall on-page SEO health score of 3.0 out of 10, which is below average and indicates several foundational issues that could limit visibility in search results.

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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Your websiteChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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How people find you on Google

The Collective Studio shows weaker website traffic health, with a health score of 4.0 out of 10. The strongest signal is the lack of organic and paid traffic activity, implying opportunities lie in content, on-page SEO, and targeted campaigns to attract local professionals needing headshots and video work.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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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Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #87 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

The Collective Studio's published hours show reasonable alignment with weekday midday demand but leave several evening peaks unattended. Strong matches include Monday 11am-2pm and Wednesday midday, when searches are high and the studio is open. Missed opportunities include Monday and Thursday late afternoons and multiple weekday evenings. A small number of open hours fall in lower-demand periods, suggesting modest trimming could improve efficiency.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    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.
4.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Hours 1
Monday9am-4pm
Tuesday9am-4pm
Wednesday9am-4pm
Thursday9am-4pm
Friday9am-4pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Saturday · Christchurch Centre
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Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #103 for opening hours
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The next step

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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#169of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
You are #169 overall
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