SD R
A little common sense here that you seem to be missing. When you interview for a listing I doubt you are competing against HelpUSell, Assist to Sell, RedFin, Ipayone etc. People interview you because they are looking to save on commissions. I’ll bet you generally go up against the larger brokerages when you are in competition because that is who the neighborhood experts tend to be with. You get interviewed because you are cheaper and they also interview agents with the major brokerages because they “perceive” them to be better but more expensive. So any time you lose a listing to an agent who “bought the listing” it will generally be an agent with one of the big guys. That is your experience, hence you believe that to be the case. I can honestly say that after spending years analyzing properties for sale in my area that there is absolutely no rhyme nor reason to who takes the overpriced listings. Sometimes it’s the discount guy and sometimes its the major brokerage guy.
