Virtual Tour Pricing in Nigeria: What It Costs and Why

The unit that matters: a "space"

Virtual tours aren't priced by square metre or by hour — they're priced by spaces. A space is one shot location: a bedroom, a living room, a reception, a corridor worth showing, a pool area, a kitchen. Each space is captured as its own 360° point that a viewer can stand in and look around, and the spaces are linked so the viewer moves through the property the way a visitor would.

This is why a "how much for my property?" question always becomes a "how many spaces?" question. Two properties with the same floor area can need very different space counts depending on layout and what's worth showing.

What different properties actually pay

The pattern worth noticing: most shortlets and apartments fall entirely under the ₦100,000 base. Hotels and larger properties scale up predictably — the space count is agreed on WhatsApp before any shoot, so the price you agree is the price you pay. No surprises after the fact.

What's included at that price

The figure covers the full engagement, not just the photography: the shoot itself (one visit, about two hours, on professional 360° hardware), the assembled tour, hosting on Venu for the life of the tour, your own shareable link, and a QR code guests can scan on-site. The tour opens on any phone in the browser — no app for you or your guests, ever.

The part that surprises people used to foreign providers: there is no subscription. Most international platforms charge monthly hosting on top of the shoot. Here the payment is once, and the link keeps working.

What moves the price up or down

Space count is the only real lever. The shoot doesn't cost more because your property is premium, and there's no surge for location within Lagos. A few practical notes from properties we've shot: corridors and stairwells only count if they're worth showing; exteriors and compounds usually add one or two spaces; and very large open areas (a big event hall) sometimes need two points to cover well — all of this is agreed in the space count before the shoot, not discovered after.

Is it worth it?

The honest framing for a shortlet: ₦100,000 is one to two nights of bookings in most of Lekki or Victoria Island, for an asset that works on every enquiry afterwards — sent once instead of photos one by one, enquiry after enquiry. For hotels, the tour does its work on booking pages and Google profiles, where guests compare you against properties showing flat photos. The property that feels real wins the booking.