PARTNERSHIP WITH LIST HUB

The WRIST Directors are pleased to report that they have negotiated a contract with List Hub, the largest listing syndication company in the United States.   This new agreement will now distribute our listing content to an additional 50 national web portals, bringing our total distribution points to over 250 web sites. These additional websites represent the largest websites that cater to real estate information or people doing research on a particular property. The vast majority of these websites are also Realtor friendly.

The really exciting part of this agreement is that List Hub counts consumer clicks, which means our brokers or agents can reasonably purchase concrete data on where their listings are being seen the most. This type of information can be shared with our sellers or used to determine advertising strategies. I think we all can agree that print media is not only getting very expensive but also less effective with the Internet revolution we are witnessing. The ability to target our advertising dollars with this information will truly give our members the ability to get the most bangs for the buck.  

Once List Hub has completed their routing of our data and the data and links have been tested, WRIST will send out a letter to all offices providing information on how to register and participate in on-line training with List Hub. To view a list of the national websites please use the following link.

 CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF SYNDICATION CHANNELS.

 You should also know there is a movement for multiple listing services to partner together with a facilitator organization and sell this same listing content to the same companies NAR plans to market to.  The major difference is that each MLS would receive substantial royalty checks and could independently decide how to best benefit their members, by either increasing services or lowering the cost.

We are sure you will hear more about this project in the near future and we are providing this preliminary information to keep our members informed.

Property Panorama will roll out a new feature to WRIST which will automatically create a photo slideshow for each listing in the MLS.  This process is automatic.  All you have to do as a listing agent is to make sure you have at least 3 photos uploaded to your listing.  Property Panorama will use those photos, create a photo slideshow set to music and post this slideshow as your virtual tour link.

You still have the opportunity to create a full-fledged virtual tour using the Property Panorama software.  We highly recommend using the full version of Property Panorama for your virtual tours since it has more functionality then the standard slide show.

Click Here to see a sample of the slideshow.

We will continue to keep you updated and let you know when this feature is available.