New Features
Welcome to the New NY State MLS. You may have noticed a change in our website. There are many new features which are designed to help our members increase leads, organize, book showings and track the effectiveness of their marketing efforts. The changes are listed below. These changes are just the beginning. State Listings, Inc and the NY State MLS is committed to providing Real Estate Agents with cutting edge marketing tools.
- Ask A Question:
- This feature allows the public to ask questions about any of your active listings while viewing your public listing. When a question is asked you will receive an email from NY State MLS stating that a question has been ask, what the question is and who asked it. This new feature allows you to capture leads of shoppers who might not have otherwise contacted you about your listing because they did not want to book a showing, but now you know that they are shopping.
- This feature allows members to ask questions about any of your listings. You will receive an email about the question including who asked it.
- All messages/questions stay with your listings so they can be found simply by clicking on your listing.
- This feature allows the public to ask questions about any of your active listings while viewing your public listing. When a question is asked you will receive an email from NY State MLS stating that a question has been ask, what the question is and who asked it. This new feature allows you to capture leads of shoppers who might not have otherwise contacted you about your listing because they did not want to book a showing, but now you know that they are shopping.
- Book A Showing:
- This feature allows the public to request a showing when viewing your public listing. When they book a showing they will give their name, email and/or phone number and they will request a date and time. You will then receive an email regarding the showing request. All showing requests and booked showings will stay with your listing for future reference.
- This feature allows you to book showings on your listings, helping you keep track of all your showings in one place. You can book three different kinds of showings –
- Co-Broke showing – another agent will show your listing to their client
- Preview showing – another agent will preview your listing
- Self showing – you will show your listing to your customer
- Co-Broke showing – another agent will show your listing to their client
- This feature allows the public to request a showing when viewing your public listing. When they book a showing they will give their name, email and/or phone number and they will request a date and time. You will then receive an email regarding the showing request. All showing requests and booked showings will stay with your listing for future reference.
- Open House:
- This feature allows you to publish an open house for a listing. Two kinds of open houses can be scheduled –
- Public Open House- Open to the public
- Broker Open House – For Brokers Only
- Public Open House- Open to the public
- The open house feature will populate a calendar where open houses can be searched.
- Scheduled open houses will show on the public listings and will be able to be searched on the calendar.
- Provide Feedback:
- This feature allows feedback to be provided about a listing. This feature is available for the public and for other members to provide feedback. Feedback can only be seen by the listing agent.
- An email will be sent to the agent that booked the showing requesting feedback. The feedback will be collected on each listing for the listing agent's use.
- This feature allows feedback to be provided about a listing. This feature is available for the public and for other members to provide feedback. Feedback can only be seen by the listing agent.
- Listing Counter:
- A listing counter has been added to the main view of your listings.
- A listing counter has been added to the main view of your listings.
- Auto Edit Feature:
- When you click on any of your listings the edit feature is enabled for a quick edit of your listings.
- A quick status change feature has been added above the listing counter.
- When you click on any of your listings the edit feature is enabled for a quick edit of your listings.
- Wall:
- The wall shows your active, hidden, sold and most recently changed listings. This wall allows you to most effectively manage your listings.
- The wall shows your active, hidden, sold and most recently changed listings. This wall allows you to most effectively manage your listings.
- Tabs have moved to the top:
- The navigation tabs have been moved to the top with drop down menus to make more room under your profile for more tools.
- The navigation tabs have been moved to the top with drop down menus to make more room under your profile for more tools.
- A Calendar Tab has been added to the top:
- The calendar tab lets you view your active calendar items.
- Soon an open house search tool will be added so open houses can be searched and found by county.
- The calendar tab lets you view your active calendar items.
- A Message Tab has been added to the top:
- The message tab contains all messages received on any of your listings in the order they were received. In this tab you can reply to messages or delete them.
- The message tab contains all messages received on any of your listings in the order they were received. In this tab you can reply to messages or delete them.
- New tools under the profile pictures:
- Quick MLS number search has been added under the profile picture.
- Quick MLS number search has been added under the profile picture.
- Coming December 2010:
- Listing Syndication using Point2 Agent. Listing syndication will be available to our standard* and premium* members.
*standard membership will be a new addition as of December 2010.
