Bloomkey today announced the beta-launch of a online data entry system designed to make MLS entry easier for online customers. Bloomkey's system allows users in selected markets to select their MLS system and complete the data fields for their MLS entry based on the selections available for that particular MLS.
One of the difficulities in providing an online data entry form for 'flat-fee' or 'entry-only' brokers, who generally place listings in more than one MLS system, is that the data fields and selections are different for every MLS. Bloomkey has created a data driven system that allows for the rapid entry of MLS fields and selections. By doing so, Bloomkey has streamlined the process for both the customer, who is able to complete a simple online form, and the data entry personnel, who must reenter the customer's data into the appropriate MLS.
Most online flat-fee companies up until now have simply offered customers PDF forms to download, complete by hand and return by fax to the listing broker. A very few offer a static online entry form that attempts to offer the most widely used fields and selections among MLS vendors and associations, but which invariably leaves out important information about a particular property.
Bloomkey's system allows the customer to enter all of the information allowed by the Multiple Listing Service in which they have requested their property be listed. That way none of the important selling features of the home or property are left out. Once completed by the customer, the fields and selections are displayed for the data entry personnel in the exact order in which they must be entered into the MLS, thereby speeding up the process and eliminating the need to hunt back and forth for input fields that can often span over several pages within the MLS data entry system.
Bloomkey today announced the launch of it's beta edition 'flat fee real estate services marketing platform' for real estate brokers and agents. Now, Realtors looking to take part in the fast growing online flat fee services segment of the real estate industry can leverage Bloomkey.com's powerful set of marketing and selling tools and Internet presence to service customers in their market areas.
The proprietary system developed by bloomkey allows real estate agents to create customized flat fee real estate listing and selling packages through an easy to use online platform. Agents will be able to modify and add alternative service and product offerings giving consumers throughout the United States and Canada low cost options to the traditional commission based real estate model.
Company Managing Partner Lawrence Bunnell said, "the role out of an online flat fee marketing platform for real estate agents will help in providing lower cost services to a larger group of consumers during this difficult housing period. More homeowner's will now have low cost access to the broader market when selling their homes which translates into more opportunities and a better chance to sell in the current economic climate."
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Bloomkey, an online provider of real estate products and services, today launched another innovative enhancement to its online property marketing services. Property owners who list their properties for sale or lease with bloomkey.com now get the added advantage of automated, html coded posting to craigslist.org in the metropolitan area and category of their choice.
Bloomkey announced earlier this year that it had automated the property listing process by allowing sellers to complete their listing agreement and MLS property information online using automated PDF form generation tools. Bloomkey’s proprietary listing process simultaneously generates a customizable property webpage for the owner’s property on bloomkey.com along with multiple photos which is then fed to numerous real estate websites and portals through RSS/XML feeds. And, now with the click of a button, property owner’s can export their property’s information and photo to craigslist.org in the required format for even greater marketing exposure while, at the same time, reducing the amount of time it takes to get information about real estate for sale or lease to market.
Lawrence Bunnell, managing partner of Bloomkey, said, “In today’s real estate market it’s essential that property owner’s have access to the largest possible pool of potential home buyers. An MLS listing, real estate web portal exposure are key ingredients in an overall marketing plan in the current enviornment. With millions of visitors each month, craigslist.org cannot be overlooked as a marketing avenue for real estate. Bloomkey’s innovative approach to marketing property now incorporates automated listing on this increasingly important marketing platform.”
Today Bloomkey launched a new service for home sellers through its online real estate portal at Bloomkey.com. In addition to photos, podcasts and virtual tours, Bloomkey home sellers can now deliver disclosures, plats, surveys and other documents directly from their Property Webpage at Bloomkey.com.
In it's continuing quest to digitize the real estate transaction, Bloomkey now provides a online method for home sellers to provide real estate agents and home buyers with important documentation about their property. Bloomkey broker Lawrence Bunnell said, "one step that often slows down the real estate contract presentation process is the wait while obtaining necessary disclosures and documentation for a property to be delivered to the buyer. Now, buyers can go online and obtain this information from the seller directly at their convenience."
Just one more way, 'Now, there's a smarter way to buy or sell your home!'