The Technology

Is this you?

Oprah

• AHA!

The Wrong Approach

The Right Approach• Call Your MLS Vendor

How Data CAN Move for IDX1. Distributed Database

2. FTP Site

3. Everyone dials in to extract data

4. Customized data feeds, extracts, already has it

Distributed Database• Take data from MLS• Put into your hard

drive (off-line)• Have in laptop .. But ..

• Allows you to move that data too …

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)• MLS creates file• Places it on Internet• Dial-in and retrieve

that file• Select from that file

• Likely how do R.com now

Everyone (plus third parties) dials in to get it

• Dial into live MLS system

• Do search

• Retrieve/Use data

MLS vendor related alternatives

• Customized Data Feeds for IDX

• MLS vendor extraction process

• IDX could be already built-in

The Cost – Ask Your Vendor

• Could be included

• Could be set-up fee

• Could be MLS fee

• Could be user fee

Make it Usable

• Members want to sell houses, land, buildings

• How hard or easy will you make IDX?

• HAVE YOU defined CONFIDENTIAL data fields in your rules?

• WHO removes them – the MLS or the webmaster

To do: REMOVEOpt-Out Companies,

ConfidentialData Fields, Exclusions,

Exclusive Agency …

Are the Data Fields Labeled?

• Raw data does not look like printed data

• Have you detailed

(“mapped”) your MLS data fields for webmasters?

Have you given YOUR MLS Participants options?

• Vendor contacts

• Vendor Framing options

• Assn/MLS IDX options – EASILY choose data fields, colors, displays