Overview
Listings you manually add are NOT added to the MLS.
Listings will be syndicated to third parties such as Zillow (when available).
Listings will connect to school information from your MLS, but do not use any other MLS data, meaning that the options you select or input are not connected or derived from your local MLS.
Listings will show on your website in a special section (either titled 'Exclusive Listings', Coming Soon Listings' or 'Sold Listings' depending on the type) instead of alongside normal MLS listings.
Listings will be sent out in Listing Alerts and can be used by the different tools in BoldTrail (text listings, email listings, etc.). Also, note that this can be sent out by other agents in the brokerage as an alert as well.
How to Add a Manual Listing
First, click on the listings tab, and then select 'Manual Listings' button at the top.
Then, click '+ Add Listing' at the top right.
Manual Listing Sections
Follow the pop-up, entering information to the end. Not all fields are required, but please remember the quality of your listing is dependent on what you enter into all the fields. The more info you add the better, especially if you are expecting an MLS listing to follow!
Property Location
Typing the start of the address will bring up a list of suggestions from Google. Pick the appropriate one. However, if your address doesn't appear, just click outside the field and you can enter the information manually.
The 'Area', 'County,' and 'Neighborhood fields are usually pieces of data that come from the MLS. If you know the exact names of these areas you can enter them manually, but they are not required.
Click 'Next' after you've entered all the information you can.
Property Details
Listing Types
Manually added listings can only be one of the following types
Coming Soon
Exclusive
Sold
These types are selectable on your BoldTrail website when browsing for any manual listings. Other listing types such as 'Active' or 'Pending' are not available because those types are only for MLS listings.
Please Note: Depending on your BoldTrail account, you may need to add all manual listings as 'exclusive' in order for the pitch sheet option to work properly.
Property Type
Property types typically are also determined by the MLS. If you are expecting a live MLS listing to follow, it would be best to select the property type you intend to use in your MLS.
The rest of the fields from 'Style' to 'Square Footage' are open fields that are optional.
Click 'Next' to continue to photos.
Photos
Click into the grey box to browse your computer for listing pictures to upload.
TIP: Currently, the maximum image size is 5MB.
After you've uploaded your photos, click 'Next' at the bottom.
Listing Info
Here you can specify a few key details that control the connectivity or visibility of your manual listing.
Price - The price will be used to match your manual listing with contacts in your BoldTrail database for some features. Please Note: A price is required to generate a seller pitch sheet.
Listing Date - This is the date that will show as the listing post date.
Remove From Site - Come the expiration date, a listing’s status will shift from active to inactive, and the front-end site will display a "gone off-market" experience. If all manual listings are inactive, then the front-end site will not show manual listing links at all.
Link to MLS Listing - This causes the manual listing link to auto-forward to the MLS Listing page. Once the MLS listing goes off-market, the manual listing is automatically marked as "Sold" and turned to inactive. When both a manual listing and MLS listing are active, the MLS listing displays. When a manual listing is active and an MLS listing is inactive, the “gone off-market” experience appears. When a manual listing is inactive and an MLS listing is inactive, the “gone off-market” experience appears. When a manual listing is inactive and an MLS listing is active the MLS listing displays.
Assigned Agent - Select the Assigned Agent from a dropdown list. The Assigned Agent will populate to the right of the listing details page.
Listing Status - Manually toggle OFF to set the listing as inactive. Toggle ON to set it as active. Please Note: The listing will not show on your website if this is not toggled ON.
Where Are My Manual Listings?
Your manually added listings will show on your BoldTrail website in their own section under the Agent navigation option:
You may also choose to display your manual sold listings in a carousel on your homepage. To do this, click on Web & IDX on the right-hand menu and open your Website Settings. Select the Listing Carousels option.
You will only be able to display Sold manual listings on a carousel. Once you've selected this option, click Save to update your website.
Please Note: Manual listings added by Agents will also be displayed on the Office & Brokerage websites.
Have more questions? Please reach out to Customer Support via the blue chat bubble to the right or by emailing support@insiderealestate.com!