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Looking for ways to drive traffic to your listings? Try posting in one (if not all) of the free listing services available online.

The leader of the pack is Craigslist. It may not be pretty but it has a large amount of traffic. I have seen great results through our posts on Craigslist and high conversion rates. It even rivals some of our pay-per-click campaigns. And the best part is - it’s FREE. All it takes is a small investment of time and some creative titles to capture the browsers attention. This is a great place to post those new listings and price reductions.

Also, be sure to place links to your website on your post. Your goal on is to drive them to your website (which is pretty) and ultimately have them contact you by phone or through a contact form so you can track the referral source.

Another great service which is FREE (for now) is Postlets which allows you to create a slick looking flyer online and post to multiple free classified sites automatically. The sites it sends your listing to are:

Backpage.com
Edgeio.com
Google Base
HotPads.com
LiveDeal.com
Oodle.com
Propsmart.com
Vast.com
Trulia.com

If you already advertise with Newhomesource.com, Move.com or Realtor.com you may see your inventory already pushed over to these sites. For example, Newhomesource.com will send its listings to Oodle.com. Check to see if you are already listed - no need to duplicate your work.

Whatever you do, take advantage of these free listing services and continually look for new opportunities. There are plenty of people looking online, make sure they can find your homes.

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27 Comments on How to list your homes online for free

Mike, I've been looking for some additional domains to input my listings. Thanks for providing these!

06/10/2007 10:44 AM by Rich Jacobson ~ ActiveRain Community Builder (ActiveRain Corporation)


Rich - my pleasure. FREE is good. That is one of the true advantage of online marketing...low cost!

06/10/2007 10:45 AM by Mike Lyon (4 Corners Custom Homes)


Most of these are posted to for free with Point2Agent and it is a wonderful site that is easy to work with. There area few more out there such as choice of www.ChoiceofHomes.com

06/10/2007 10:50 AM by Todd Clark (Realtor), GRI (Washington Co, Beaverton Oregon) (Kastings & Associates, Beaverton Oregon Real Estate)


Postlets are easy and something anyone can add to their marketing system. Sellers need all the visability we can give them..plus it is Free and did I say Easy  ?!

 

06/10/2007 10:55 AM by Michele Connors, Broker in Charge (Coldwell Banker First Realty Morehead City)


Why not create a blog post for them at say like wordpress, or even here at AR.  you can put up pictures and all that.

06/10/2007 11:01 AM by New Jersey Real Estate James Boyer Morris, Essex & Union County NJ Realtor (RE/MAX Properties Unlimited, Real Estate)


You can also utilize www.vflyer.com to post your properties to numerous websites.

06/10/2007 11:03 AM by Silvia Dukes, PA --- Ich spreche Deutsch! (Tropic Shores Realty)


I was aware of some of these sites - but appreciate the information on the other sites and how they are being used .  It is great that there are so many free resources to take advantage of.  Thanks for the information.

06/10/2007 11:13 AM by Joan Whitebook, ABR, e-Pro, CEBA (Buyer's Option Realty Services)


Not free, but very inexpensive.  Promotions are run from time to time on www.RealEstateAndVacations.com This website was created to advertise properties For Sale, Rent, Vacation Rental, & Timeshare.  Agents, FSBO's, Property Managers or anyone with real estate can post unlimited listings to the database for an annual rate of $24.95.  Currently you can get a free Featured listing upgrade for being the first in your area to post your property. Any property qualifies if posted before June 25.

06/10/2007 12:11 PM by Aleta Gerard


I think Craigs List is a great place to post listings. I browse that site about once a month because you do not have to go through multiple pages to see photos of the listing. I love Trulia because you can do a map search and outline where you want to look for listings. Thanks Mike!

06/10/2007 12:17 PM by Meg Burns


Mike, did you leave out Zillow?  I've posted listings on there for free. 

06/22/2007 02:38 PM by Jeff Geoghan MBA - Lancaster PA Real Estate Expert (Coldwell Banker Select Professionals)


Jeff - Zillow has emerged as a great source for listing homes...thanks.

06/27/2007 02:34 PM by Mike Lyon (4 Corners Custom Homes)


Also look at http://www.classifiedflyerads.com for creating stunning Real Estate Flyers that are syndicated to all those directories and many more.

06/27/2007 11:15 PM by Real Estate Advertising - Misty Lackie (Go Smart Solutions, LLC)


Thank for the input, postlet is a nice springboard for posting to other sites, I guess thats why they call it postlets. Good resource.

07/04/2007 11:45 AM by Frank Harris (Keller Williams Realty Centre)


Thanks, this will add to my list. The more the better. Thanks again.

07/06/2007 02:05 AM by Chuck Dellorto "Talk To Chuck" (McColly Real Estate - Licensed in INDIANA & ILLINOIS)


This is a list I can use... had bookmarked a few of them- thanks for putting in the extra research.

09/04/2007 03:24 PM by Chuck Willman, Arizona RealtorĀ®, ABR, TRC (Gentry Realty)


I have found there is a very small ROI on most sites.  Craigslist is good for branding but that is it.  Serious buyers are on the streets and most have a realtor.

09/04/2007 03:30 PM by Adam Brett - Fullerton, California Realtor (RE/MAX NOC)


Adam - How do you determine ROI on Free? There is the value of your time when you list the details - but besides that, the return would be infinite. And serious buyers - in fact over 80+ percent - are using internet sources to research new homes. 

 

09/04/2007 03:42 PM by Mike Lyon (4 Corners Custom Homes)


Has anyone seen actual results (leads or sales) from listing sites?  If yes, which websites/services have you found to be effective?  I'm interested to see which ones I should focus my efforts on? 

04/30/2008 10:10 AM by Lu Doan (Agent Shield Inc)


Mike 

The information is very helpful to builders and Realtors who work with builders.

The web is an excellence source of low cost marketing. 

Thanks you for sharing your information.

Lou

07/06/2008 09:36 PM by Lou Ludwig CRB, CRS, CIPS, GRI, SRES, TRC, e-PRO, (Ludwig & Associates)


Mike I have followed you over the last several weeks and have done all you have advised, I am on the websites that you have suggested and take pride in reading your blogs

Many Blessings

Mike

10/03/2008 09:16 PM by Mike Davis,Realtor,selling buying homes Fort Gordon, Hephzibah, Augusta,Evans, (Century 21, Larry Miller Realty)


Mike, thanks for a very useful post--I've used Craigs list and some of the others before. I bookmarked it.

All the best

John March

10/04/2008 07:20 PM by John March, Broker (Choice Realty Marketing, LLC / Exit Realty Unlimited)


Thanks for sharing...some of these are sites I have never heard of but need to add to my list of sites to use

10/04/2008 09:47 PM by Sonja Adams (Samson Realty, LLC)


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