What's the Ideal Lead Capture Technique?

Thanks for the all the great comments!

Corinne, good to hear that you're going to experiment with that photo gallery registration. Let us know if you have any questions about that feature.

Welcome Scott!

Tamara, yes, please do call the toll free number at 800-421-9668 and somebody on our Support team should be available to walk you through any questions.

Bradley, We have a demo of the control panel available. If you call our 800 number we can connect you with that.

Lori, We do have some video walk-throughs of IDX Broker. A general walk-through and some "deep-dive" videos. We often have clients who simply calls us once they've logged in, and we follow along as they navigate, explaining the various IDX options as they navigate (and we navigate the same tabs). If you call 800-421-9668, we will assign somebody to walk through this tab with you.

Gabe, Yes, you can definitely request and then force. For instance, you can request registration on the results page, then again on the details page after 1 listing view. Then force registration on the details page after the 8th view. This is possible because in details page registration preferences, the force/request options function independantly.

Thanks again for all the great feedback! Also, note that for those of you who are current IDX Broker clients, we offer a monthly training newsletter that contains tips, a video link or two, and advice on how to get the most from the system. If you have an Agent account, you may sign up here. Office accounts may sign up here. We usually send these out mid-month.

Frederic, these stats are based on hundreds of thousands of visitors to IDX Broker websites, if not more. Forced registration works well in some areas, not so much in others. Success with forced registration may depend on the number of local alternatives available to the visitor. If they feel that they can get the same quality MLS/IDX data for free, they are going to be more likely to search out those "free search" sites - unless of course they are 30 pages into your website...

Corinne, Great to hear that the gallery request change is working for you! It can't hurt to test results (request) registration in Dec, maybe a few days or a week at a time. Just be careful not to time it too close to holidays. A drop in registrations during that time may be due to holidays and not any changes you've made to your registration preferences.

Hi Dave, you will find some tutorials here. We will be adding more content to that page in the coming months. Also, from your IDX Dashboard you may signup for the IDX Broker monthly training newsletter. Or just let us know here if you want to opt-in and we will do that for you. 

Donna - Gabe's description is both concise and accurate. Here's an FAQ about IDX if you have more questions about IDX technology. 

Christopher - Glad you are having success with that force/request registration combo! The best lead registration settings will certainly depend on your customers and your market area. Taking the time to experiment with the settings to figure out what works best for you is definitely a good idea! We do not have any evidence to suggest that our request/force registration options prevent search engines from accessing and indexing IDX Broker pages. We have many clients that are getting indexed while making use of the lead registration options.