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IDX Broker Platinum Overview


Average Rating:	2.73/5 (11 votes cast)
Company:	IDX Inc.
Address:	100 East Broadway , Eugene , OR 97401
Website:	www.idxbroker.com
Phone:	5413433912
Email:	info@idxbroker.com
Contact Name:	Luke Walsh
Category:	Technology Products
Subcategory	Analytics/Data Services

IDX Broker Platinum, a fully customizable IDX solution that gives entrepreneurial Agents and Brokers a way to compete for more clients and traffic online.

IDX Broker, long recognized as the most powerful integrated IDX solution for website designers and Realtors, is now available as IDX Broker Platinum. IDX Broker Platinum is launching with a new, more robust WordPress Plugin, mobile-friendly search pages (works with all mobile devices), map widgets, search-friendly property page URLs, and much more.

Below are some of the features now available in IDX Broker Platinum:

• Fully indexable pages, hosted on servers that have been optimized to load IDX data very quickly.
• Customizable Map Widget for home, or other page placement.
• Dynamic listing page URLs, including address, MLS#, and more.
• Powerful API-based WordPress Plugin.
• Neighborhood Page Agent lead assignment.
• Extensive Lead Traffic Stats, including property update click stats and more!
• Save an unlimited number of Widgets – with immediate access to new Widgets through the WordPress plugin.

Agents and brokers interested in adding IDX Broker Platinum to their real estate website may now do so through the IDX Broker signup process. Those with IDX Broker Original may upgrade and bypass the $99 setup fee by submitting a special "migration form". See the IDX knowledgebase article for more information about migrating to IDX Broker Platinum.

About IDX, Inc.
In addition to the primary web & mobile based software, IDX Broker also provides an integrated WordPress plug-in widget for use in WordPress based blogs and websites (IDX Broker Wordpress Plugin) as well as a dedicated mobile application available for the iPhone and iPad (myAgent by IDX Broker). The fully customizable real estate software available from IDX Broker is easy to manage and maintain and helps real estate professionals display real estate data from their multiple listing service (MLS) regardless of their technical ability.

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I'm really happy with IDXBroker!!! :)

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Real Estate Agent

Sarasota, FL Reviews(3) 100.00 % Positive Feedback

Submitted on 12/24/2016

Before switching to IDXBroker Platinum, I had used 2 other IDX providers and was pleased with one of... more

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Not the best experience

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Real Estate Agent

Scottsdale, AZ Reviews(671) 73.68 % Positive Feedback

Submitted on 02/21/2016

As other reviewers have stated: “I used IDX Broker for several years and then switched to Diverse So... more

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Horrible experience NOT a good product

juanchaves Contact Me

Real Estate Agent

Mission Viejo, CA Reviews(1) 0.00 % Positive Feedback

Submitted on 02/19/2016

Do not buy this IDX plug in. 1. they don't offer a 30 day trial and will not refund your money.... more

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joybender Contact Me

Real Estate Agent

La Jolla, CA Reviews(13) 95.45 % Positive Feedback

Submitted on 01/10/2016

I will state that my upgrade to platinum was torture. I had over 2,000 pages with IDX original widg... more

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HORRIBLE PRODUCT & HORRIBLE SERVICE

ohiorealestateguys Contact Me

Real Estate Agent

Dayton, OH Reviews(1) 0.00 % Positive Feedback

Submitted on 10/09/2015

I would be very cautious about using IDX Broker at all. Take a look around online at the reviews bef... more

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Try something else

ericaramus

Real Estate Broker/Owner

Pottsville, PA Reviews(10) 91.67 % Positive Feedback

Submitted on 01/19/2015

I would not recommend using IDX Broker Platinum. I used IDX Broker for several years and then switch... more

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IDXBroker...NOT!

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Real Estate Sales Representative

Toronto, ON Reviews(1) 100.00 % Positive Feedback

Submitted on 09/11/2014

I'm back to using a pretty lame IDX feed directly from my Board...after getting pretty excited about... more

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IDX Broker Platinum 4 months in

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Real Estate Broker/Owner

Callicoon, NY Reviews(2) 100.00 % Positive Feedback

Submitted on 10/21/2013

After a very rocky start, I've had four months of experience now with IDX Broker Platinum. Overall, ... more After a very rocky start, I've had four months of experience now with IDX Broker Platinum. Overall, the system works well, and has a lot of features that put it head and shoulders above IDX Broker Classic. It's a very powerful system with a lot of customization options, but there's a steep learning curve if you want to customize it much beyond the basic templates. I use it standalone, and not as a plug in with a template site with themes like Wordpress, so the experience of Wordpress users may be different. The mobile version was a big reason that I upgraded to platinum. (According to my Google Analytics stats, visits from mobile and tablet devices account for 30-40% of my traffic.) Customization of the mobile version is difficult, and there's little to no documentation for the mobile CSS. I spent hours 'reverse engineering' the mobile CSS to find the correct tags to style. The CSS, in my opinion, is very complicated and convoluted. It's possible to style the mobile version, but it's not easy. Also, when IDX Broker tinkers with the back end, it sometimes changes my saved searches. For example, I have some advanced searches saved with "lakefront" (as a land feature) or "log cabin" (as a style feature) that worked flawlessly for months. Then all of a sudden, those criteria selections were gone from those searches. I also subscribe to IDX feeds from two MLSs, and on advance searches you select the "Market Area" (MLS) to use for the search. Weirdly, that has changed on some searches. This may be a one time glitch related to some back end upgrade, but I've taken to checking all my saved links every couple of weeks. On the positive side, users like it. The site is definitely 'stickier'. The average time per visit, according to Google Analytics, is up about 20% to 11 minutes, from 9 minutes with IDX Classic. The option to use Bing Maps (in bird's eye view) in searches and aerial views is great. The widget selection is much better than Classic, particularly the map search widget that I've embedded on my main site. I also use showcase and slideshow widgets on my main site, to highlight favorite properties or properties in a specific category (selected by listing ID rather than a saved search.) In IDX Classic, the listing id's were part of the embedded widget's script URL. So if I wanted to pull one listing id out and add another, I had to do that on the page where the script was embedded. For me, that means firing up Dreamweaver, making the change on the page and uploading it to my website. in Platinum, the embedded script for the slideshow or showcase widget stays the same, and you make any changed to the included listing ids from the Platinum dashboard. This is much more convenient and a HUGE timesaver. One thing I'd like to see IDX Broker launch is a users forum. IDX Broker support only deals with issues related to the functionality of the program, and not much with customization or extensibility. If you want to do much styling with CSS, or want to extend the system, you're pretty much on your own. A users forum would enable those of us who are delving deeper into the capabilities to share tips with each other. IDX Broker Platinum arguably is the most customizable and extendible IDX programs on the market.

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Problems with Platinum

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Real Estate Agent

Myrtle Beach, SC Reviews(1) 100.00 % Positive Feedback

Submitted on 09/10/2013

I just switched to Platinum form standard and have been sorely disappointed. I'm having to spend ... more

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IDX Broker Platinum

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Memphis, TN Reviews(538) 62.63 % Positive Feedback

Submitted on 08/22/2013

The advantages within the platinum edition are office management related. Specifically: Manually As... more

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