In my last post someone asked me what IDX solution I thought was the best. I let them know that we created our own. The main reason was because I could not find the complete package of what I was looking for my self and my users experience.

Here are some things I think are important for your users experience:
–    Easy to use for the consumer
–    Fast search results
–    Good interact map search that uses Ajax to display properties
–    Fully integrated solution – not framed
–    Consumer backend to manage saved searches and favorite properties
–    Simple sign up forms that do not bounce user to another page
–    Email alerts that have one link to new listings that are displayed on your site instead of the user having to click each individual property link 🙂
–    Detailed advance searches

Important website features:
–    Fully Editable pages and meta tags
–    Ability to pull in properties as content
–    Search engine friendly
–    Built for high conversions
–    Built in blog

Important Lead management features:
–    Lead Capture notifications
–    Agent lead assigning functions
–    Round Robin Lead assignment for teams or brokerages
–    Auto re-assignment of leads if agent doesn’t take action
–    Follow Up features and reminders
–    Prioritize leads by motivation or urgency
–    Easy exporting feature

I would be really interested to hear what other agents think are important and why.  I am sure I am missing something important or have not yet considered. I look forward to learning something new and growing.