Agents with an active BestAgent account.
Free.
Through your BestAgent account. Haven’t got one? Sign up here.
Log in to your BestAgent account then click the ‘Hamburger’ menu in the top right corner. Find ‘Settings’ in the options list and click, this will take you to the main ‘Settings’ menu page, from here, find ‘Manage Portals’ and click.
From this page, you are able to activate your portal feeds. There are 3 ‘pre-installed’ real-time feeds for Rightmove, Zoopla, & OnTheMarket. Also, if you have chosen to not use your free BestAgent website, you have the option to add a Website portal feed. Additionally, you are able to add as many ‘custom’ feeds as you need, there is no charge for additional uploads.
In the ‘Manage Portals’ page find the Rightmove box, this will contain a button labelled ‘Activate’ when you click that you will be asked if you have uploaded all of your live properties. If you have not yet done this, please make sure you do before activating the feed as the BestAgent feed will overwrite any information sent to Rightmove.
Once you’re happy that all your live properties are in BestAgent click ‘Yes, I have uploaded all my live properties’.
You will then be taken to the Branch ID page, BestAgent will then check Rightmove looking for your company name if we find your company we will automatically add your Branch ID.
Select your company, then click ‘Next’.
If we cannot find your Branch ID you have the option to add them manually, once you’ve input them into the sales/lettings fields click ‘Next’ to continue.
Once you have added your branch ID and clicked ‘Next’ you will be taken to a page in which you can notify Rightmove of your new Datafeed.
On this page, you have 2 options:
Once you’ve chosen one of those 2 options click ‘Finish’.
We cannot start feeding data through until we have had confirmation from Rightmove, once we receive that confirmation we will activate the feed.
First, you will need to contact Rightmove to set up your subscription, once active you will be given your Branch IDs and they will contact BestAgent to confirm that we will be sending your property data.
Once you have your Branch IDs and Rightmove have confirmed the new feed and that all your live properties are ready to go go to the Manage Portals section of the Settings menu item (See 1 in this guide) and click Activate on the pre-installed Rightmove option.
Select Enter Manually and then input the branch IDs and click Next, you will then be directed to the ‘Email Portal’ page, as you have already notified Rightmove of your intention to use BestAgent as you feed provider you won’t need to perform any actions on this page. You can navigate away from the page using the Menu button, or, you can click ‘Finish’ to be taken back to the ‘Manage Portals’ page.
If you currently don’t have an active OnTheMarket subscription you will need to contact them directly, set up an account, and obtain your Branch ID. Once you’ve done this or if you already know your Branch ID continue to the next step.
In the ‘Manage Portals’ page find the OnTheMarket box, this will contain a button labeled ‘Activate’ when you click that you will be asked if you have uploaded all of your live properties. If you have not yet done this, please make sure you do before activating the feed as the BestAgent feed will overwrite any information sent to OnTheMarket.
Once you’re happy that all your live properties are in BestAgent click ‘Yes, I have uploaded all my live properties’.
Once you have added your branch ID and clicked ‘Next’ you will be taken to a page in which you can notify OnTheMarket of your new Datafeed.
On this page, you have 2 options:
1. Email Portal:
If you click this option your main email client will automatically open, and a new email will appear with On The Market added in the ‘To’ field and BestAgent cc’d in. All you have to do is click ‘Send’ and then wait for a response from OnTheMarket.
2. You can copy & paste the prefilled text on the page into an email to OnTheMarket. You can email them directly at support@onthemarket.com, please add support@bestagent.online into the cc field so that we can be notified of any problems.
Once you’ve chosen one of those 2 options click ‘Finish’.
We cannot start feeding data through until we have had confirmation from OnTheMarket, once we receive that confirmation we will activate the feed.
In the ‘Manage Portals’ page find the Zoopla box, this will contain a button labeled ‘Activate’ when you click that you will be asked if you have uploaded all of your live properties. If you have not yet done this, please make sure you do before activating the feed as the BestAgent feed will overwrite any information sent to Zoopla.
Once you’re happy that all your live properties are in BestAgent click ‘Yes, I have uploaded all my live properties’
You will then be taken to the Branch ID page, BestAgent will then check Zoopla looking for your company name if we find your company we will automatically add your Branch ID.
Select your company, then click ‘Next’.
If we cannot find your Branch ID you have the option to add them manually, once you’ve input them into the sales/lettings fields click ‘Next’ to continue.
Once you have added your branch ID and clicked ‘Next’ you will be taken to a page in which you can notify Zoopla of your new Datafeed.
On this page, you have 2 options:
1. Email Portal:
If you click this option your main email client will automatically open, and a new email will appear with Zoopla added in the ‘To’ field and BestAgent cc’d in. All you have to do is click ‘Send’ and then wait for a response from Rightmove.
2. You can copy & paste the prefilled text on the page into an email to Zoopla. You can email them directly at members@zpg.com, please add support@bestagent.online into the cc field so that we can be notified of any problems.
Once you’ve chosen one of those 2 options click ‘Finish’.
We cannot start feeding data through until we have had confirmation from Zoopla, once we receive that confirmation we will activate the feed.
First, you will need to contact Zoopla to set up your subscription, once active you will be given your Branch IDs and they will contact BestAgent to confirm that we will be sending your property data.
Once you have your Branch IDs and Zoopla have confirmed the new feed and that all your live properties are ready to go go to the Manage Portals section of the Settings menu item (See 1 in this guide) and click Activate on the pre-installed Zoopla option.
Select Enter Manually and then input the branch IDs and click Next, you will then be directed to the ‘Email Portal’ page, as you have already notified Zoopla of your intention to use BestAgent as you feed provider you won’t need to perform any actions on this page. You can navigate away from the page using the Menu button, or, you can click ‘Finish’ to be taken back to the ‘Manage Portals’ page.
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