BLS Guides

The Buyer Listing Service quick start.

Step-by-step guides for posting Want-Listings, reviewing matches, sending compliant intros, and pulling demand reports - plus playbooks for using BLS to grow your business.

17 articlesUpdated May 2026

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Buyer Agents

Post Want-Listings, review matches, send compliant intros, run the lifecycle.

01

Post a Want-Listing

Publish a structured buyer ask into BLS so matching agents can find your client's needs.

02

Read Your Matches

How BLS scores Want-Listings against MLS inventory, and how to act on the matches that come back.

03

Broadcast and Share

Once you syndicate a Want-Listing beyond the MLS, BLS unlocks share cards, social-ready graphics, postcards, advertising, and inbound consumer leads through Gitcha.

04

Your Public Display Profile

BLS gives every agent a public-facing profile that consumers can browse, message, and submit properties to. Set it up so it actually converts.

05

Close Out and Renew Want-Listings

When a buyer finds the right home you close the Want-Listing out manually. When a buyer's timeline expires, BLS auto-archives unless you renew. Both keep your pipeline clean.

Selling Agents

Read real-time buyer demand against any property and run data-driven listing conversations.

01

Gauge Real-Time Demand for Any Property

Use the Feed's Match tab and demand reports to read live buyer demand against any property - your listings, prospects, or a property you're working a listing appointment for.

02

Manage Your Inventory

Your MLS active listings sync in automatically. Save private inventory on top to gauge demand and move hesitant sellers off the sidelines.

03

Communicate and Collaborate

Two ways agents talk to each other inside BLS: free-form messaging for questions, and the one-click introduction tool for sending a property at a buyer's Want-Listing.

Reference

Terminology, compliance, quick lookups.

01

Glossary

Definitions of the key terms you'll see across BLS - Want-Listing, Match, Intro, Clear Cooperation, and more.

Playbooks

Tactical plays for winning listings, winning buyer clients, retaining relationships, growing your network.

01

Pre-Listing Demand Outreach

Turn a hesitant pre-list seller into a signed listing agreement by walking them through the specific buyers actively looking for their property.

02

The Listing Appointment Demand Brief

Walk into a listing appointment with a one-page demand brief that turns the pricing conversation from opinion to evidence.

03

The 'Access You Don't Have' Buyer Pitch

Win new buyer clients by demonstrating that what BLS gives you is structurally unavailable to anyone running saved searches on Zillow.

04

The Specialist Niche Play

Stack multiple Want-Listings in a specific niche to position yourself as the go-to buyer agent for that segment - and turn the network into your referral engine.

05

Match Alerts as a Client Service

Turn the steady drumbeat of new BLS matches into a recurring client touchpoint - the lightweight service that keeps you top-of-mind without manufacturing reasons to call.

06

The Quarterly Demand Check-In

A four-times-a-year ritual that keeps past clients warm using demand snapshots on their property - the lightest-touch repeat-business engine you can run.

07

The Want-Listing Share Card Sphere Play

Turn every syndicated Want-Listing into a content piece your sphere shares for you - converting your buyer pipeline into an inbound seller-lead engine.

08

The Public Profile Inbound Funnel

Your Gitcha-side public profile is a working lead funnel - if you set it up right. Use it to convert curious consumers and warm sphere traffic into qualified buyer and seller conversations.

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