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IDX

The Daytona Beach Area Association of REALTORS®

What is Internet Data Exchange (IDX)?

In a nutshell, IDX is essentially a set of rules and enabling technologies allowing MLS participants to give each other permission to display each other's listings on their web sites; each participant giving this permission also receives reciprocal permission from other participants. Only the listings of participants who have not opted out of IDX can be displayed on other participants' sites. Display is subject to the rules of the MLS.

IDX Options For REALTORS

If you are a REALTOR / Broker, you have three options to display MLS listings on your website:

  1. You may “frame” a free searchable MLS link provided by Flex MLS, our MLS vendor. To get the link for this option, send an email to MLS@daytonarealtors.org.
  2. You may pay for a searchable and customizable MLS link provided by Flex MLS, our MLS vendor. For more information, log in to the Flex MLS system, and put your cursor on the Preferences, then click on “IDX Manager.”
  3. You may contract with a web vendor to display IDX data. Vendors access our MLS Data through a Real Estate Transaction Standard (RETS) account. To use this option, take the following steps in this order:

Signed IDX request forms are not usually returned to the vendors.

If your vendor already has a RETS account, once the form is approved, your vendor may create your site. If you don’t follow these steps in this order, it will delay the processing of your request!

Regardless of the option you choose, you must follow the IDX Rules and Regulations, including usage of the approved IDX logo (see links below).

RETS Help Site

IDX For Vendors

If you are a vendor who wishes to access our RETS server in order to use our MLS data to provide a product or service to our members, other than a consumer-facing website:

1) You must have an MLS Participant who is requesting your product/service.
2) Download the RETS Data Licensing Agreement for Vendors PDF
3) Both you as the vendor, and your customer (MLS Participant) must complete and sign the form.
4) Pay attention to Page 4 of the Agreement, where you must outline the intended use of our data!
5) Return it to DBAAR (MLS@daytonarealtors.org)
6) Your request will be considered by our MLS Committee at its next monthly meeting. The committee may approve or decline your request. If you are approved, credentials to access our RETS server will be emailed to you after the fee is paid.

IDX Costs

DBAAR does not charge its members for IDX services. Members will incur a charge from our MLS vendor, Flex, for their paid IDX option.

The Daytona Beach Area Association of REALTORS charges vendors a set-up fee to set up a RETS account and an annual maintenance fee according to the fee schedule below:

Standard IDX Set-up Fee – $250
Standard IDX Annual Maintenance Fee – $200
Non-Standard RETS Account Set-up Fee – $500
Non-Standard RETS Account Annual Maintenance – $500