Creating a real estate network

Creating a network is a 7-step wizard. It isn't just a form: the first steps show you what you're getting, the middle ones ask for the two decisions that define your network, and the last one tells you which network you created.

🔑 You need the Business or Business Manager plan. Either one lets you create the network; what differs between them are the tools on top (step 6).

💾 You can leave and come back. Whatever you fill in is saved in your browser. If you close the screen halfway through, we ask you whether you want to pick up where you left off.

Step 1 · What your network does from day one

Before configuring anything, the wizard shows you what the network does without you touching a single switch:

Shared pool — your members contribute their properties to the network and see their peers' portfolios inside Mapaprop.
Shared storefront — the pool's properties appear on the network's public portal.
You approve who joins — any agency can request to join, but it stays pending until you approve it.

Those three come with the network and can't be turned off. And in that same step you get what plan your members need, which is the question they'll ask you when you invite them: see What your members need.

Step 2 · Identity

Field	Note
Network Name	The one your members see and, if you publish it, the Marketplace
Contact Name	Pre-filled with your name
Contact Email	Pre-filled with yours. Your members see it — and it's where we write if you request something in step 6

All three are required.

Step 3 · What your members contribute

You pick one of three modes, as cards:

Mode	What it means
Manual	Each member decides property by property which ones they share
Automatic	On joining, all their properties end up shared. Afterwards each one can switch to manual
Mandatory	Everything a member publishes is shared, and they can't pick and choose

⚠️ It's chosen here and you don't change it afterwards. It reaches members who already joined accepting a different rule, so the change is requested from Mapaprop. Detail in Publication Modes.

What plan the member needs: Plus or higher. With that they already contribute to the pool, see their peers' portfolios, and appear on the network's portal.

This step also explains the portal: the shared storefront needs a site to be seen on, and that's quoted separately — you can request it in step 6. See Your network's portal.

Step 4 · The own storefront

Two cards, and it's the decision that defines which network you're creating:

You pick	Your network is
Yes, I want an MLS Network	MLS Network — the network's catalog appears on each member's website
Not for now	Publication Network — shared pool and the network's portal

What plan the member needs: Business to bring the catalog to their own site. Those on Plus or Pro+ lose nothing: they keep contributing to the pool, seeing their peers' portfolios, and appearing on the portal.

This one you can change later from your network's console.

Step 5 · Brand and promotion

Field	Required	Note
Network Bio	Yes	Areas, property types, benefits. Between 50 and 1000 characters
Logo	No	Uploaded as a file (JPG, PNG, or GIF, up to 5 MB). You can load it later — but we'll ask for it to publish the network on the Marketplace
New Client Registration URL	No	Your sign-up form for interested agencies
Help URL	No	The page where you explain how your network works

Both URLs are shown to whoever looks at your network on the Marketplace. You can use them for whatever you need: a landing page, a request form, or any page of your own.

Step 6 · What you can add

Here are the features that don't turn on by themselves: Mapaprop enables them. You check the ones you're interested in and, when you create the network, the request reaches our team and we get in touch with you.

Feature	Plan
Your network's public portal — a site under your brand and domain, with all your members' catalog	—
The manager console — panel, composition, the period's business, drill-down to each office and each agent, and network rules	Business Manager
Network directory and co-brokering — your members see each other and register shared deals	Business Manager
Sharing with branch identity — when sharing another branch's property, the portal shows the sharer's identity	Business Manager
White brand — your visual identity inside Mapaprop	Business Manager + additional cost
Entity agreement — if your network represents a professional body, chamber, or association	—

💡 Checking doesn't activate anything. It opens a conversation: we write to your network's contact email to look at it together. You can create the network anyway and request any of these later.

Step 7 · Review and confirm

The last step tells you which network you're creating, by name:

You're about to create an MLS Network. Your members contribute to the pool in automatic mode, appear on the shared storefront, and the network's catalog appears on each Business member's website. If we enable the directory, it becomes an MLS Network with co-brokering.

Below it, the summary of everything you filled in with an Edit per row —to go back to any step without losing anything— and the list of what we'll request from our team.

What your members need to use your network

Your network doesn't work on its own: to access its features, your members have to be Mapaprop subscribers. This is what each plan unlocks:

Member's plan	What they get in your network
FREE	❌ Can't connect to any network
Plus or Pro+	Joins your network, contributes to the pool, sees their peers' portfolios, and their properties appear on the network's portal
Business or higher	Everything above, plus your network's catalog on their own site and co-brokering — if your network offers them

Not everyone needs Business. A member on Plus is a full member: they contribute to the pool, appear on the portal, and see their peers' portfolios. Business adds the catalog on their site and co-brokering.

💡 Keep it in mind when choosing in step 4: if you build an MLS Network and your members are on Plus, they'll take part in the pool and the portal all the same — what they won't have is the network's catalog on their site.

What happens after you create it

You become the network's administrator, and the network management options appear in your account.
We take you to the network's console.
Set up the Plan Template —what you offer whoever joins: description, cost, and cycle—. Until you load it, Members, Rules, and Properties stay locked and you can't approve anyone.
Once it's complete, publish it on the Marketplace so other agencies can find it.

⚠️ Creating the network doesn't make you a member of it. As the owner you administer it, but your own properties don't enter the pool on their own. If you want them in, you have to join your own network like any other member — and your request stays pending until you approve it yourself.