How it works

One link per listing. Your seller decides. You stay informed.

Showing Bell replaces the phone relay between the buyer’s agent, you, and your seller. Here is the whole thing, start to finish, with nothing left out.

1

You create the listing

Address, photos, price, and the rules: which days you allow showings, what hours, how much notice you require, and how long a showing runs. Then choose who approves. The seller, your team, or nobody, which confirms every request automatically.

This takes a couple of minutes and it is the only part that requires you.

2

The listing gets its own link and QR code

Something like showingbell.com/maple-st. Put it in the MLS agent remarks, text it to anyone who calls, and print the QR code on the sign rider. You also get one branded page listing everything you carry, which is the link for your bio and email signature.

3

A buyer's agent requests a time

They open the link, see what is actually available, and pick a slot. They enter their name, brokerage, phone, and email. No account and nothing to install. They get a confirmation right away so nobody is left wondering whether it went through.

An unrepresented buyer can request a tour from the same page, which arrives to you as a lead with contact details attached.

4

Your seller approves from a text

The request goes out as a text and an email with two buttons. Approve or decline. Tapping one is the entire interaction. There is no app, no login, and no password.

If nobody answers, Showing Bell follows up on its own after four hours and again after eight, inside daylight hours for the property’s local time. If the second reminder goes unanswered on a seller-approval listing, you are alerted so you can decide yourself.

Anyone approving can also suggest a different time instead, and the buyer’s agent gets a one-tap accept or decline.

5

Everyone gets confirmed, with the details

On approval, the buyer’s agent, your seller, and your team all get a confirmation and a calendar invite that lands on a real calendar with a reminder attached.

Access instructions are released at this point and not before. They are never on the public page and never in the request confirmation, so the code only reaches people with a confirmed appointment.

6

Plans change, and that is handled

The buyer’s agent can cancel or propose a new time from their confirmation. Your seller can suggest a new time from theirs. You can move a showing from the dashboard, either applying it directly or asking the other side first.

When a showing moves, the calendar invite updates the existing event instead of creating a duplicate.

7

Feedback comes back without you asking

After the showing window passes, the agent is asked four things: how interested the buyer is, what they thought of the price, how the condition showed, and whether an offer is likely. Plus an optional comment.

If they do not answer, they are asked again around 48 hours and once more around 96, then never again. Responses land in your dashboard and can be passed straight to your seller.

What your seller sees

Two texts. One asking whether to approve, one confirming what happened, with a calendar invite. That is the entire product from their side, which is the point. A tool your seller has to be taught is a tool you end up operating on their behalf.

What happens under contract

Mark the listing pending. The public link stays live so yard signs and QR codes do not dead-end, but the booking form is replaced with your contact card and a note that the home is under contract. Backup showings still go in from your dashboard and run the normal flow.

The cases most systems skip

  • Land and acreage. No lockbox and no MLS integration required, so a parcel schedules like a house. More on land showings.
  • Short-term rentals. Connect the Airbnb or VRBO calendar and booked nights block themselves, with checkout evenings opening automatically. More on selling a rental.
  • Tenant-occupied. Minimum-notice settings stop anything being booked inside the window your lease requires.
  • Vacant and new construction. Set the listing to confirm automatically and let it fill.
Does anyone besides me need an account?

No. You are the only person who signs up. Sellers approve from a text message and buyer agents book from a link. Neither creates an account, installs anything, or sets a password.

Do I need to connect my MLS?

No. Showing Bell has no MLS integration and does not need one. You enter the listing once and get a scheduling link. That is why it works the same on land, commercial, pocket listings, and new construction that is not entered yet.

What if the buyer agent wants a different time?

Whoever is approving can suggest a new time instead of approving or declining, and the buyer agent gets a one-tap accept or decline. The same works in reverse once a showing is confirmed, from either side.

When do access instructions go out?

Only after a showing is approved, and only to the approved agent. They are never on the public listing page and never in the initial request confirmation.

Can I add a showing myself?

Yes. Anything you enter from the dashboard runs the same confirmation, calendar invite, and feedback flow as a request that came in through the link.

What happens when the home goes under contract?

Mark the listing pending. The public link stays live so signs and QR codes do not dead-end, but the booking form is replaced with your contact card. You can still enter backup showings from the dashboard.

Set up your first listing in about two minutes.

Thirty days free on every plan. Nothing charged until day 30, and no contract after it.

Solo plans start at $9.99 a month. No contracts. Cancel anytime.