Benefits of Virtual Staging

When it comes to putting your home on the market, the power of social platforms is a very important tool in assisting with the sale of your home. With the current market and how many listings are being advertised every day, virtual staging is a convenient and affordable method of marketing your property and ensuring it stands out.

Helps your property stand out

There is an uprising number of young homebuyers who are deeply absorbed into the world of technology, which seems to be reflecting on most homebuyers now with 90% of searches for a property starting online. It is important to have your property stand out as soon as it hits them online platforms, so staging it well with virtual furniture, can be the reason potential buyers gravitate towards your company’s ad.

Virtual staging showcases a property’s full potential

Virtually staging a property can be especially useful if the property is vacant. It allows buyers to visualize the space of an otherwise empty room and can attract buyers who might otherwise pass over the empty listing. Most buyers find it difficult to picture themselves in a home that is advertised as empty so being able to add furniture and beautiful décor into a space can show buyers the potential of what the home can look like, if they were to purchase it.

Virtual staging software can remove and replace furniture if the property is currently tenanted, but it also has the ability to transform entire rooms if they are empty. This can be great for new builds, or homes with outdated interiors.

Unlimited design options

One of the best parts about virtual staging is you can style a home in many different ways, with hardly any limitations. When physically staging a home, it can come with certain setbacks, such as bringing large furniture pieces into a home with small hallways, or stagers not having the right furniture for the ideas the sale agent or seller was hoping to achieve. However, virtual software has an abundance of colour schemes, interior designs, and styles to suit a variety of tastes.

 Another great benefit of virtual staging, is being able to design and customize rooms with a potential audience in mind. It allows you to modify the furniture and décor to match the buyers you are wanting to target.

Most cost-effective than traditional staging

Property staging can be expensive. Not only do you have to pay for the staging itself, but it usually requires an initial consultation cost. According to openagent you can expect to pay between $150-$500 for an initial consultation and up to $1,500 for a basic staging service.

Virtual staging software such as box brownie provides us with “professional photo editing, virtual staging, floor plan redraws, and renders at unbeatable prices. Box brownie, however, starts its staging from as low as $2 offering image enhancements. Other features they offer are:
- $30 for Virtual staging of the home
- $5 for the day to dusk filter
- $10 for item removals
- $30 - $45 for floor plan redrawn

Fast turnaround time

Unlike traditional staging, which involves hours of prep time, and the labor spent placing the furniture in the property, virtual staging is a quick and easy online process with a typical turnaround time of 48 hours or less.  Sales agent should be able to complete the process in just a few hours which makes it an excellent option for sellers who want their property to be advertised fast and stress - free

Less contact

With the current pandemic we are experiencing worldwide, virtual staging is a great way of implementing social distancing and ensuring no germs are spreading over the listing.

Another great thing about virtual staging is not having to have contact with the property itself. It doesn’t require a large physical effort of moving a bunch of stuff in or out of a unit. It can often be risky dragging heavy furniture through the house in case it scratches the floor or walls.

Virtual Staging is a versatile, quick, and cheap alternative to making a new listing pop. No matter if the property you are listing is empty, cluttered, or outdated, virtual staging can be the perfect tool for presenting the property to its utmost potential.