Selling your home is one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make. You deserve to be in control, to choose how and when your home is marketed, based on your needs and your timeline.
We’ve designed this strategy in three phases.
A build-up of demand and excitement that positions your home for a successful launch on the MLS and 3rd party portal sites. You can choose to utilize the third phase at any time you’d like.
Not all home-selling methods keep your best interests in mind. The traditional approach can lead to accumulating days on market, public price reductions, and missed buyer opportunities from the start.
The Compass 3-Phased Marketing Strategy is a smarter, more flexible alternative tailored around your needs – so that we can help you sell for the best possible price and terms.
Only 3% of all buyer and seller transactions resulted from Zillow.com
1 12.2M represents both buy- and sell-side transactions for the estimated 6.1M home transactions in 2021 per National Association of REALTORS® | 2 Internal estimate derived from the annual number of home sales in 2021 per National Association of REALTORS® and Zillow Group internal data and estimates. | 3 Estimated from Zillow Group internal data. | 4 Please see the appendix slides for important information about this operating metric. 5 Represents the estimated % of buy-side transactions in 2021 that are Customer Transactions. Please see the appendix slides for the definition of “Customer Transactions.”
Traditional listing methods expose your home to negative metrics that can harm its sale price. With Compass, you get to choose how your home is marketed – protecting its full value from day one.
Accumulating days on market can diminish a home’s perceived value. The longer a home sits on the market, the more it can be seen as undesirable or overpriced, potentially reducing buyer interest and lowering the final sale price.
Third-party platforms can add their own assessments and data to a listing, which may not accurately reflect the true value or desirability of the property.
When a home’s price drops publicly, it can signal to buyers that something is wrong with the property, making them less willing to pay your list price.
Some public websites block buyers’ ability to reach out to the listing agent directly. These leads are sold to other agents who may be unfamiliar with your home and whose interests may not align with your selling goals.
By launching your property not once but three times, you can price it accurately, amplify its exposure, and attract strong offers.
LAUNCH AS COMPASS PRIVATE EXCLUSIVE
Start the home-selling process with time on your side. Unlike traditional brokerages that immediately launch your listing to the public — exposing it to negative metrics that impact its value like days on market and price drop history — Compass gives you a strategic head start. We showcase your home to our network of top agents and their serious buyers, allowing us to gather honest feedback on pricing with time to make adjustments before going public.
LAUNCH AS A COMPASS COMING SOON
Publicly launch your property as a Compass Coming Soon exclusively on Compass.com. This allows you to build buyer anticipation and interest, while staying protected from days on market and price drop history. I’ll share key engagement insights on your listing, and all inquiries will come directly to me — rather than other agents who may prioritize their own listings.
LAUNCH ON ALL PUBLIC WEBSITES
Backed by a validated pricing strategy and early buyer demand, your home is positioned for an efficient, lucrative sale — delivering the best possible outcome when it goes live on all public websites.
*Findings are descriptive statistics and measure the percentage of Compass Coming Soon residential listings that sold during the period January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024. Compass Coming Soon listings that sold off the MLS are identified as having a close date in 2024, were pre-marketed as a Compass Coming Soon, and were on the MLS for less than one day. Source: Compass data. Compass utilizes a Compass Private Exclusive listing and/or Compass Coming Soon listing at the direction of the seller. Compass makes no warranty, representation or guarantee as to the accuracy of these results or any actual outcome of using the Three Phase Marketing Program. Results may vary. Correlation does not necessarily equal causation.
Our research shows that Compass-sold homes that are pre-marketed before going active on the MLS, on average, are associated with these results:
Partnering with me gives you access to Compass One — our integrated dashboard where we collaborate through each phase of the listing strategy, monitor the market and engagement insights, and stay on top of the transaction. With all the moving parts in one place, you can minimize the stress of the selling process, giving you confidence and clarity at every turn.
Findings from the internal analysis were based on a hedonic regression analysis that examined Compass residential closed sell-side transactions from January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024, nationally and for all residential property types (single family, co-op, condo, townhouse, and condop). For 2024, Compass pre-marketed listings are associated with an average 2.9% increase in the final close price versus Compass listings that went directly to the MLS. The estimated effect has a 95% confidence interval ranging from 1.9% and 3.9%. This finding may vary depending on market conditions and seasonality. The results provided are based on current data and methodologies, and should not be interpreted as definitive predictions of future outcomes. Compass utilizes a Compass Private Exclusive listing and/or Compass Coming Soon listing at the direction of the seller. Compass makes no warranty, representation or guarantee as to the accuracy of these results or any actual outcome of using the Three Phase Marketing Program. Results may vary. Correlation does not necessarily equal causation.
Thank you for considering Compass to guide you through your home sale. At Compass, we’ve built the #1 real estate brokerage by sales volume in the United States and within 10-years of launching our first sale on Compass.com, our agents have achieved over $1 trillion in sales volume. We’ve accomplished this by helping homeowners like you protect and maximize the value of your most important asset – your home.
Compass has developed a 3-Phased Marketing Strategy, drawing on best practices from real estate developers, professional home builders, and luxury marketers to create demand, build momentum, and ensure your home is best-positioned for success.
This phased marketing strategy can be far more effective than a single public launch. In the same way that Hollywood launches multiple trailers to build anticipation for a movie premiere, the Compass 3-Phased Marketing Strategy allows your agent to launch your listing multiple times, building similar excitement and demand.
Your Compass agent will guide you through every step of the strategy to help you choose what works best for your home and help ensure it receives the attention, interest, and the offers it deserves.
Thank you,
Robert Reffkin
Founder & CEO
Unlike traditional brokerages that immediately launch your listing to the public — exposing it to negative metrics like days on market and price drop history — Compass gives you a strategic head start. We showcase your home to a private audience first, allowing us to gather honest feedback on pricing with time to make adjustments before going public.
Publicly launch your property as a Compass Coming Soon exclusively on Compass.com. This allows you to build buyer anticipation and interest, while staying protected from days on market and price drop history.
Go live on all public websites with the right price and maximum demand gained by pre-marketing.
Compass research shows that listings pre-marketed as a Compass Private Exclusive and/or Compass Coming Soon before going active on the MLS are associated with these results:
*Findings are descriptive statistics and compare the average of Compass residential listings that went active on a MLS and were pre-marketed as a Compass Private Exclusive and/or Compass Coming Sooner vs. the average of Compass residential listings that went active on a MLS but were not pre-marketed as a Compass Private Exclusive and/or Compass Coming Soon from January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024. Price drop history is included for geographies where price drop history is available from MLS. Source: Compass data. **Findings are descriptive statistics and compare the average of Compass residential listings that went active on a MLS and were pre-marketed as a Compass Private Exclusive and/or Compass Coming Sooner vs. the average of Compass residential listings that went active on a MLS but were not pre-marketed as a Compass Private Exclusive and/or Compass Coming Soon from January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024. Price drop history is included for geographies where price drop history is available from MLS. Source: Compass data. ***Findings from the internal analysis were based on a hedonic regression analysis that examined Compass residential closed sell- side transactions from January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024, nationally and for all residential property types (single family, co-op, condo, townhouse, and condop). For 2024, Compass pre-marketed listings are associated with an average 2.9% increase in the final close price versus Compass listings that went directly to the MLS. The estimated effect has a 95% confidence interval ranging from 1.9% and 3.9%. This finding may vary depending on market conditions and seasonality. The results provided are based on current data and methodologies, and should not be interpreted as definitive predictions of future outcomes.
Compass Private Exclusives
Start the home-selling process with time on your side.
Showcase your home to our network of top agents and their serious buyers, gathering honest feedback on pricing, with time to make adjustments before going public.
Pre-market your home to interested buyers before investing time or effort into preparing it for the public market.
Build anticipation and interest for your home without the risk of accumulating days on market or public price drops that impact its value.
Have a clear understanding of how buyers are engaging with your listing – insights available only before it goes live on other websites. We can use this data to refine your pricing and positioning for a stronger public launch.
You may secure a competitive offer from a buyer willing to pay a premium for certainty and a less competitive process.
Your privacy is valuable. Photos and floorplans of your home are only visible to Compass agents and their serious clients.
Publicly launch your property on Compass.com, showcasing it to all agents and consumers without risking days on market or damaging price drop history.
When you work with a Compass agent, Coming Soon is your second launch opportunity, designed to maximize demand and fine-tune your strategy to secure the best results for your home sale.
Coming Soon listings on Compass.com are more likely to appear at the top of Google search results and are the first homes consumers see on our website, which receives more traffic than other top brokerages.
Compass Coming Soon lets you launch your home on our site with differentiated marketing campaigns tailored to build buyer interest. When your home is ready to go live on other sites, you’ll have the chance to launch your listing again, attracting even more attention.
Get data-backed insights on how agents and their buyers are viewing, commenting, and sharing your listing on Compass.com so that you can refine your pricing and positioning strategy.
Talk to me about listing your home as a Compass Coming Soon.
Build demand with a private audience without accumulating days on market & price drop history.
Broaden reach on Compass.com without accumulating days on market & price drop history.
Launch your listing to the widest audience – now you will accrue days on market & price drop history.
*For every Compass listing that implements 3-Phased Marketing, Compass will run a Facebook & Instagram ad to build interest for your property. This will also provide more insights into your strategy before going live in the MLS.