New Tool Simplifies Photo Uploads for Real Estate Professionals

""MRIS"":http://www.mris.com, a real estate data company based in Maryland, recently unveiled an enhancement to the MLS system with a tool to simplify photo uploading for real estate professionals.
[IMAGE] Dubbed Media Connect, the company says its technology supports agent listings with 80 percent faster upload times.

""Uploading photos was a daunting task to our customers,"" said Tim Campbell, Keystone product manager at MRIS.

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""We listened to their requests to completely overhaul the system. Now, Media Connect makes photo upload seamless.""

Campbell added, ""From 30 photo uploads in under four minutes to compatibility with Macs and PCs using browsers that support Adobe Flash, Media Connect is another example of MRIS delivering real estate in real time.""

The MRIS system currently hosts more than 70,000 active real estate listings with over 1 million new photos added so far in 2011, which translates to an average daily sales volume of $97 million.

MRIS said its new tool also allows customers to upload photos prior to receiving an MLS number, prioritize photos using a drag-and-drop feature, provide photo captions, and create picture-to-picture comparisons of listings.

""We understand how fast our customers are moving these days,"" said John L. Heithaus, MRIS chief marketing officer. ""This upgrade makes promoting their listings faster, simpler, and more effective, so they can focus on what's most important - selling homes.""