Real estate photo editing pricing guide
Real estate photo editing on Better Listing Media is priced in credits, and a credit is always $0.10. An HDR photo is 6 credits: $0.60 at list, and $0.51 on Tier VI, where the plan’s bonus credits lower the price per credit. A 25-photo listing uses 150 credits.
Prices in effect from . Every figure on this page is read from the price list, not typed.
What one photo or one room costs
Every Service costs the same credits on every plan and pack. The bonus credits on larger packs and on editing plans are the only discount.
| Service | Credits | At list | On the top plan | Its own page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDR Merge | 6 a photo | $0.60 | $0.51 on Tier VI | Cost per photo |
| Virtual Twilight | 20 a photo | $2.00 | $1.69 on Tier VI | Cost per photo |
| Virtual Staging | 20 a room | $2.00 | $1.69 on Tier VI | Cost per room |
What a 25-photo listing costs
25 HDR photos are 150 credits. With 2 virtual twilights and 3 staged rooms the listing is 250 credits. The table prices both on each pack and each editing plan.
| Way to pay | Price | Credits | 25 HDR photos | With twilights and staging | Listings covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25 pack | No subscription | 250 | $15.00 | $25.00 | 1 |
| $50 pack | No subscription | 500 | $15.00 | $25.00 | 3 |
| $100 pack | No subscription | 1,020+2% | $14.71 | $24.51 | 6 |
| $250 pack | No subscription | 2,625+5% | $14.29 | $23.81 | 17 |
| $500 pack | No subscription | 5,400+8% | $13.89 | $23.15 | 36 |
| Tier I | $49 a month | 515+5% | $14.28 | $23.79 | 3 |
| Tier II | $99 a month | 1,059+7% | $14.03 | $23.38 | 7 |
| Tier III | $199 a month | 2,189+10% | $13.64 | $22.73 | 14 |
| Tier IV | $399 a month | 4,509+13% | $13.28 | $22.13 | 30 |
| Tier V | $799 a month | 9,268+16% | $12.94 | $21.56 | 61 |
| Tier VI | $1,499 a month | 17,838+19% | $12.61 | $21.01 | 118 |
A pack row shows the listing at that pack’s price per credit; a plan row shows it at the plan’s, and how many such listings the month’s credits cover. Costs are rounded up to the cent.
Credit packs or an editing plan
The price of 100 credits says which costs less. A plan is always cheaper per credit than the pack beside it.
| Pack | Bonus | 100 credits |
|---|---|---|
| $25 pack | none | $10.00 |
| $50 pack | none | $10.00 |
| $100 pack | +2% | $9.81 |
| $250 pack | +5% | $9.53 |
| $500 pack | +8% | $9.26 |
| Plan | Bonus | 100 credits |
|---|---|---|
| Tier I | +5% | $9.52 |
| Tier II | +7% | $9.35 |
| Tier III | +10% | $9.10 |
| Tier IV | +13% | $8.85 |
| Tier V | +16% | $8.63 |
| Tier VI | +19% | $8.41 |
Buy a pack when the work is occasional. You pay only for the credits you use, and pack credits never expire. The best pack rate is the $500 pack, at $9.26 per 100 credits.
Buy a plan when you edit every month. A plan’s credits cost less than any pack smaller than $500, and from Tier III up they cost less than the largest pack too. Unused plan credits roll over, up to 2 times the monthly grant, so a quiet month is not lost. Anyone can add a pack on top of a plan.
When Workspace pays for itself
Credits pay for editing; Workspace is optional. Without it, a booking taken on your storefront carries a 2.25% fee. With any Workspace tier the fee is 0%, so the tier pays for itself at this much in bookings a month.
| Workspace | A month | Pays for itself from | Seats | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workspace Lite | $19 | $845 of bookings a month | 1 | 50 GB |
| Workspace Pro | $49 | $2,178 of bookings a month | 5 | 250 GB |
The fee is the arithmetic, not the reason: Workspace also runs the calendar, clients, invoices and branded delivery. The Studio in your browser is free; the desktop Studio is sold on its own or paired with Workspace at a bundle price on Pricing.
Switching to Better Listing Media
If you pay another editor per image or by the month, the only new idea here is the credit. One balance pays for every Service; a credit is $0.10 on every plan and pack, and the price per photo is the same whether you order one listing or forty. What changes with volume is the bonus credits you receive when you buy more at once.
- Start with a pack. The smallest, $25, covers 1 listing of 25 HDR photos, and pack credits never expire, so a trial order carries no clock.
- Upload the brackets you already shoot. HDR Merge groups them by EXIF data and includes the clean-up that is often sold as separate items elsewhere.
- Every order shows its cost in credits before it runs, so the invoice is never a surprise.
- Move to an editing plan once a month of work reaches a tier’s credits; the table above shows where that is. Change or cancel monthly; your credits stay.
- Keep your own storefront, calendar and delivery where they are, or add Workspace when its 0% booking fee covers its price.
- How much does real estate photo editing cost per photo?
- On Better Listing Media an HDR photo edit is 6 credits. A credit is always $0.10, so that is $0.60 a photo at list, and $0.51 a photo on Tier VI, where the plan's bonus credits bring the price per credit down.
- What does editing a 25-photo listing cost?
- 25 HDR photos use 150 credits: $15.00 from a $25 pack, and $12.61 to $14.28 on an editing plan, depending on the tier. Add 2 twilights and 3 staged rooms and the listing uses 250 credits.
- How much are virtual twilight and virtual staging?
- Virtual Twilight is 20 credits a photo ($2.00 at list, $1.69 on Tier VI). Virtual Staging is 20 credits a room ($2.00 at list, $1.69 on Tier VI). Multi-perspective staging is 25 credits for the first two angles of a room and 10 for each angle after.
- Is a credit pack or an editing plan cheaper?
- A plan is cheaper per credit than the pack beside it, and every plan beats the smaller packs at face. From Tier III up, a plan's 100 credits also cost less than the largest pack's. A plan pays off when you use its credits each month; unused plan credits roll over up to 2 times the monthly grant. For occasional work, buy a pack: you pay only for the credits you use and they never expire.
- Do credits expire?
- Pack credits never expire. Plan credits roll over month to month, up to 2 times the monthly grant, and credits already in your balance stay if a plan ends.
- When does Workspace pay for itself?
- Without Workspace, a booking through your free Find a Photographer profile carries a 2.25% fee. With any Workspace tier the fee is 0%, so Workspace Lite at $19 a month pays for itself from about $845 of bookings a month, before counting the calendar, invoices and galleries it runs.
Every pack, plan and the software is on Pricing. The cost of hdr photo editing, virtual twilight and virtual staging, each on its own page; how each Service works on HDR Merge, Virtual Twilight, Virtual Staging and Multi-Perspective Staging.
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