QUICK START: 2 steps to Internet Data Exchange
Step 1: Becoming an Internet Data Exchange Subscriber (IDXS)
Being an IDXS just means that you give all other IDXSs permission to display your active listings on their web sites according to the IDX Rules and Regulations.
In so doing, you obtain permission from all other IDXSs to display their active listings. You give permission and get permission in the same act. You don’t need to have a web site yourself.
You do not need to take any action to become an IDXS. When the program starts up all active CMLS Participants will automatically be signed up. If you are a new CMLS Participant joining after the beginning of the IDX program, you will also automatically be signed up. If you don’t want to participate, you must fill out the form, “Election not to participate in the Internet Data Exchange program,” attached at the back of the packet. If you do not fill out the form now, you can fill it out at any time later. Your data will stop appearing in the IDX Data the next business day.
Step 2 (Optional): Putting IDX Data on your web site
You don’t have to have a web site to be an IDXS. But to take maximum advantage of the program, you will want one. To put IDX Data on your web site, you have to take four steps:
Sign the CMLS’ “Agreement to Access the Internet Data Exchange Data Feed” contract.
Get a web site (click here for advice on how and where, if you don’t already have one).
Incorporate the IDX data into your web site. This is really the toughest part. Much of this document and the associated Technical Documentation are devoted to this part.
Comply with the IDX Rules and Regulations, the policy statements in this document and the associated Technical Documentation.
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