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Compass listings sit at a higher visual register than the rest of the portal stack. The detail page is magazine-spread; the Collections share is one-tap; the Private Exclusive teaser has to seduce in a single hero. Edensign stages to that bar in about 15 seconds per photo — no studio scheduling, no per-listing styling vendor.
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Used by Compass agents publishing across NYC, LA, Miami, SF, Aspen, the Hamptons, and more
Independent service. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Compass, Inc.®
Why Compass.com is different
Compass over-indexes in top-tier markets — NYC, LA, Miami, SF, Aspen. Buyers in those markets read photos the way they read magazines: composition, light, register. Vacant rooms or mismatched styling don't just lose clicks — they signal 'wrong market for this brokerage'.
Compass agents can market Coming Soon and Private Exclusive listings inside the Compass network before they hit MLS. The teaser surface is a single hero photo — buyers either request more or move on. Staged heroes earn the inbound.
Compass Collections lets agents share a curated set of listings with a buyer client in a magazine-style folder. Inconsistent staging across the set — one editorial, one vacant — breaks the curated feel. Edensign keeps the whole Collection on the same register.
Workflow
Photographer-delivered finals, RAW, or HEIC. No size limit beyond the per-photo 20MB cap.
Pick an editorial style brief — Modern, Editorial, Warm Minimal — and apply it across the full set. Multi-view consistency holds the magazine feel through every angle.
Drop the staged JPGs into the Compass back-end. Add the MLS-required "Virtually Staged" caption per your local rules. Compass.com refreshes immediately; MLS-fed portals catch up within 4–24 hours.
Image specs
Compass doesn't publish a strict spec sheet, but the system optimizes around the editorial detail page. These are the constraints that bind when you publish through the Compass back-end.
Reflects the Compass back-end and Compass.com detail-page behavior as of 2026. Compass iterates on the consumer surface frequently — verify current behavior in the back-end before publishing.
Display slots
Compass isn't just a search feed — it's a four-surface ecosystem (Compass.com, Coming Soon, Collections, app). Your photo set has to land on each one without re-staging.
Magazine-spread layout: large editorial hero, mixed-aspect photo grid, neighborhood block, agent card. Buyers spend 90–180 seconds here on an active search.
Pre-MLS surface inside the Compass network. The teaser is one hero photo, the address, and a short pitch — buyers either request more or move on.
Curated listing folder shared between agent and buyer client. Each listing card uses the hero photo; the side-by-side comparison is the buying conversation.
The Compass app is where most active buyers browse on the move. Square thumb in the feed, swipeable hero on the detail page, magazine-grid in landscape.
Use cases
Six listing profiles where Compass's editorial photo bar makes staging non-optional.
Vacant in Aspen, the Hamptons, or BH reads worse than vacant in the suburbs — buyers expect editorial. Stage every key room before the listing hits Compass.com.
The Coming Soon surface is a single-photo bet. Stage the strongest hero before you push the teaser — buyers either request more or move on.
Empty NYC, SF, or Miami condos with strong views need staged interiors to ground the view — otherwise the buyer just sees a vacant box and a skyline.
Heavy upholstery and dated styling sink even premium listings on the Compass detail page. Replace with editorial-register staging — same angles, modern register.
The single highest-converting hero variant on the Compass detail page. Magazine-grade dusk exterior, no re-shoot needed.
Stage every listing in a buyer's Collection on the same editorial register. The folder feels curated, not assembled — the agent reads as the expert.
Pricing for Compass agents
Most Compass agents sit on Professional ($0.77/photo) — a full 50-photo Compass.com photo bar runs about $39, well under one hour of an editorial staging vendor's time.
Starter
$20 USD / mo
180 photos / year · billed annually
Great for real estate agents testing virtual staging.
Pro
$45 USD / mo
600 photos / year · billed annually
Designed for active realtors and photographers with consistent listings.
Premium
$117 USD / mo
1800 photos / year · billed annually
Tailored for brokerages and real estate teams with high-volume needs.
Yes. Compass accepts virtually staged photos as long as the listing complies with the host MLS's disclosure rules — typically a 'Virtually Staged' label in the photo caption or listing remarks. For Coming Soon and Private Exclusive listings inside the Compass network, the same disclosure convention applies. Edensign output itself is policy-neutral; the disclosure is your responsibility.
No — and the Compass detail page actually rewards visual polish. The Compass.com surface is editorial-grade by design, and clean, consistent staging lifts dwell time, Collections saves, and inbound on Coming Soon teasers. The downside risk is buyer trust if you don't disclose; the upside is meaningful engagement lift on the highest-value surface in residential real estate.
Yes. Compass Collections inherits the hero photo from the listing itself. When every listing in a Collection is staged on the same register, the folder reads as agent-curated rather than assembled from portals. That single signal often drives the conversation forward with the buyer.
Coming Soon and Private Exclusive teasers expose a single hero photo to the Compass network. Stage the strongest single image first — usually a day-to-dusk exterior or a single editorial interior — and use that as the teaser hero. The full set can be staged later for the wide-launch MLS push.
Compass doesn't publish a hard spec sheet, but the editorial detail page punishes low-res sources. Plan for ≥ 2,400 px on the long edge for the hero and ≥ 1,920 px for gallery photos. Edensign preserves your photographer's native resolution (typically 3000–6000 px wide), so you're always above the threshold.
Direct Compass back-end uploads typically reflect on Compass.com within 15–30 minutes. MLS-fed downstream portals (Zillow, Realtor.com, Redfin, Trulia, Homes.com) catch up within 4–24 hours. Edensign's 15-second render time means you can iterate on a Coming Soon hero in the same morning.
Yes — that's actually the strongest argument for Edensign on a Compass team. One account, one style brief library, individual agent logins, centralized billing. Every listing your team publishes to Compass.com lands on the same editorial register, which is the brand signal Compass listings sell on in the first place.
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