News & Past Hot Tips

What’s Staying the Same:

After careful review, SCWMLS has chosen not to adopt NAR’s optional Delayed Marketing Exempt Listings policy. We remain confident that our current Delayed Listing policy best supports our members and serves the best interests of sellers.

What’s Changing:

• New Disclosure Requirement:
  A signed Seller Disclosure Form will now be required for both Delayed Listings and Firm Exclusive Listings (formerly called Office Exclusive).
  • Mandatory use begins September 1, 2025.
  • SCWMLS will not be using the WRA Limited Marketing (Form LM).
  • Click here to download the new disclosure form. You are encouraged to begin using the form immediately.
• Extension Timeline Update:
  Delayed Listings may remain in Delayed status for up to 45 days, with a one-time extension of an additional 45 days—for a total maximum of 90 days.

The reverse prospecting functionality has been updated in Paragon. Click the Contacts icon and choose Reverse Prospecting. Click on the line for a property so the line is highlighted green and click the Launch Report button. This will bring up a list of all the agents in Paragon who have a Contact where your listing is a match for their Collab Center search. You will also see whether that contact marked it as a Favorite, Possible, or Rejected.

You can email all of them by clicking the envelope icon at the top right, or you can choose to email specific agents by clicking on their names.

If you do not want to receive these emails from other agents about your listings it can be disabled in your preferences. NOTE – this will also disable the ability for you to reverse prospect on your own listings. In Paragon, click the Connect icon to go to Paragon Connect. Once there, click the 3 dashed lines menu at the top left and choose Settings. Click System, then Reverse Prospecting. Toggle the setting off and click SAVE at the top right.

7/25/25 – Paragon has resolved the image upload issues. Thank you for your patience.

This access allows a non-member, such as an agent from outside our MLS, or a contractor, one-time access to a single keybox.

To Grant Access from your eKey:

1. Tap My Keyboxes
2. Select the keybox from the list – If the keybox is not listed, tap Add Keybox, enter the Shackle Code for the keybox, and connect to the keybox. Click here for instructions on assigning a keybox to a listing if you are not at the keybox.
3. Select Grant Managed Access
4. Enter the cell number of the person needing access
5. Set the desired access date and time. Note: You can limit the duration of the showing per instruction, but the window granted here must be at least 2 hours.

More detailed information is available via the PDF Document below

Granting One-Time Access to Supra Keybox    –    PDF Doc

The person you have granted access to will receive a text message. If they ask you for assistance, please have them call the MLS office at 608-240-2800, option 3. If after hours please have them call Supra technical support at 877-699-6787.

We have received reports of users having problems using the Zipform app. The problem is with the app itself, and they are working on a fix. If you are experiencing problems, using the web version still works.

Beginning in 2017, SCWMLS started importing listings from the WIREX database into the SCWMLS database if they were located in areas commonly marketed by our members. This change was made to improve visibility and ease of access for everyone. Imported listings can be identified by a two-letter prefix on the MLS number, indicating the originating MLS.

Please note that, as these listings originate from outside SCWMLS, any questions or concerns regarding their data, photos, or documents should be directed to the source MLS. For a list of MLS contacts, click here.

While we are aware that the WRA has released information regarding Delayed Marketing Exempt Listings, along with a Limited Marketing form, please note that SCWMLS has not made any changes to our current policies or disclosure document requirements at this time.

The use of the WRA’s Limited Marketing form is not required by SCWMLS. Members should continue to follow all existing SCWMLS policies and procedures.

We will provide an official update to all Members by August 1, outlining how SCWMLS will proceed and specifying any forms that will be required moving forward.

Please ignore the popup saying that you owe money for MLS dues. There was a technical glitch that caused this to be sent to everyone by mistake. This should be resolved later today. Thank you for your understanding.

The mobile-friendly version of Paragon is called Paragon Connect. While there is a native app in the app/play store, we are not yet subscribed to it. We use the mobile website version. Just go to the regular Paragon login page on your phone’s browser – you will get a splash screen about Paragon Connect. Click the button “Launch Paragon Connect”. Once you are at the login page, you can add it to your home screen for quick access later.

But – Paragon Connect isn’t just for smartphones – you can use it on any device. Access it from Paragon desktop by clicking the Connect icon at the top right.

For videos and tutorials about using Paragon Connect click here.

Starting Monday there was an issue that caused the Internet/IDX option to be set to No when creating new listings and partials. This was resolved on Thursday afternoon. If you created a new listing or partial listing during that time please make sure the Internet/IDX field is set yo your preference.

The reverse prospecting functionality has been updated in Paragon. Click the Contacts icon and choose Reverse Prospecting. Click on the line for the property so the line is highlighted green and click the Launch Report button. This will bring up a list of all the agents in Paragon who have a Contact where your listing is a match for their Collab Center search. You will also see whether that contact marked it as a Favorite, Possible, or Rejected.

You can email all of them by clicking the envelope icon at the top right, or you can choose to email specific agents by clicking on their names.

If you do not want to receive these emails from other agents about your listings it can be disabled in your preferences. In Paragon, click the Connect icon to go to Paragon Connect. Once there, click the 3 dashed lines menu at the top left and choose Settings. Click System, then Reverse Prospecting. Toggle the setting off and click SAVE at the top right.

Friendly Reminder:

To avoid a $50 late fee, please make sure your SCWMLS dues are paid by June 15, 2025.

You can pay online using the link in the invoice you received, or feel free to call our office at 608-240-2800 and we’ll be happy to assist you.

Update 6/9 3:15pm – Some users are experiencing delays, bounce-backs, or non-delivery of emails sent to Yahoo and AOL domains.

Please note that emails to other major providers are unaffected and continue to be delivered as normal.

If clients have an alternate email address, we recommend using it to avoid disruptions.

Our Collab Center sites remain fully operational and are being regularly updated with new matches and listing changes.

We appreciate your patience as we work with these providers to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

Update 6/9 – we have continued to get reports of bounce backs over the weekend. Paragon systems is aware of the issue and are still working to resolve.

Over the last several days we have received intermittent reports of delayed or non-delivery to certain email providers. Primarily these reports have been to Yahoo, AOL or to a lesser degree Gmail related domains.

While the situation has improved for some providers, email domains related to Yahoo.com continue to be heavily impacted.

As a note, Collab Center sites are not impacted and sites continue to be updated with matches and listing changes.

Following this event our teams will be discussing with email providers ways in which this can be avoided in the future.

Thank you for your continued patience.

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