# Open houses

> Open one of your listings to other agents for a few hours, say what the introducing agency earns, and see who is coming.

An open house invites other agents to see one of your listings during a time window. You say what the introducing agency earns, agents say they are coming, and you see who is coming. Open houses are free for hosts and guests.

## Open a listing to agents

1. Start in either place:
   - In **My listings**, **Open houses**, press **New open house** and pick one of your listings. Your own agency's listings that you can host are listed; type a place, title or reference to find one.
   - On a listing, press **Open to agents**. In My listings it is also in the row's **...** menu.
2. Fill in the form:
   - **When**: the date, start, end and time zone.
   - **Offer**: the commission for the introducing agency and its terms, such as "Plus VAT, payable on invoice". Left empty, the listing's offer to collaborating agencies is used.
   - **Where**: the address agents are shown, and an optional map link.
   - **Invitation**: a headline, the invitation and up to 12 talking points.
   - **Contact**: the name and WhatsApp number agents confirm with.
   - **Who can find it**: **Listed for every agent** shows it to agencies on Fondaro; **Only people with the link** keeps it to the people you send it to.
3. Press **Publish**, or **Save draft** to finish later.

Your agency's admins and the listing's agent can open a listing to agents. Only your own Fondaro listings can host one, and only while they are on the market. The commission is fixed when you publish.

> **Tip:** You can also ask Ask Fondaro, for example "open FDR-1234 to agents next Tuesday 11 to 2". It prepares the open house as a card you can edit; nothing is published until you approve it.

## Share the invitation

Press **Copy invitation link** on the open house's row. The link opens a public page anyone can read without signing in, including agents who do not use Fondaro, with a button to confirm on WhatsApp. The street address appears only once an agent confirms their email, and the page is never listed by search engines.

## See who is coming

Open **My listings**, then **Open houses** in the sidebar. **New open house** is at the top right. Your open houses are listed under **Upcoming** and **Past**. A listing's own **Open houses** section shows just that listing's.

Press the going count on a row to see who is coming, agency by agency. Agents on Fondaro have **Message**; agents who confirmed by email have **Email**.

From a row you can also **Publish** a draft, **Edit** it, **Copy invitation link** or **Cancel open house**. Agents who said they are coming see that it is cancelled.

## Go to another agency's open house

Open houses reach you where you already look:

- **On the card**: a home with an open house ahead carries a flag such as "OPEN SAT 12:00".
- **In Search**: **Open house this week** in the filters shows homes with an open house in the next seven days.
- **In the Inbox**: the next open houses worth a look near your areas.
- **On a person**: their **Showing** list.

Open one to see the invitation, time, address, home and host, then press **Going**. Press it again to change your mind. **Message** writes to the host, and **WhatsApp** opens a message to their contact number. Use the **...** menu to report one that looks wrong.

## The small print

Every invitation carries the same footer: the host holds the listing; the commission and its VAT are paid by the host to the introducing agency on invoice; Fondaro passes the invitation on and is not a party to any sale; the price excludes the buyer's taxes and costs; and details may change.

Source: https://www.fondaro.com/docs/dashboard/properties/open-houses