With the rise of rental listing sites, creating competitive rental listings is a must. Renters scroll right past listings that blend in with the crowd. But sometimes writing the perfect rental listing isn’t enough to lock down applicants for your vacancies. In order to efficiently and effectively reach renters for your commercial properties, your listings must be posted on the best rental listing sites.
With so many commercial listing sites to choose from, it can be difficult to decide where to post your listings. Below, we review 8 of the best commercial listing sites, comparing their features and prices. Equipped with this information, you will be able to make the best marketing decision for your commercial real estate business.
LoopNet
LoopNet is one of the leading rental listing sites for commercial properties with over 500,000 listings available. The platform hosts commercial listings for office, industrial, multi-family, retail, agricultural, land, hotel/motel, and residential properties.
Additional services like email marketing campaigns, flyers and brochures, customizable company web pages, analytics, and more are available with LoopNet Pro Tools. Although their packages offer varying levels of exposure, all of LoopNet’s memberships provide further listing syndication on select CoStar network sites.
Price: LoopNet does not specify prices for their listing packages, but they offer 4 levels of membership. Silver is the least expensive and most limited package, and Diamond is the most expensive and advanced option.
CommercialCafe
CommercialCafe has over 180,000 listings available on their site, offering property managers considerable exposure. The platform welcomes all commercial real estate property types including office, industrial, and retail spaces for lease or for sale. They also have a category for coworking and shared spaces.
Because CommercialCafe is part of the Yardi network, using CommercialCafe grants users listing syndication with Yardi’s network of partner sites. For more information on listing syndication, check out our article on how to use listing syndication software.
Price: CommercialCafe is free to use, but the platform also offers paid advertisement opportunities.
Showcase
Like LoopNet, Showcase is in the CoStar network. In order to post listings on Showcase, users must go through the LoopNet platform, but they are provided the same listing syndication opportunities that are offered with LoopNet membership packages.
The platform offers renters advanced search filters, allowing users to browse commercial real estate properties by asset type with options to buy or lease. These filters make it easier for renters to find the exact property they’re searching for. Showcase supports asset types including office, coworking, warehouse, retail, apartment, land, and specialty properties.
Price: Showcase allows users to list properties for free, but they offer several advertising options to feature properties, create custom profiles, and more. Interested parties must contact the company for specific advertising rates.
Spacelist
Spacelist is a commercial real estate listing site based out of Canada, with over 20,000 properties across America. The site doesn’t offer the greatest visibility for American property management, but it does host listings for office, retail, industrial, land, medical, and multi-family properties. It also provides further features including leads and team management.
Price: Standard accounts on Spacelist are free and allow for unlimited listings. The Pro account costs $50 per month and grants advanced listing options, listing promotion, and enhanced search placement.
QuantumListing
QuantumListing houses nationwide listings. The site does not require membership for renters to view listings, so anyone searching can access your commercial listings. QuantumListing supports most commercial property types, including office, retail, industrial, multifamily, medical, and land properties. Additionally, the platform allows listings to be easily shared on social media, enhancing visibility for property managers.
Price: QuantumListing provides multiple subscription plans. The free option offers limited access to listing features. The Premium Plan costs $89.99 a year and offers all the same features as the Basic Plan plus unlimited listings, listing analytics, and more.
Brevitas
Brevitas has over 80,000 active listings on their site. They welcome business, development, hotel, industrial, land, mixed-use, office, retail, multi-family, and special purpose property types. In order to view available listings, users must sign up for memberships, which might limit exposure for listings. Nevertheless, the platform offers other attractive services such as email marketing features.
Price: Brevitas advertises multiple membership options, with a limited-access free option, all the way up to an Elite subscription costing $149 a month.
Craigslist
Craigslist houses listings for just about everything one might think of. It is one of the largest listing search engines, housing thousands of listings located in every major geographic region in the world. The Office & Commercial property section isn’t as trafficked as some of their other categories, but it still offers users considerable exposure for their listings.
Price: Craigslist allows users to post listings for free, but they are limited to 1 post every 48 hours in a given category.
Crexi
Crexi has more than 80,000 listings for commercial real estate properties in America. Their platform offers services to simplify transactions, with tools to manage the process from start to finish. Additionally, Crexi provides advanced lead tracking, dashboards, and reporting, as well as customizable email templates for marketing campaigns
Price: Crexi is free for basic membership. Pro listings, which are prioritized in search results, require additional fees.
The Best Rental Listing Site for Your Commercial Real Estate Business
We’ve now covered the important features of 8 of the best rental listing sites for commercial properties, but there are plenty more on the market. At the end of the day, choosing the best rental listing site for your commercial real estate business depends on the type of properties you manage, your budget, and the specific needs of your business. With an understanding of what your business needs, you should have no difficulty deciding on the best place to post your commercial rental listings.
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