--- title: "Is Zillow Premier Agent worth it?" description: "Assess Zillow Premier Agent using your costs, retained commission, buyer or seller goals, and source records. 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Check costs, closings, and your website Zillow Premier Agent can be worth it when the business you retain from its connections covers the full cost of acquiring and serving those clients. Use your market quote, completed transactions, and follow-up capacity to make that decision. Keep your own website in the evaluation: define what it should explain after an introduction and how it should receive separate buyer or seller inquiries. Zillow describes Premier Agent connections delivered through live calls, scheduled tours, and nurtured contacts by email. Its advertising price varies by market, home values, expected connections, and other factors. Request a proposal for the area and program you would buy. [Zillow Premier Agent product and pricing description](https://www.zillow.com/premier-agent/). The decision method below is a recommendation. It supplies no expected lead count, closing rate, or return for your business. ## Establish which Zillow program the quote covers Zillow's advertising overview describes purchasing a share of voice in a ZIP code. Its FAQ explains that a shopper requesting agent contact or a tour through Zillow, Trulia, or StreetEasy in New York City can be connected with a Premier Agent advertiser. [Zillow advertising overview](https://www.zillow.com/pro/core-principles-of-premier-agent-advertising/), [Premier Agent FAQ](https://www.zillow.com/premier-agent/frequently-asked-questions/). Zillow Preferred has a different published payment model. Zillow describes it as an invite-only program with buyer and seller leads paid for at closing. Its FAQ calls Preferred the next evolution of Flex. [Zillow Preferred program and FAQ](https://www.zillow.com/preferred/). Write the exact program name at the top of your worksheet. Ask when charges become due, what triggers them, and which agreement controls. Keep a monthly advertising proposal separate from a pay-at-closing proposal. Obtain the applicable charges before comparing either with your website budget. ## Match the purchase to buyer or seller work Write the result you want before reviewing the quote. A buyer goal might be a conversation about representation in your service area. A seller goal might be a homeowner requesting a listing consultation. Premier Agent's published connection explanation centers on home shoppers asking about properties or tours. Treat that description as a reason to investigate buyer fit. It does not establish how many seller inquiries your specific purchase will supply. [Zillow's connection FAQ](https://www.zillow.com/premier-agent/frequently-asked-questions/). For a seller goal, ask the advisor to identify the seller product, original consumer request, delivered fields, and available reporting. Ask whether a homeowner's request concerns a home value or listing representation. Leave seller volume and intent unresolved until the proposal answers them. Give your website the same clear assignment. Prepare a buyer page explaining your representation process, or a seller page explaining the listing conversation you offer. Choose the path that matches your actual services. Name the person responsible for replying before adding another acquisition expense. ## Replace the calculator assumptions with your own records Zillow's My Ads guide defines estimated connections over the next six months. Its estimated six-month ROI uses average home value, an assumed 2.5% buyer-agent commission, and an assumed 4% lead conversion rate. Zillow says those assumptions can be changed in its calculator. [Zillow's My Ads metric definitions](https://www.zillow.com/pro/manage-your-advertising-on-zillow/). Those percentages describe the calculator. They do not establish your agreed compensation or your future closing rate. For your decision, use the compensation you retain under your actual agreements. Include your brokerage or team split, applicable transaction expenses, and the cost of serving the client. Build this worksheet from the written quote and your business records. Treat each missing value as unknown. | Input | Evidence to use | | --- | --- | | Advertising commitment | Quoted recurring charges, minimum term, setup charges, and required extras | | Follow-up expense | Staff expense, separately purchased tools, and a stated value for your own time | | Connections received | Dated records with a consistent definition of a delivered connection | | Conversations and appointments | Status records for the same group of connections | | Completed transactions | Closed business attributable to that group | | Contribution per closing | Retained compensation after splits and transaction-specific service costs | Use a consistent accounting boundary. If you subtract an expense from contribution per closing, avoid adding it to acquisition cost again. For a past group of connections, calculate: `Cost per closed client = acquisition cost assigned to that group / clients from that group who closed` `Contribution after acquisition = contribution from those closings - acquisition cost assigned to that group` For a planning threshold with a positive contribution per closing: `Break-even closings = acquisition commitment / expected contribution per closing` Round the break-even threshold up to a whole closing. Label expected contribution as an estimate. This formula assumes the chosen contribution applies to each closing. It does not predict whether those closings will occur. If no client has closed, record the expense and zero closings. Leave cost per closed client undefined. If expected contribution is unknown or nonpositive, resolve that input before using a break-even threshold. Keep open opportunities beside completed results. Name the observation period and the original connection dates. Avoid presenting unfinished business as earned commission or declaring it lost without checking its status. ## Check the commitment before deciding to try it Request written answers for the exact proposal. Use this checklist to resolve terms, rather than treating it as Zillow's standard contract. | Question | Answer to obtain | | --- | --- | | What am I buying? | Named program, ZIP codes, delivery method, and estimated connections | | What is the full commitment? | Initial term, recurring charges, required extras, and payment timing | | What happens if I change spend? | Effective date, remaining obligation, and effect on the purchased placement | | How do I leave? | Renewal terms, notice method, cancellation date, and remaining charges | | What happens to unusable records? | Duplicate or invalid-contact rules, claim deadline, and any remedy | | What can I retain? | Permitted contact exports, source history, reporting access, and use restrictions | Zillow's My Ads guide says an advertising-spend reduction during a billing cycle appears in the next monthly bill. Keep that published budget-change explanation separate from your agreement's termination provisions. Ask for the terms that apply to your purchase. [Zillow's advertising-change guidance](https://www.zillow.com/pro/manage-your-advertising-on-zillow/). Set a maximum commitment you can carry through the stated term. Assign follow-up coverage and a review date. If you lack prior results, describe the purchase as a test with uncertain outcomes. Do not fill that gap with a vendor forecast. ## Give your website a job after the Zillow introduction Zillow says it sends shoppers a link to an agent's profile when making a connection. Its profile guidance includes checking business details, contact information, and website links. [Zillow's profile guidance](https://www.zillow.com/pro/building-your-brand/). Inspect your profile's website destination. Open it on a phone and assess it against the service the person asked about. Request these checks in the website brief: - The page identifies you, your brokerage, and the markets you serve using approved facts. - The buyer or seller explanation matches your actual work. - Experience, credentials, and published examples have supporting evidence and permission. - The visitor can ask the next question without repeating unnecessary information. - A test inquiry reaches the agreed inbox or contact system with its message and relevant page context. For a buyer introduction, propose a page explaining representation and the next conversation. For a seller introduction, propose a page explaining your listing process and how to request a consultation. Avoid treating a profile visit as evidence that either inquiry occurred. Write the inquiry destination into the scope. Use a clearly labeled test with contact details you control. Inspect the received record and its reply route. Keep proof of receipt with the website handoff. - [Connect your real estate profiles to your own website](/articles/real-estate-portal-profiles) - [Own your real estate website: domain, hosting, editing, and leads](/articles/own-your-site) - [Test the seller inquiry path on your real estate website](/articles/seller-inquiry-path-agent-website) ## Separate the original source from the website's later role Use an attribution rule that preserves the first documented introduction. The following examples are recommended recordkeeping conventions. If Zillow introduces a buyer who later reads your website and submits a question, record Zillow as the original source. Record the website page as a later step. Count the person once under your defined contact rule. If a new seller finds your website independently and submits a consultation request, record the website inquiry and its known source evidence. Leave the earlier discovery source unknown when you cannot establish it. Maintain separate fields for original source, later website activity, buyer or seller request, assigned recipient, conversation, appointment, and closing. Require evidence before attributing a transaction to either source. Exclude your own form tests. When evaluating website work, inspect its assigned task: Did the intended page answer the question? Did the test inquiry arrive? When evaluating Zillow advertising, inspect the connection group and the business it produced. Keep those checks connected without merging their counts. ## Compare website work and advertising on their assigned results The Premier Agent comparison separates advertising commitments from website defects and independent inquiry records. Scope the chosen website repair at [whole website fix: Premier Agent repair decisions](/for/real-estate). Paid advertising is excluded under the whole website fix terms. [Whole website fix terms](https://scalewithsearch.com/work#whole-website-fix-heading). 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