Virtual staging guide
Virtual staging vs real staging: cost, time and when each wins
Physical staging puts real furniture in the property; virtual staging adds furniture to the photographs. They solve different problems, and the honest answer is that each wins in different situations.
What physical staging gives you
- Buyers walk into a furnished room at the viewing, not only in the photos.
- Scale and flow are real: nobody is surprised by the room size in person.
- It costs furniture rental, delivery, setup and removal, usually committed for weeks or months; get a quote from a local stager because prices vary widely by market and property size.
What virtual staging gives you
- Furnished photos for every room within minutes or days, at a per-image price, with nothing to move or insure.
- Several styles of the same room can be tested on the listing before choosing one.
- The viewing still shows an empty room, so the listing should say the images are virtually staged.
How to decide
- Vacant property, online-first marketing, tight budget: virtual staging.
- High-value property where the viewing itself has to sell: consider physical staging for the main rooms.
- A common mix: physically stage the living room, virtually stage the bedrooms and secondary rooms.
- With Virtual Stage Now a full listing of 5 to 8 rooms fits in the 15-image pack for $39.
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Staging keeps the walls, windows and camera angle of your photograph; only the furnishing is added. Upload the room and the frame comes back at the resolution you sent.