"With more appraisers using WinTOTAL than any other form filling vendor, and with so many other great products available to help appraisers do their job, the next logical evolution in WinTOTAL is moving to an open platform." according to the a la mode web site. "Appraisers want more integration, and more freedom of choice in what products they can use together. And more vendors want the chance to integrate with WinTOTAL than ever before. That's where VIP comes in."
VIP, Vendor Integration Platform, provides exciting new revenue opportunities for vendors. Vendors can now integrate their products into WinTOTAL appraisal software, getting exposure to over half of all U.S. appraisers. And conversely, appraisers will have more integrated choices than ever before in the arsenal of tools available to them to do their job. It's a win for the vendor, and a win for the user.
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How Will It Work? On November 1st 2006, the a la mode Marketplace will be unveiled inside WinTOTAL's Appraisal Desktop. That's "home base" for appraisers as they work in WinTOTAL daily. In the Marketplace itself, every vendor will be showcased equally, ensuring their exposure to tens of thousands of appraisers. Additionally, they'll have their own section of the Marketplace that they can manage themselves via a la mode's VIP Management site. Vendors will have links to their site's product and purchase pages, as well as links to install their product and authorize it for use after purchase.
Dave Biggers, Chairman of a la mode said today in their newsletter: "We welcome any and all vendors, and indeed, multiple vendors are already busy integrating via VIP as we speak."
Think about some of the possibilities. For example:
- Some of you want direct integrations with MLS and county records vendors, nationally and on a single-county basis. VIP will let those vendors integrate their data into WinTOTAL as tightly as we could ourselves, with no hurdles at all.
- Or, right now, those of you who are required to use ACI’s Lighthouse product deal with daily formatting problems and retyping of data since it integrates via a “back door” using old file formats. VIP will allow ACI to import WinTOTAL’s complete appraisal file (with your permission of course), perfectly formatted and ready to transmit. Best of all, ACI will be just a couple of clicks away from getting started on the solution.
- The Vault is another good example. You’ll be able to choose where the Vault stores your files, using any of the common storage services.
- And of course, there’s the biggest area of requests for more choice: Sketching.
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