Openy vs paper sign-in sheets
The clipboard is free and familiar. It also costs agents hours every week, and it quietly loses buyers. Here is how the two compare.
| Openy | Paper sheet | |
|---|---|---|
| Legible details | Typed by the buyer, every time | Often hard to read |
| Time to sign in | About 15 seconds on their own phone | Queue at the clipboard |
| Getting details into your CRM | Automatic, or one CSV export | Typed in by hand |
| Returning buyers | Recognised automatically | Easy to miss |
| Buyer feedback | 30 second form sent by text | Phone calls, one by one |
| Contract requests | Flagged until sent | Relies on memory |
| Future seller leads | Flagged at sign-in | Rarely captured |
| Vendor updates | Live report, always up to date | Written up by hand |
| Privacy | Details only visible to your agency | Every visitor can read the sheet |
| Cost | From $49 a month, free 14-day trial | Paper and pens |
The hidden cost of paper
Paper looks free, but the real cost comes after the open home: deciphering handwriting, typing details into your CRM, calling every buyer for feedback and writing up the vendor update. Across a few open homes a week, that is hours of admin that could be spent with buyers and vendors. Try the time saved calculator with your own numbers.
The buyers you lose
An unreadable phone number is a buyer you cannot follow up. A buyer who asked for the contract, but whose request got lost on the back of a sheet, may buy elsewhere. Digital sign-in removes both problems.
Privacy at the front door
A sign-in sheet on a table shows every visitor's name and number to the next group through. With QR sign-in, each buyer only sees their own details, and only your agency can see the list.
Switching takes one open home
Create your listing in Openy, print the QR code and put it at the door. Buyers scan it with their phone camera, so there is no app to download. Prefer a tablet? Use iPad kiosk mode instead.