Twenty-two questions
Answers, including the ones about what we don’t do.
What the fee is and when it is owed, how buyer's agents work when there is no commission to split, what happens between listing and closing, and where a technology platform stops.
To list
Free
No listing fee, no monthly fee, and no marketing fee.
Platform technology fee
$500 – $11,000
Plus GST. Set by your list price, not your sale price. See the schedule →
Payable
On completion
If your sale doesn’t complete, you owe nothing.
01 · Cost and the fee
One amount, known before you list.
Your fee is set from your list price before your listing publishes, so you know the exact number going in.
What does it cost to sell on RealEasy?
Listing is free. When your sale completes, you pay a flat platform technology fee determined by your list price — between $500 and $11,000, plus GST. The full schedule is published on our pricing page.
Is it really flat, or does it scale with my sale price?
Flat. Your fee is the schedule amount for your list price when an offer is accepted. It follows your list price, never your sale price — sell above asking, win a bidding war, and it doesn't move. Nothing is payable unless your sale completes.
What if my home doesn't sell?
You owe nothing. The fee arises only on a completed sale. It applies only to a sale to a buyer whose offer you accepted through RealEasy — sell to anyone else, by any means, and nothing is owed.
Are there any other fees?
From us, no. There's no listing fee, no monthly fee, no admin fee, and no marketing fee. GST applies to the platform fee. You'll have your own third-party costs — a lawyer, and whatever else you choose to spend on your sale.
How do I pay it?
It becomes a debt when your sale completes, and it's due within five business days after that. It is not a claim on your sale proceeds — RealEasy has no interest in, and no charge against, the money from your sale.
You can direct your lawyer to pay it on your behalf. That's a convenience for handling the payment; the debt is yours until it is paid. You can also pay it yourself. Either way, no money flows through RealEasy — we have no payment processor.
Why isn't it a percentage?
Because a percentage prices your home's value, not the service. The work involved in a $400,000 sale and a $900,000 sale is close to identical. A flat fee also means you know your exact cost before you list, rather than at the end.
02 · Buyer's agents
No commission on your side, and no split out of it.
This is the part of a private sale worth understanding before you list. It is a trade, and it is the trade that takes the commission out of your sale.
Do I have to pay a buyer's agent?
No. If a buyer chooses to be represented, that's their arrangement with their own agent and they pay for it. Your sale doesn't fund a buyer-side commission, and there's no co-operating brokerage split out of your proceeds.
Can a buyer bring their own agent?
Yes. They just can't send you the bill. We tell buyers this plainly, before they make an offer, so it doesn't surface late in a negotiation.
Will agents bring buyers to my property?
Some won't, because there's no commission on your side funding them. Most buyers who find your listing are searching for themselves — through RealEasy, through search, and through your yard sign. A sign remains one of the strongest sources of local buyers for a private sale, and we provide one.
Will my home be on MLS® or Realtor.ca?
No. Listing on the MLS® System and Realtor.ca requires a licensed member brokerage, and RealEasy is a technology platform, not a brokerage. Your listing is published on RealEasy, where buyers find it through the site, through search, and through the yard sign we provide.
03 · The process
Listing, offers, showings, and the deposit.
The whole sequence is on the how it works page. These are the questions it raises most often.
How long does it take to list?
About ten minutes to submit. It publishes once it passes our quality review.
How do offers work?
Buyers submit offers on RealEasy's structured offer form, assembled from the terms they enter. You see every offer in one place, and every term of each. You can counter any term, and every round is preserved in order.
What is a Clean Final Offer?
Both sides agree on every term — price, dates, conditions, inclusions — before anyone signs. Conventionally, people sign and then work conditions out backward. This way, what gets signed is already settled.
Do I have to do my own showings?
Yes. You publish your availability, buyers book, and you host. Nobody from RealEasy attends or hosts showings.
What happens with the deposit?
Under the purchase agreement generated on RealEasy, the deposit is held in the buyer's lawyer's trust account. It never comes to RealEasy — we have no trust account and no payment processor.
04 · What RealEasy doesn't do
The decisions stay yours, because they have to.
RealEasy is a technology platform, not a brokerage and not a law firm. Here is exactly where we stop.
Can you tell me what to list my home for?
No. You set your own price. We don't generate a number for you and we don't suggest one — your home, your call.
Can you tell me whether an offer is good?
No. We'll show you every term of every offer, clearly, in one place. Whether it's a good offer is your call, or one for a professional you hire.
Do you provide legal help?
No. We're a technology platform, not a law firm, and we don't refer you to one. Consult a qualified Alberta real estate lawyer — the Law Society of Alberta maintains a public directory.
Are you a brokerage?
No. RealEasy is a technology platform, not a real estate brokerage, and we are not licensed under the Real Estate Act. We provide the website, the form, and the tools. You sell your own property and make your own decisions.
05 · Trust and the record
Everything agreed is written down as it happens.
A private sale is taken seriously when the process around it is structured. That is most of what this platform is.
Do buyers take private sales seriously?
Every buyer on the platform is identity-verified before they can submit an offer, offers come through on a structured form where every term is explicit, and every round of negotiation is permanently recorded. Buyers see a structured process, not a handshake.
What if there's a dispute about what was agreed?
You have the record. Every offer, counter, and revision is written to an append-only history enforced by the database itself. Every round and its outcome lands on a hash-chained ledger that is anchored outside the database every day, and each stage's terms are captured in a write-once snapshot with a cryptographic hash. Alter the ledger after the fact and the anchor shows it.
How long do you keep my records?
A minimum of seven years, and in practice indefinitely for legally significant records.
Didn’t find your question?
Ask us directly. We’ll answer what we can — and tell you plainly when the answer is one for your own lawyer.
Know the cost before you list. Then list.
Free to publish, about ten minutes to submit, and nothing owed unless your sale completes.