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Are you trying to find the best virtual staging service on the market? This post covers an in-depth PhotoUp virtual staging review, where I’ve looked into their sign-up and ordering process, furniture library, virtual staging quality, revisions, and support.
PhotoUp has emerged as one of the most exciting and cutting-edge virtual staging providers of the last few years. The company has made great strides in streamlining its services with a user-friendly website and excellent service that brings it all together beautifully.
So, I’m looking forward to testing out their services and seeing how they’ll perform.
But first, let’s take a look at a few essential stats for this PhotoUp virtual staging review:
| Overall Rating |
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| 4.8 | |
| Provider | PhotoUp |
| Current Ranking | 1st of 25 |
| Best For | best overall |
| Cost per Image | $20.00 per image |
| Turnaround Time | 12-48 hours |
Furniture
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| Online Library | yes |
| Design Styles | 9 design styles |
| Room Types | 12 or more room types |
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Pricing
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| Cost per Image | $20.00 per image |
| Cost of Revision | free revisions |
| Volume Discount | yes |
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Ordering
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| Turnaround Time | 12-48 hours |
| Weekend Service | yes |
| Interface | good & easy to learn |
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Quality
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| Realism | very realistic |
| Placement | natural |
| Set Design | amazing |
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Support
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| yes | |
| Chat | yes |
| USA Phone | yes |
| Response Time | 5 minutes |
| Website | photoup.net |
| Other Services |
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PhotoUp
4.8
- Ranked 1st of 25
- best for: best overall
- $20.00 per image per Image
- 12-48 hours turnaround time
Furniture
- Online Library
- 9 design styles
- 12 or more room types
Pricing
- $20.00 per image
- free revisions
- volume discount: yes
Ordering
- 12-48 hours turnaround time
- Weekend Service
- interface: good & easy to learn
Quality
- realism: very realistic
- placement: natural
- set design: amazing
Support
- FAQ
- Chat
- Chat
- USA Phone
- response time: 5 minutes
- photoup.net
Other Services
- photo editing
- virtual staging
- video editing
- single property websites
- house portraits
- virtual assistants
- custom websites
- virtual tours
Fast & Affordable
Virtual Staging Service
Interiors. Landscapes. Commercial. Virtually transform any space.
PhotoUp Virtual Staging Overview
To begin, PhotoUp is a fast-growing online real estate marketing company. It’s a global company with headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a dedicated workforce in the Philippines, and team members all over the world.
The company started with a focus on building websites for photographers, before offering photo editing tools and virtual staging services.
Today, PhotoUp is a full-service online real estate marketing business that offers something for everyone – from realtors to agencies to photographers and everyone else in the real estate industry.
In addition, they also offer virtual assistants to busy real estate professionals who don’t have time for all the backroom work required in real estate.
Virtual Staging Examples
For the PhotoUp virtual staging review, I choose to stage images of a living room, dining/kitchen, and master bedroom in a Modern Contemporary style.
Some of the angels of the rooms are a bit tricky, so I’m curious to see what the team will do with them.
Besides, I didn’t leave comprehensive instructions, so it’s a blank slate for the PhotoUp designers to work on.
Living Room:
The first thing I noticed was that they had put up drapes in the window, which I appreciated. To me, that’s always a good sign.
Also, many of the other services I’ve reviewed left the left side of the photograph bare, so to see a welcome mat and a plant by the door was great!
Overall, the furniture was lovely.
Although they look a bit smaller than the furniture in prior reviewed virtual staging services, the proportions look great.
However, I wasn’t too happy with the choice of image over the fireplace, so I asked the team to change that for me.
Requesting a revision was easy, which I’ll cover more about later on.
On a side note, I didn’t see the “Submit Revision” button on the right until a few hours later and was left wondering if they saw my note or not?
Clearly, they hadn’t…. So, maybe that submit revision button could be better signposted? Needless to say, I’ll only make that mistake once.
Kitchen/Dining Room:
The blending of kitchen and dining room elements from the catalog worked well.
It was good to see a fridge in the shot and some items on the countertop too.
Overall, the furniture is clean and simple, and well-spaced out. The woods all match nicely too.
The only thing I would suggest would be to include a photograph or wall art at the end of the passageway.
Master Bedroom:
The bedroom was my favorite room of the three. I think PhotoUp did a great job here.
I love the trio of pictures above the bed, the cool lamps, and the interesting ottoman. And the choice of furniture is excellent too.
All in all, this was top-notch virtual staging!
Ordering From PhotoUp
1. Sign-Up Process
Signing up to PhotoUp begins with a nice clear “Sign Up” button displayed on the home page, and clicking it starts the signup process.
In the first step, you get to fill in your email and create a password.
And on the next page, you type in your personal details.
Once you’ve filled in your account information, you need to verify your email using a six-digit code that’s sent to your email.
Next, you’re asked to answer a few questions so that PhotoUp can get to know you and your real estate marketing needs better.
It’s good to see that the security is tight and it all worked smoothly. I was done in less than 2 minutes.
In the following step, the team wants to get to know which parts of the site you are most interested in, how many properties you work with during your busy season, and where you’d like to start.
And that’s it!
After that, the sign-up process is finished, and you’re redirected to your dashboard to start working on your real estate marketing images.
2. Uploading Images
There’s an introduction video on how to upload your images if you want to watch it. Or you can just move on and figure it out yourself.
And on the “New Order” page, you upload your photographs and set the parameters of what you want, in terms of size, type, watermark, or note, etc.
3. Selecting Furniture
When selecting one of your images, you’ll see three drop-down menus where you can make selections that best suit your room.
The process is simple, fast, and responsive.
If you don’t find what you’re looking for in the drop-down menus, you can also select from the catalog by clicking “View Catalog” in the top right corner.
To summarize, what I liked the most with the uploading process were:
- Having a clear view of the rooms I selected above the furniture library was super helpful.
- The responsiveness of the drop-down menus that gradually whittled down the selections were pleasing.
- I loved how you could look at the furniture sets and imagine them in the room.
- Also, I appreciated how the color changed and the word ‘Ready’ appeared when you were done with a thumbnail of the furniture set.
Overall, it all felt classy, user-friendly, stylish, and fast….
On a side note, it took me a while to figure out how to add two furniture sets to the kitchen and dining room. But it was fun, and I figured it out in the end.
4. Choosing Plan
When you’ve made all the choices required, you click the “Submit Order” button which opens up a page where you decide what kind of payment plan you require.
Here you can choose between three plans depending on how many images you want to stage: Pay-As-You-Go, Micro Plan, and Starter Plan.
And on the next page, you leave your credit card details.
Once you’ve entered your details, you’re redirected to a final window where you click to pay, and that’s it.
After you’ve placed your order, you get a pleasing email to confirm the upload and tell you when to expect your photos.
That transparency and info about timing is another great part of PhotoUp’s ordering process.
Unlike PhotoUp, one of the most frustrating things about email-based services is that you have no sense of the progress of your order. You just have to wait.
But thanks to PhotoUp’s interactive dashboard, you can monitor your active orders and get a sense of what’s happening behind the scenes.
Best of all, they offer full customer support and weekend orders. And the team was always present to guide me through the process.
In addition, when you click on any of your images, it gives you a wealth of usability.
For instance, you can use a slider to compare before and after pictures of the room, leave a comment in the side panel, use either text or audio files, and study the metadata around the image as well.
It’s very impressive!
5. Image Revisions
I was expecting to wait a few days for my virtually staged images.
But to my positive surprise, it only took seven hours until I received an email telling me that my proofs were ready to be reviewed.
That’s incredibly fast (especially on Thanksgiving weekend), and I was impressed!
Like mentioned, the notification came via email with some important points:
- “Note that your proofs are medium-quality renders. Final versions will be rendered at high resolution and have finer detail.
- You may request changes BEFORE approving your proofs at no cost to adjust the placement, size, and location of your virtual furniture.”
With that, clicking the link in the email sent me to this page, where I could review and approve my images.
And if you’re happy with the results, you simply click “Approve” and wait for the final renders to arrive.
Furthermore, you can also choose the size of the thumbnails that you want to look at, which is a great touch!
I must say that I love all the customizability that PhotoUp offers. For example, I appreciated seeing the integration with the single property websites.
With the click of a button, you can transfer your edited real estate photos to a property website, which all lives in one extended CMS.
Furniture Library
PhotoUp’s furniture library is the most impressive of the online catalogs in the virtual staging world.
It’s comprehensive, easy to access, interactive, and beautiful.
For starters, there are 11 styles to choose from and 18 room types.
Second, the renders in each JPEG are crisp and clear, making it easy to see what you’re ordering.
Third, each tile opens a library of choices that are clear, well laid out, and have codes to use for your order.
Also, clicking on any selection opens up a large image that you can study in more detail.
Again, very simple and effective!
Virtual Staging Quality
The quality of furniture items was excellent throughout all of the rooms.
All in all, the furniture was detailed with a nice and modern look.
Full of life!
Additionally, the layout and position in the rooms were excellent.
In contrast to other services, I found PhotoUp’s furniture placement to be slightly smaller, which made the rooms look grand.
Support
PhotoUp’s support was above expectation.
Not only were they quick to respond positively to any queries, but there’re also lots of options to connect via your dashboard.
Pros and Cons of PhotoUp
To give you a better overview, here are some pros and cons of PhotoUp’s virtual staging:
| PROS | CONS |
| Excellent product quality | Submit revision button was tricky to find |
| Affordable pricing | |
| Quick delivery time | |
| Responsive support | |
| User-friendly website | |
| Extra features and customization |
Fast & Affordable
Virtual Staging Service
Interiors. Landscapes. Commercial. Virtually transform any space.
Verdict: Is PhotoUp the Best Virtual Staging Service?
My final verdict of this PhotoUp virtual staging review is that PhotoUp is the best virtual staging service on the market.
I admit I was expecting to like the offering from PhotoUp as I had heard good things about the company, but I wasn’t expecting to like it this much.
Not only is the price affordable, but PhotoUp also offers so many cool features and customizability.
I can see that their services suit a busy team of real estate professionals, as well as someone who’s just looking to sell their home and wants to make it look great.
Lastly, the look and feel their virtually staged images offers are excellent. And the backend you interact with is great too!
In my opinion, this is the best virtual staging service out there.
That’s all for today!
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