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# Why Zillow does not let you export listings?

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## Data is the new oil

[Data is the new oil](https://www.wired.com/insights/2014/07/data-new-oil-digital-economy/). It is the most valuable resource in the world.

We already talked about [Zillow's business model](/blog/can-you-download-zillow-data) in another blog post. In short, Zillow makes money by selling leads to real estate agents. The more leads they sell, the more money they make.

[Zillow](https://www.zillow.com) also makes money by showing you sponsored advertisements. The more you use [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com), the more ads you see. The more ads you see, the more money [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com) makes.

Imagine if you, as a future home-buyer or real estate investor could simply export all the listings from [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com) and then contact the real estate agents directly at your own convenience.

You would not need [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com) anymore. You would not need to see their ads and you would never click on their sponsored listings.

## Why Zillow does not let you export listings?

The reason outlined above tells you exactly why [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com) does not let you export listings. They want to keep you on their platform and they want to keep you using their website or application while seeing their ads.

This is not a machiavellian conspiracy. This is just good business. [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com) is a business that has shareholders and needs to make money. Unfortunately in some cases, that means the the user experience is not as good as it should be for the end user.

This negative externality is balanced however by the fact that [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com) offers a lot of data for free on millions of properties in the United States of America. If you do not wish to see any advertisement, I recommend that you install an ad blocker. I personally use [uBlock Origin](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en).

## Will that ever change?

I personally think that an export function for listings would be a great addition to [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com). I think that it would be a great way to increase the value of the platform for the end user but at the same time I can also understand that this may not be in the best interest of [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com).

It is a tough decision. I think that [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com) should at least offer a paid export function for listings. This would allow them to make money while still offering a great user experience for the end user.

But at the end of the day, if [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com) does not want to offer an export function for listings, they are free to do so. It is their platform and they can do whatever they want with it.

## How Zillow Data Exporter can help you

As you just learned it is unlikely that [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com) will ever offer an export function for listings. This is a problem for many people who want to use the data for their own purposes.

After seeing this problem, I decided to create a browser extension that allows you to export listings from [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com). It is called Zillow Data Exporter.

The extension is free and it is available for [Chrome](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/zillow-data-exporter/amgdkfaadejipgcjankdolopgcemolom) for now but I plan to release it for [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/) and [Edge](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge) in the future.

[Nature hates a vacuum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_vacui_\(physics\)). If [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com) does not offer an export function for listings, someone else will. I am happy to be that someone else.

## Conclusion

To conclude, we can say that [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com) is stuck between a rock and hard place. If they offer an export functionality, they may end up losing advertising revenue.

On the other hand and based on the growth of Zillow Data Exporter in the past few weeks, I think that there is a lot of demand for an export functionality for property listings.

I hope I can fulfill that need and be helpful to anyone who needs to export data from [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com).

If you haven't already, you can download Zillow Data Exporter for [Chrome](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/zillow-data-exporter/amgdkfaadejipgcjankdolopgcemolom) for free.

If will be releasing a [paid plan](/blog/creating-a-paid-plan) soon that will allow you to export more listings at once and many more features.

Stay tuned!

I hope that this blog post was helpful to you. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me on [X (formerly Twitter)](https://x.com/yannhulot1) or on the [contact form](/legal/contact) of [Property Data Labs](/).