The Preferred Photographer Program is designed to assist you in expanding your business by connecting you with real estate agents seeking photography services through our marketing channels. Becoming an ARMLS Certified Photographer allows you to build relationships with potentially thousands of real estate agents statewide. Additionally, having direct access to upload photos can save everyone time in the process.

Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service (ARMLS®) is one of the largest MLSs in the country. We serve more than 40,000 real estate professionals in Arizona. Our mission is to “provide the industry benchmark of quality data and service for our subscribers.”

Having access to great photographers will help us in our mission.

To join the Preferred Photographer Program, complete the training, quiz, and application. Next, make sure to review the agreement between ARMLS and photographers because, upon completing the application, you will be contacted to sign the agreement. Please note that (1) you are required to have a service agreement with agents you serve and (2), if the agreement you have with an agent does not cover items in Section 4 of the ARMLS-photographer agreement, those terms will apply.

Yes, you must pass the training course with a 100% to be a Preferred Photographer. You can review the training and test more than once if needed.

There is no cost to get started at this time. Starting in January 2025, there will be a $50 annual fee to maintain your certification and a $25 application fee for new applicants.

There are two options.

1) You can speak with the Listing Agent you are working with to assist with property entry.

2). You can visit a local association for a Supra Lockbox Affiliate Key. Having a lockbox key comes with additional responsibilities covered in section 13 of the ARMLS Rules and Regulations.  Please note if you have already signed up for the program, wait for your credentials before contacting an association to obtain a key. 

Your credentials will log you into the database we use called Flexmls. After an agent has added you as the Certified Photographer on one of their listings, you will receive an email and then gain access to that individual listing’s media section.

Yes. Beginning February 2024, assistants can now have access to upload photos into the MLS on behalf of the photographer(s) they are working under.

Once you, as the photographer, have completed the process and become an ARMLS Certified Photographer, your assistant(s) will follow similar steps.

• Take the online training and pass a quiz
• Complete the online application, which they will be directed to upon passing the quiz
  • Be sure to select “Assistant” and enter the photographer/company you are working for on the application
• Our contracts team will then be in touch to provide credentials to access the Flexmls system

*IMPORTANT – If this is your first time adding an assistant and you joined the ARMLS Preferred Photographer Program before 2/6/2024, you will need to sign an updated contract. Contact the ARMLS Contracts department at Contracts@ARMLS.com to arrange for signing an updated agreement.

Congratulations, the listing agent has selected you to be their Certified Photographer. If you were not expecting an email or have not talked to the listing agent named, reach out to that agent for details, and to sign your service agreement.

you are now that listing agent’s Certified Photographer. If you were not expecting an email or have not talked to the listing agent named, reach out to that agent for details.

1. The copyright of the photos is determined by the terms set forth in your agreement with agents/brokers. ARMLS does not own your photos.

2. You, as a Certified Photographer may negotiate a service agreement with the subscriber to retain certain rights in the media. ARMLS is automatically granted a license, not ownership, to the media to use it through its business. This helps to protect the subscriber from future copyright claims from the medias use across platforms. If your agreement with an agent/broker does not cover items in Section 4 of the ARMLS agreement, those terms will apply.

3. Photographer Warranty. Certified Photographers warrant to ARMLS and are also required to “warrant in their Service Agreements, that (a) the Works do not and will not infringe or violate any patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets or other proprietary rights of any third party, including any privacy rights; (b) Photographer has and will have all right, title, or license in and to the Works to provide such Works to Subscriber under the terms of the Service Agreement; (c) the Works are not and will not be defamatory, offensive, or obscene; (d) Photographer is the owner of the copyright of the any Works; (e) the Works will not contain any virus or other code, program, or sub-program that could damages or interferes with the operation of the MLS System. Photographer understands and agrees that Photographer will be responsible for the introduction of any of the foregoing items into the MLS Services, whether intentional or unintentional. Photographer further warrants that it shall comply with all applicable laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations in performance of its respective obligations under this Agreement”.

Please email your questions to Brand@ARMLS.com