We photograph the vacant home and furnish it digitally, so the listing shows buyers what the space could be. From $15 a photo, delivered the next business day, and labelled so you can disclose it properly.
Buyers cannot picture scale in an empty room. They see carpet and a wall and move on. Physical staging fixes it properly and costs accordingly: about $1,849 on average nationally, and $2,000 to $6,000 up front on a vacant home before the monthly rental even starts. On a lot of vacant listings that simply never happens. Virtual staging fixes the photographs instead, for about the price of a single day of furniture rental.
Per photo, so you only stage the rooms that need it. Most listings need three or four.
| How many photos | Per photo | Typical listing |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | $15 each | The rooms that matter most |
| 5 to 9 | $10 each | Main living areas plus bedrooms |
| 10 or more | $5 each | Whole home, multiple angles |
| Whole listing bundle | $239 | Eight photos, the common case |
Add virtual staging to any Sold Visual shoot, or send us photos from a listing we shot previously. Nationally, staging a home averages about $1,849 and typically runs $832 to $2,917 (Angi, 2026). Vacant homes cost more, because every stick of furniture has to be brought in: commonly $2,000 to $6,000 to set up, then $500 to $2,000 a month until it sells. The Real Estate Staging Association puts a 2,000 sq ft home at $2,000 to $2,400 for the first two months. At the budget end we have seen an Arizona company quote $990 flat for 35 days, then $199 a month. Physical staging is genuinely the better choice on the right listing. On a vacant one that needs photos this week, virtual gets you there for a fraction of it.
Between $5 and $15 a photo depending on how many you order: $15 each for the first four, $10 for the next five, $5 each from the tenth, or $189 for a whole listing of eight. Physical staging on the same house averages about $1,849 nationally and runs $2,000 to $6,000 up front when the home is empty, then keeps billing monthly until it sells. That is why most vacant listings never get staged at all.
Physical staging puts real furniture in the house, so buyers walking through see it. Virtual staging furnishes the photograph, so buyers scrolling online see it. Roughly nine out of ten buyers start online, and an empty room is the easiest thing to scroll past. For a vacant listing on a budget, virtual wins on cost by an order of magnitude.
Yes, and we set it up so you can. Most MLS rules and NAR guidance require virtually staged images to be labelled. We can add a disclosure line to every staged frame and we keep the untouched originals, so you always have the honest version on file.
Staged frames normally come back the next business day after the shoot. We send watermarked previews first, so you approve the furniture before you pay anything.
Removing and replacing existing furniture is harder than furnishing an empty room and does not always look right. We will tell you honestly when a room is a good candidate and when it is better shot as it stands.
Whatever suits the house and the buyer. Tell us the price point and who is likely to buy, and we match the staging to it. A first-home listing and a luxury listing should not get the same sofa.
Virtual staging is done on the photographs, so location does not matter for the staging itself. We shoot across nine Arizona metros and southeast Idaho, and we can stage photos from a shoot we did anywhere we operate.
Book online in under a minute. Combine with HDR photography for maximum listing impact.