Follow these steps to start your own home staging business:

• Obtain the proper education, licensing, or certification requirements in your state to make you a qualified home stager 
• Build a solid business plan
• Determine your business entity and name, then register it
• Seek legal counsel to advise on any legal documents you may need, like a contract.
• Get insurance and research tax laws in your state
• Purchase materials you’ll need to execute the services you plan to provide
• Pick a home staging business software like Houzz Pro that has the features you need today, but that will grow with you as your business grows.
• Begin promoting your business to find your first client

Home staging business software is a specialized tool designed to assist professionals in the home staging industry with managing various aspects of their business operations more efficiently. This software typically offers features tailored to the needs of home stagers, including:

1. Client management: Organizing client information, including contact details, property details, preferences, and communication history.
2. Inventory management: Tracking and managing furniture, decor items, and other staging inventory, including availability, location, and condition.
3. Scheduling and calendar management: Managing appointments, consultations, staging projects, and other tasks with a built-in calendar or scheduling system.
4. Design and visualization tools: Creating virtual staging designs, floor plans, mood boards, and visualizations to present ideas to clients.
5. Financial management: Invoicing, billing, expense tracking, and financial reporting to streamline accounting processes.
6. Marketing and lead generation: Tools for marketing your services, generating leads, managing inquiries, and tracking marketing efforts.
7. Collaboration and communication: Facilitating collaboration with clients, real estate agents, contractors, and other stakeholders through messaging, file sharing, and collaboration features.
8. Mobile accessibility: Accessing and managing business operations on the go through mobile apps or responsive web interfaces.

When looking for virtual home staging software that suits your needs, be sure to consider the following features:

• Lead Management: Any home staging business software should help you better manage your lead pipeline. It should be easy to see the status of all leads quickly, easy to find and communicate with leads, and simple to tap into old leads when business is slow.
• Project Management: Managing projects requires a ton of work, so your home staging program should come equipped with tools that help you prioritize projects, delegate work, build schedules, and more. By investing in a quality virtual staging app, you can set yourself up for smoother projects and better client experiences.
• Financial Tools: From getting paid on time to preparing for tax season, your digital home staging software should have robust, yet intuitive financial tools that encourage you to keep your finances organized without taking up too much of your time. Look for software with online payment tools to get paid faster or integrations to save time on double-data entry.

Houzz Pro’s virtual home staging software for Mac and PC comes complete with all of these features and more. Try a demo to see for yourself.

When you subscribe to Houzz Pro, you add a plethora of lead and project management features to your digital tool belt. From client winning tools like our Proposals and 3D floor planner, to project administration features like our mood boards and schedules—Houzz Pro centralizes all your business management needs into one easy-to-use software.

You can find more information about what features are included with each of our plans here.

When you subscribe to Houzz Pro’s home staging software, you gain premium access to our support team. That means you get an exclusive phone number that directs you to an onshore team member and you get pushed to the top of the queue.

You also get personalized on-demand onboarding support, showing you how to properly use the specific features you want, when you want, to help get your business up and running with Houzz Pro. We also have a wide variety of help articles available in our Help Center and in-depth how-to videos on our YouTube channel.