Your Greater Vancouver REALTORS® (GVR) membership doesn’t just give you access to MLS®, it includes a wide range of services to help you excel in your real estate business. 

Here are just a few discounts and services you can access as a GVR member.

Canada Post mailing discount

If you use unaddressed mail to reach clients, this exclusive GVR member offer could cut your postage costs by 40 per cent. 

To access the discount, contact Member Relations at 604-730-3090. Our team will walk you through the setup process and will provide you with both an account login and a specific discount code to use that only works with the GVR account. 

This program is a trial, open to all GVR members for 12 months. After that, pricing will change based on the volume of use. 

For pieces up to 50 grams: 

  • Standard size: 11¢ per piece 
  • Oversize: 12.2¢ per piece 
  • Add 0.65¢ per piece if you're not dropping off at the correct depot 
  • Items over 50 grams will incur additional charges for each extra gram 

This program includes access to Canada Post’s Precision Targeter — a free tool to help you map your delivery area and target specific demographics.

Shell Gas discount

This program, administered through the Alberta Real Estate Association (AREA), gives Realtors access to a 6¢/litre discount through the Shell App at participating Shell stations across Canada.  

Access the offer by: 

  1. Visiting fuelyourdrive.ca and following the online instructions. 
  2. Downloading the Shell App on your mobile device. 
  3. Opening the app and looking for the Area DRIVE offer under “Personal Offers”. 
  4. Tapping the Shell logo "Pay" button at the bottom of the screen and selecting "Pay at Pump" to start fueling. 

Once you’ve registered for Area DRIVE and have the Shell App downloaded with the offer activated, you’re just one step away from enjoying your savings. 

For more information, and to sign up for the discount, go to Shell’s Area Drive website

Autoprop

Autoprop is a powerful tool that helps you aggregate information from different real estate data providers to create detailed, user-friendly reports to use with your CMAs, buyer tours, listing presentations, and more. 

Using Autoprop, you can combine zoning, MLS®, Land Title, school catchment, and other property information into comprehensive, branded reports for your clients.  

Go to www.autoprop.ca and log in using your MLS® username and password. You can also access Autoprop from Paragon (login required). Click on the Resources button at the top, then under the GVR Quick Links list, click on Autoprop.

Cyber Guard

The Real Estate Errors and Omissions Insurance Corporation (E&O) is now offering free access to Cyber Guard, an online loss prevention service, to all insured real estate practitioners in BC. 

Cyber Guard is a cybersecurity program powered by DynaRisk, a global platform that protects hundreds of thousands of users worldwide. The service is tailored to the unique needs of real estate professionals and offers two distinct tools depending on your role: 

This is a loss prevention program, not cyber insurance. There’s no policy or premium involved. But it’s a powerful way to protect your clients’ information and your own reputation. 

If your brokerage is interested in cyber insurance coverage beyond this program, you’ll need to connect with your insurance broker directly.

Economics Microsite

The Economics Microsite brings together a streamlined set of our publicly available statistics and economics content, into an easy-to-understand format that you and your clients can access at any time, free of charge. 

These charts, dashboards, and other analytics will help you and your clients navigate the ups and downs of the market, and to promote a deeper understanding of the important factors that drive our market trends. 

There are three main tools on the microsite: 

  • The blog is a collection of articles written by the GVR Economics team designed to inform members and their clients about the GVR residential and commercial markets. 
  • Analytics contains publicly available statistics and forecasts produced by the GVR Economics team. This section also houses a new product called ChartBook – a downloadable collection of simple, no-frills aggregate-level statistics in a clean, presentable, branded format, that anyone can use free of charge. 
  • Downloads is where you and your clients can access the raw data behind the dashboards and charts we provide on the microsite.