In today’s competitive rental market, property managers need every edge to stand out. One of the most powerful tools available? 📸 Virtual tours — especially when seamlessly integrated into your AppFolio listings. These tours create immersive experiences that save time, reduce vacancies, and attract higher-quality leads.
In this tutorial, we’ll show you step-by-step how to add a virtual tour link inside AppFolio — and why it’s one of the smartest upgrades for your property listings.
Let’s start with the “why.” A listing with a 360° or video tour:
When combined with a powerful platform like AppFolio, your virtual tour becomes a lead-converting machine.
📚 Related reading: Why Property Managers Use CloudPano with AppFolio for Virtual Showings
Follow these simple steps to embed a clickable virtual tour link in your listing:
Start with a virtual tour provider such as CloudPano. Upload your photos, create the tour, and grab the shareable tour URL. It’ll look something like this:
https://www.cloudpano.com/tours/yourlistingname
🔗 Learn how: How to Connect CloudPano Virtual Tours to AppFolio Listings
Head to your AppFolio account and navigate to:
Properties → Marketing → Listing Description
This is where you manage the property’s public-facing details.
In the description section, you can paste the virtual tour URL. To make it clickable, write something like:
👉 “Take a virtual walkthrough here: Click to view 360° tour”
AppFolio will convert it into a clickable link on your public listing.
💡 Bonus: Use a call to action like “View the entire space virtually before scheduling a tour!”
📚 See more in: Step-by-Step Guide: Embedding Virtual Tour Links in AppFolio
After adding your link:
✅ Preview the listing
✅ Make sure the link works
✅ Hit “Save & Publish”
Congratulations — you’ve now added a virtual tour to your AppFolio property!
Want to go above and beyond? These tips help maximize your virtual tour ROI:
Stand out by offering movie-style tours with dynamic camera movements.
📚 Read: Create Movie-Like Property Tours and Embed Them into AppFolio Listings
Combine 360° tours with short video walkthroughs to boost conversion even further.
📚 Check this guide: How Real Estate Agents Can Add Video Tours to AppFolio Listings
If you’re using CloudPano Pro Plus, you can even create a listing thumbnail to link directly to your tour, giving visual incentive to click.
📚 Learn how: Enhance Your AppFolio Listings with High-Converting Video Tours
Here are more helpful resources to support your AppFolio + virtual tour journey:
After integrating virtual tours into AppFolio, you’ll likely see:
It’s a low-effort, high-reward upgrade that modern renters expect in today’s digital-first market.
Virtual tours aren’t just “nice to have” anymore — they’re the standard. With easy integration into AppFolio, any property manager can create a professional, polished experience that drives better leads and closes deals faster.
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