Proof link
The original photo
A staged photo can carry a QR code or a short link. Scanning it opens a page like this one, which shows the untouched photograph the staging started from, side by side with the published result.
What the page will show
Two frames and a short record. Nothing else: no listing, no address, no agent profile, no advertising.
Example only. Both frames are generated demonstrations, not a listing or a photograph of a real room.
| What changed | Furniture and decor were added. Walls, windows, doors, ceiling, floor and camera position were not. |
|---|---|
| Made with | Unempty, using a Google Gemini image model. The image carries Google’s invisible SynthID watermark. |
| Date | The day the result was generated. |
| Published by | The person who created the link. They can revoke it at any time. |
What the link looks like
A short, stable address under this domain, printed next to the disclosure label on the export and encoded in the QR code:
https://unempty.app/o/8F3K2QW
The code identifies one photograph. It carries no name, no address and no location: the coordinates are stripped from the file on your device before it is ever uploaded.
Why it exists
Because several rules ask for exactly this, and because a buyer deserves it whether a rule applies or not.
- California, B&P §10140.8 (AB 723, in force since 1 January 2026) — a licensee advertising a digitally altered image must give “a statement disclosing that the image has been altered and a link to a publicly accessible internet website, URL, or QR code that includes, and clearly identifies, the original, unaltered image”.
- MLS rules — several, CRMLS among them, ask that the original appear next to the altered image in the listing gallery.
- EU AI Act, Article 50 — an altered photo of a real place is disclosed to the viewer; a visible label is the method named in the Commission’s material.
- Everywhere else — honesty rules for advertising (NAR Article 12, the UK DMCC Act, consumer-protection law) treat an undisclosed staged photo as a misleading one.
This is our reading of published rules, not legal advice, and the rules that apply depend on where you list. Check with your MLS or your own adviser.
What we publish, and what we don’t
- Nothing is published unless the person who made the image creates a link. There is no public gallery and no way to browse other people’s rooms.
- A link publishes one original photograph and one result. It does not publish an address, a name, an email, the notes typed into the app, or the location data — that is removed before upload.
- A link can be revoked from the app. Once revoked, or once the account is deleted, the page stops resolving and the files are removed.
- The page carries no analytics and no advertising. This whole site loads nothing but its own stylesheet, script, images and fonts; the one thing it sends elsewhere is a page view from the home page, with no cookie (Privacy Policy).
What to do until the link exists
Today the app already does the two things a listing needs, and they are enough for most rules:
- One tap on the result adds a visible “Virtually staged” label, burned into the photo when you save a staged or emptied room. It starts off, so turn it on for a listing; the room remembers your choice.
- Tick Original photo when you save, and the untouched original comes as a second file with a matching name, so you can upload the pair to the listing and place them side by side.
In the listing text, say that the photos are virtually staged and where the originals can be seen.
The proof link is planned as part of the listing work that follows the first release; it is not in the app today. When it ships, this page becomes the live lookup.
Questions
If you are a buyer and an agent sent you here, or a licensee who needs the original for a listing you are working on, write to support@unempty.app.