TRREB, the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board, switched its data syndication platform from Spark API to a vendor called AMPRE in 2024. If you are a TRREB member, this is the platform you now use to authorize your website builder to access your listings.
Most realtors do not know this happened. Brokerages did not announce it well, and TRREB's own communications around the change were minimal. If your old IDX provider's feed is acting flaky, or you have a new website builder that needs a token, AMPRE is what you are looking for.
How AMPRE is organized
AMPRE is run separately from TRREB's main member system, but uses your TRREB membership for authentication. You access it at syndication.ampre.ca and log in with your TRREB credentials.
Inside AMPRE, you have a list of "syndication recipients", which are the third party platforms authorized to access your listings. Each recipient is a separate entry with its own token, its own permissions, and its own audit trail. You can add and remove recipients independently.
When you sign up for a new realtor website builder (like Charcom), you go to AMPRE, add the builder as a syndication recipient, choose which products you want them to access (IDX, VOW, AD-A), and generate a token. You then paste that token into your website builder's dashboard, and they use it to call the AMPRE API on your behalf.
The three products
AMPRE separates access into three product tiers, matching the industry standard.
IDX (Internet Data Exchange): Public listings. The visitor does not need an account to view them on your site. This is the default and most agents only need this.
VOW (Virtual Office Website): Public listings plus sold history and richer fields, but the visitor must register and agree to a brokerage relationship to view. Useful for higher intent lead capture.
AD-A (Agent Direct Access): Your own listings only, with full data access. Generally enabled alongside IDX.
You can enable any combination per recipient. Most realtors enable IDX and AD-A. Some enable all three.
The actual setup flow
This is what enabling AMPRE on a new website looks like, end to end.
Step 1. Log into syndication.ampre.ca with your TRREB credentials. If you cannot log in, your TRREB account is in arrears or your membership has lapsed. Fix that first.
Step 2. Click "Add Syndication Recipient" or similar. Search the directory for your website builder. If it is listed (most modern ones are), select it. If not, you may need to add manually using the provider's specific identifier.
Step 3. Choose products to enable. Default to IDX. Add AD-A. Skip VOW unless you specifically plan to enforce a registration gate on your site.
Step 4. Agree to TRREB's data sharing terms. Generate the token.
Step 5. Copy the token. Paste it into your website builder's dashboard. In Charcom, this is at /dashboard/idx-feed. Save.
Step 6. Wait. The first sync takes 30 minutes to several hours depending on how many listings are in scope. Subsequent syncs are incremental and fast.
That is it. End to end, the time investment is about 15 minutes plus the wait for the first sync.
Common gotchas
Two things trip up most agents the first time.
Two-factor authentication. AMPRE requires 2FA for token generation. If you have not set up 2FA on your TRREB account, you will hit a wall. Set it up first.
Brokerage authorization. Some brokerages require their own internal approval before you can syndicate listings to a third party platform. Check with your broker before going through AMPRE setup. They may need to grant a permission first.
If you hit a permissions error in AMPRE that you cannot resolve, contact TRREB support directly at the help portal in your member area. They typically respond within one business day.
Why this matters
The shift to AMPRE is part of a broader modernization of Canadian real estate data infrastructure. Five years ago, getting your listings on your own website required a $200 a month IDX provider and a week of waiting. Today, with AMPRE and a modern website builder, it is a 15 minute self serve setup.
This is one of those changes that benefits realtors enormously but is mostly invisible because nobody is incentivized to announce it. The old IDX providers do not want you to know it has gotten easier. Now you know.