What's a fair price for listings

OTA = Online Travel Agency, which means those sites that sell the booking and take the payment for you.
Ted
Posts: 1
Joined: Wed Nov 29, 2017 6:29 pm

What's a fair price for listings

Post by Ted »

Hi there,

New to this thing but hoping i Can get some opinions

I was looking around on where to put my property, but some of these places are charging £200 - 400 a year!!

I found this website called The Melrose Directory and they only charge £95 and they don't charge extra for photos or anything. It was a nice website too and easy to use which makes me wonder if we're all paying too much for these other ones???

What does everyone else think???

Thanks :D
zebedee
Posts: 1270
Joined: Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:57 pm
Location: yorkshire dales

Post by zebedee »

The who???
Is it a household name? Would you think of them if you decided to book a holiday?
:? :? :?
jafa
Posts: 88
Joined: Thu Jul 06, 2017 2:08 pm
Location: Kirchberg in tirol
Contact:

Re: What's a fair price for listings

Post by jafa »

Ted wrote:Hi there,

New to this thing but hoping i Can get some opinions

I was looking around on where to put my property, but some of these places are charging £200 - 400 a year!!

I found this website called The Melrose Directory and they only charge £95 and they don't charge extra for photos or anything. It was a nice website too and easy to use which makes me wonder if we're all paying too much for these other ones???

What does everyone else think???

Are you Ted from the Melrose directory by any chance??


Thanks :D
Jafa
User avatar
Cymraes
Posts: 519
Joined: Tue Jul 07, 2015 3:31 pm
Location: North Wales

Post by Cymraes »

Well I've never seen or heard of them before. They don't come up whatever key words I use which would generally find cottages in my location.

They may be cheap but it's money down the drain if they don't send you any bookings. My first question to them would be how many hits they get on the site each day.

it also looks like they are using the standard off the shelf listing plug in ( Wordpress I think?) that most of these start up operations are using. It certainly looks like most of their competition.

The only advertising site I'm prepared to pay for is Independent Cottages which does get me bookings.
User avatar
greenbarn
Posts: 6146
Joined: Sat May 30, 2009 6:41 pm
Location: The Westmorland Dales, Cumbria

Post by greenbarn »

Ted - don’t waste your money.
It’s a startup with a model of being worldwide and no niche or USP, therefore attempting to compete head-on with the megamillion dollar established outfits who own the playing field. The size of the portfolio they’ve built up so far isn’t encouraging.

If you’re looking for advice on where to list, let us know the area you’re in and the type of property, your target market, maybe a link to your website, and I’m sure people can come up with some useful suggestions.
User avatar
paolo
Posts: 3885
Joined: Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:18 pm
Location: Provence, France
Contact:

Post by paolo »

Ted,

I am guessing you are Alison from The Melrose Directory. Am I right?
Paolo
Lay My Hat
Bordering
Posts: 91
Joined: Sun Apr 20, 2014 2:50 pm
Location: Languedoc, France

Post by Bordering »

This site requires visitors to register before they can enquire. I’d expect a decent directory site to permit quick and easy enquiry via a form, and also show the owner’s phone number(s), and link to website too, on the page. People responding via directory sites are often doing so because they want direct-with-owner contact.
kg1
Posts: 2347
Joined: Tue Jan 05, 2010 4:23 pm

Post by kg1 »

paolo wrote:Ted,

I am guessing you are Alison from The Melrose Directory. Am I right?

:D :D
russellt
Posts: 353
Joined: Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:03 am
Location: Ivybridge, Devon, UK
Contact:

Post by russellt »

Bordering wrote:to permit quick and easy enquiry via a form, and also show the owner’s phone number(s), and link to website too, on the page.
+1 +1 +1

(Yup! Sounds kinda familiar :D
Visitors can also view your most recent social media content inside your HVD listing, if you wish to link it)
Web: https://yofftoo.com/property/esmes-cottage
Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: @esmescottage
Post Reply