OD or HA - commission listing
OD or HA - commission listing
Looking for advice. I'm going to resurrect my OD listing as a pay as you go one as i only have 4 wks left to sell.
Can I ask for clarification please on a couple of areas?
1. How much do I have to increase my rental prices to absorb the charges made to owners?
I think it's 3% for the cash handling but not sure if there's more.
2. Is there still a choice not to have instant booking?
3. Is it better to go commission via OD or HA? Or does it not matter as the processes and charges are identical?
4. Any tips for avoiding pitfalls?!
Thank you
Mousie
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Can I ask for clarification please on a couple of areas?
1. How much do I have to increase my rental prices to absorb the charges made to owners?
I think it's 3% for the cash handling but not sure if there's more.
2. Is there still a choice not to have instant booking?
3. Is it better to go commission via OD or HA? Or does it not matter as the processes and charges are identical?
4. Any tips for avoiding pitfalls?!
Thank you
Mousie
x
Mouse, today we have changed our OD listing from subscription to commission. We had to wait until our subscription ran out - yesterday. Today OD emailed to ask whether we wanted to relist. We just followed their instructions - very easy. Couple of things to note
. We had to have online bookings
. Commission against the owner is 8%. !!!!! ( am I wrong here?)
. You don't have to have instant bookings
Hope this helps. Giraffe x
PS. We have soared up the listings. Today I am number 1 in our village. Last week I wasn't even in the top 400, and there are less than 50 houses in the village, with only 3 holiday lets.
. We had to have online bookings
. Commission against the owner is 8%. !!!!! ( am I wrong here?)
. You don't have to have instant bookings
Hope this helps. Giraffe x
PS. We have soared up the listings. Today I am number 1 in our village. Last week I wasn't even in the top 400, and there are less than 50 houses in the village, with only 3 holiday lets.
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That looks like confirmation that HA would much prefer to have owners on commission rather than subscription listings.Giraffe wrote:PS. We have soared up the listings. Today I am number 1 in our village. Last week I wasn't even in the top 400, and there are less than 50 houses in the village, with only 3 holiday lets.
Absolutely. But if they’re all commision listings they can’t all be at the top all of the time. So what next?AndrewH wrote:That looks like confirmation that HA would much prefer to have owners on commission rather than subscription listings.Giraffe wrote:PS. We have soared up the listings. Today I am number 1 in our village. Last week I wasn't even in the top 400, and there are less than 50 houses in the village, with only 3 holiday lets.
Tiered commissions - the more you pay, the higher you stay?
Acceptance rates & cancellation terms - take any booking, any time with zero cancellation fee?
I’ve no evidence of this but on past form it is the next logical step - charging for sort order preference for commission listings. I can’t see them settling for 8% once they have you by the balls & there are only so many price increases that holidaymakers will be naive enough to absorb if you plan on adding it into your pricing.
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I'm sure you are right COYS. Once everyone is on online booking there will be a new pecking order.
I've transferred to commission as I was getting NO bookings on subscription. So OD will not make any money from me unless that get me some bookings. I'm treating them just as one of the various tools in my marketing toolbox. As time goes on I'm sure they will become less and less significant.
I've transferred to commission as I was getting NO bookings on subscription. So OD will not make any money from me unless that get me some bookings. I'm treating them just as one of the various tools in my marketing toolbox. As time goes on I'm sure they will become less and less significant.
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