What will you find in this article?
- What is the global “Commission and Availability”?
- Step by step: How to enable global "Commission and Availability"?
- Will the global “Commission and Availability” apply to all rooms?
- How to disable global "Commission and Availability"?
What is the global “Commission and Availability”?
Global "Commission and Availability" is a tool that automates price management for Booking.com and Airbnb. Just set the commission percentage for Airbnb and/or the commission percentage for Booking.com, and BedBooking will automatically increase the price and transfer it to the given portal. Additionally, availability restrictions that you set in the BedBooking price list will automatically apply both in the BedBooking Reservation System, Airbnb and Booking.com, if they have the global "Commission and Availability" enabled.
Step by step: How to enable global "Commission and Availability"?:
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Step 1: Go to the "Price list" section in the menu and then click on the "Configuration" tab or click on the "Settings" button in the "Set prices" tab.
Step 2: Click on the “Commission” tab.
Step 3: Enable the "Commission and Availability" slider for Airbnb and/or Booking.com.
Step 4: Enter the percentage by which prices should be increased and sent to sales channels.
Step 5: Save your changes.
In the main Price list view, you will see that the prices of the sales channel that has the global “Commission and Availability” enabled are locked for editing. This is a sign that now prices will automatically increase by a certain percentage from the BedBooking base price.
Please note that enabling global "Commissions and Availability" will overwrite the existing prices and availability restrictions for a given sales channel. When global “Commissions and Availability” is enabled, BedBooking prices will be increased by the commission and sent to Airbnb or Booking.com, replacing the current rates.
If you previously set individual "Commissions and availability" for individual rooms, these settings will be replaced with the new, global commission amount. Individual “Commission and Availability” rates will be removed.
Will the global “Commission and Availability” apply to all rooms?
Yes, enabling the global "Commission and Availability" for one of the sales portals means that all rooms connected to this portal will have prices that are based on BedBooking prices and commissions.
It is worth remembering that if you have several Booking.com pricing plans whose prices are managed by BedBooking and are not based on another Booking.com rate plan, then using the global "Commission and Availability" all these rate plans will have the same rates. If you want Booking.com rate plans to have different prices, you should use the individual "Commission and Availability". Alternatively, you can change the settings of a given Booking.com rate plan directly in the Booking.com Extranet so that the plan is not managed by BedBooking but is based on another Booking.com plan.
How to disable global "Commission and Availability"?
1. Go to the Price list settings.
2. Select the "Commission" tab.
3. Turn off the "Commission and Availability" slider for Airbnb and/or Booking.com.
4. Save your settings.
After turning off the global "Commission and Availability" for one of the sales channels, automatic price conversion will be completed in a given sales channel. Airbnb or Booking.com rates and availability restrictions will remain the same as when the global “Commissions and Availability” was disabled. For the sales channel in which "Commission and availability" has been disabled, prices and restrictions must be edited manually.