Experiential stay catalogue: owners pay for a listing, not for a booking
A catalogue platform for unusual accommodation where owners pay to publish a listing, not a commission per booking โ high margin and predictable income.
You run a specialised catalogue platform for unusual and experiential accommodation โ houseboats, glamping, treehouses, yurts, design cabins. Owners pay to publish and highlight a listing through a subscription, not a commission per booking, and guests contact owners directly. Main income is subscription for listings. The barrier to entry is solving the platform launch, where without supply guests do not come and vice versa, and building a curated offer and searchability.
Owners of unusual accommodation โ houseboats, glamping, treehouses โ do not want to hand over high commissions to big platforms on every booking. Guests in turn look for exactly these unique places but get lost among thousands of regular listings. This gap between owners whose earnings are eaten by commission and guests looking for an experience opens space for a specialised catalogue.
๐ฐHigh margin and predictable income from listings
Income from subscription for listings is predictable and independent of whether the accommodation is actually rented. The margin is high and variable costs almost zero because the platform handles neither payments nor bookings, just connecting supply and demand.
