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Beyond Pricing – Automatic Dynamic Pricing for Airbnb

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Re: Beyond Pricing – Automatic Dynamic Pricing for Airbnb

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Post by ianmchenry »

markdennis wrote: post #2

I can't see airbnb being happy about this. What cut do you take?

Beyond Pricing is free during beta, and then we will charge a reasonable monthly rate per property, similar to other SaaS solutions for vacation rentals. The channels like Airbnb actually love it because it helps maximize revenue across the system, making the pie from which they take a 10% commission on larger.

Re: Beyond Pricing – Automatic Dynamic Pricing for Airbnb

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Post by buro9 »

Surge pricing for AirBNB, and suddenly we're back to looking our networks for floors to crash on and spare rooms to be had.

I guess the rule of thumb is that even when costs are eroded, profits increased, intermediaries disintermediated... the prices will rise to the maximum levels that the market will bear.

It just takes away the magic of being able to find that rare, cheap and great place. The sharing culture is now less sharing.

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Post by andrewcross »

markdennis wrote: post #2

I can't see airbnb being happy about this. What cut do you take?

This actually seems like something Airbnb would want to acquire. From what I've heard, setting the price is still one of the most painful parts of hosting. Having this available for all users by default would be a huge plus.

Re: Beyond Pricing – Automatic Dynamic Pricing for Airbnb

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Post by ForHackernews »

buro9 wrote: post #4

Surge pricing for AirBNB, and suddenly we're back to looking our networks for floors to crash on and spare rooms to be had. I guess the rule of thumb is that even when costs are eroded, profits increased, intermediaries disintermediated... the prices will rise to the maximum levels that the market will bear. It just takes away the magic of being able to find that rare, cheap and great place. The sharing culture is no…

I prefer couchsurfing.com anyway. It's an example of the actual sharing economy, and without the grey-area legal shadiness.

Re: Beyond Pricing – Automatic Dynamic Pricing for Airbnb

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Post by ianmchenry »

berelig wrote: post #5

Not sure what to make of a pricing product that doesn't show its own pricing without signing up for an account first.

So sorry about that! Somehow it was hidden in the latest push - that's important to know. It will always be free for the first 2 months to prove it works. It's also free during beta. After that, we'll set a monthly price per property that is incredibly, no-brainer reasonable. And we'll always let you cancel at anytime.

Re: Beyond Pricing – Automatic Dynamic Pricing for Airbnb

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Post by toomuchtodo »

ForHackernews wrote: post #7
buro9 wrote: post #4

Surge pricing for AirBNB, and suddenly we're back to looking our networks for floors to crash on and spare rooms to be had. I guess the rule of thumb is that even when costs are eroded, profits increased, intermediaries disintermediated... the prices will rise to the maximum levels that the market will bear. It just takes away the magic of being able to find that rare, cheap and great place. The sharing culture is no…

I prefer couchsurfing.com anyway. It's an example of the actual sharing economy, and without the grey-area legal shadiness.

This part of couchsurfing (the third auto-suggest result when I start typing couchsurfing into Chrome) is my concern:

http://www.businessinsider.com/couchsurfing-the-best-hook-up...

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