Welcome to Thatch! Thatch helps monetize your audience and earn passive income. Creators on Thatch make money by selling guides, offering services, and earning hotel commissions. This guide focuses on one of the highest income potential opportunities if done right - earning commissions from hotels.
We’ll walk you through the process, step-by-step, of how to get to your first commission + share some strategies and best practices for getting your audience to book your recommendations.
Hotel commissions are a percentage of the booking amount paid by a traveler that the hotel pays to travel agencies, websites, or creators for bringing that customer to book and stay at their property. These commissions incentivize partnerships, boost bookings, and reward the referrer's contribution. Commission rates can range from 0% to 10%, depending on the hotel relationship.
Thatch has partnered with Booking.com, offering every seller on the platform a 6% commission for bookings they drive. Since commissions are included in hotel prices, there is no additional cost to the traveler.
STEP 01.
You’ll need to register as a seller to earn commissions. Skip to step two if you’ve already done so. Learn more about registering to be a seller here.
STEP 02.
Developing engaging, informative, and visually appealing products that put the hotels you recommend in the context of a destination or particular trip is crucial to helping your audience make a booking decision.
By including your recommended hotels in any of the following formats, you instill trust in customers and simplify their decision-making process, making it more likely for them to book a hotel that has been carefully curated and endorsed by a reliable source.
Here are some of the common formats we’ve seen creators use to successfully drive bookings.
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