Recent content by pedro_holbe

Would you mind to share what way did you end up going with?

I've used Parsehub but lately has switched to a custom made solution. Scraping Google in large volumes is doable, but slow and you need a good set of proxies. We use Zyte.

Right. But is there additional screening for Trip.com? If so, is it complicated to pass?

Nah, sorry, mate, will do!

Do they verify at all?

How? To click on their listing in search / map results?

Yes and no. Yes because it is obvious and you can get some discount. More often the hotel just matches the price on Booking.com (which can be subsidized by Booking if you are a frequent traveller). No because if you have an affiliate account and book with your own affiliate link, you will end...

API access to Agoda / Booking.com /… I assume.

That’s a good point, thank you for sharing it. In case of Booking.com you can get to about 4 % commission of the trip cost (40 % from Booking’s commission which is about 15 % of the total). Expedia is better and we are getting 6 - 8 %, depending on the local.

Travelpayouts could be an option. You can also do a joint venture with me and split the revenue. I have been in the travel niche for years now. DM me it that would be interesting for you.

It’s already out - check CatchHotels.com or Ratepunk.com.

This actually is my niche and we are in affiliate business with most major players. Depends on your tatget geo - Hotels.com and Expedia seems to be popular kore with North American audience. Agoda is very popular for searches in SE Asia. Booking.com is decent everywhere, but the best in Europe...

Not trying to ruin the fun here but Booking.com seems not to be accepting any new affiliate partner registrations. What do you mean? This may come too late, but keep pushing them for answers and keep submitting screenshots of your ads and page(s) you use while asking to forward it to their...

So... I think that Booking.com is making some changes to the affiliate program and has disabled the signup process for an undisclosed amount of time. In other words - I can't sign up either and I've tried various ways.

Sure looks like it.