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OTA commission calculator
Use your own numbers. The formula is visible and the rates are editable. These are estimates to size the problem, not a forecast of your payouts.
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Commission paid to platforms · per year
-$5,605
- Nights lost to commission / yr
- 32.0
- Effective platform take
- 13.5% of gross
Three-year exposure · undiscounted
−$16,815
- Commission per booking
- −$79
- Commission per month
- −$467
- Five-year exposure
- −$28,025
- Estimated gross booking revenue
- $41,519
- Revenue booked via OTAs
- $37,367
Show the formula & assumptions
gross = nightly × 365 × occupancy × properties
ota_revenue = gross × ota_share
commission = ota_revenue × rate
nights_lost = commission ÷ nightly_rate
Projections are undiscounted (no inflation or rate changes). Figures are estimates, not a forecast of your actual payouts.
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This is your total platform cost, not the amount the kit can save. The kit helps you organize independently sourced, permission-based guest relationships.
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What would you actually keep?
Compare the same stay at the same base price. These are sample assumptions, not a forecast or a payment-provider quote.
Fixed fees, marketing, booking tools and added work.
- Gross commission avoided
- $105.00
- Less guest discount
- -$70.00
- Less payment fees
- -$18.90
- Less other direct costs
- -$5.00
- Estimated net improvement
- $11.10
Gross commission − discount − direct payment fees − other direct costs. Payment fees apply to the discounted amount. Excludes taxes and costs common to both channels. Negative means the direct offer leaves you worse off. Only compare bookings you are permitted to take directly.
What the number means
Platform cost is not the same as potential savings.
This estimates all OTA fees at your inputs. It does not predict how many guests would book direct. A valid comparison subtracts discounts, processing fees, marketing and added work for the same stay.
Airbnb also prohibits encouraging repeat bookings off-platform. A completed stay or marketing opt-in does not override your platform agreement.
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