I have great news! Everyone knows that access to the Airbnb affiliate program has been closed for several years and it was only possible to receive bonuses for registration and use them only for booking accommodation within Airbnb. That is, you cannot withdraw money, and the bonus is one-time. Obviously, such cooperation is not particularly profitable, because bloggers did not receive any percentage for booking..
But now, in the Travelpayouts affiliate program aggregator, you can receive rewards directly for the booking, and it doesn't matter if the user is registered or not..
Airbnb Affiliate Program at Travelpayouts
On April 28, 2016, Airbnb stopped working with Travelpayouts and closed the affiliate program, having worked in total for no more than a year. Thus, Airbnb threw webmasters and bloggers for the second time. All written content cannot be redone for anything yet.
Honestly, I've been waiting for a long time for Airbnb to open access to their affiliate program themselves. But the years passed, and they did not do anything in this direction. The money that I have accumulated there is still waiting in the wings (I mean, booking). It's great that now there is an opportunity to earn more directly on the bookings themselves, even if through an intermediary, and withdraw these funds.
Let me remind you that Travelpayouts is an aggregator of affiliate programs, the brainchild of Aviaseels. There are now about 20 of them, and not all of them could be cooperated directly. You can register using my link, if there is no registration there yet.
Yes, they, as intermediaries, have their own commission, but in principle there are no other options. Either nothing, or work through an intermediary. For me, it's so great that you can now combine the official Airbnb affiliate program «Invite your friends» and the one offered by Travelpayouts. Alternatively, use one thing, now there is an alternative.
Cookies 30 days.
Last cookies win model, as for all other affiliate programs in Travelpayouts
Reward from both registered (!) Users, and from unregistered.
How to use
It seems to me that it is imperative to try to combine both affiliate programs. First, a person signs up using your link and you both get a $ 20 bonus. Everybody is good. Next, you need this user to book a specific apartment using your link, then again everyone will be fine. The user will receive a verified accommodation, you will receive 40% of the booking commission.
Be careful with bonuses. If you drive a lot of traffic and receive a lot of bonuses, then Airbnb may ban your account, since invitation links, according to the rules, are only for personal and non-commercial use. A very strange and incomprehensible policy to me, but this is a fact, I have already received a warning. More about this.
Of course, the situation described is ideal, but you can try to write your texts so that just such a scenario is executed. A logical question - how to make a link to a specific housing in the service? For this, there is a link generator in your personal account. Just paste any link from Airbnb there and you get the link you want to post on your blog. In addition, there are search forms! Usually it is the forms that give a good conversion..
