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Notes from the team.
How pricing actually works, what a listing audit sees, and what gets a place booked. Written for hosts with a few listings, not a portfolio.
September 8, 2026
Airbnb's 15.5% host fee arrives September 15. The arithmetic, and what to change.
The split fee is going. Most hosts move to a single 15.5% fee on September 15. Leave your price alone and you earn 12.5% less. What to raise, and by how much.
The Hostomat team
September 8, 2026
Hostomat vs PriceLabs: an honest comparison, written by the new one
PriceLabs has priced rentals since 2014 and has more controls than any host will use. Hostomat is new and has three. Where each one fits, in plain terms.
September 8, 2026
Hostomat vs Beyond: what a percentage costs, and what a flat rate gives up
Beyond charges 1% to 1.25% of your bookings. Hostomat charges $19 a listing. That difference decides more than the bill, and it cuts both ways.
September 8, 2026
Hostomat vs Wheelhouse: fourteen settings or three decisions
Wheelhouse gives you fourteen settings with presets. Hostomat gives you three decisions. Which is right depends on what you want your evenings for.
September 8, 2026
Hostomat vs Airbnb Smart Pricing: what the free one does, and what it does not
Smart Pricing is free and built in. What Airbnb says it does, what hosts say it does, what your minimum really protects, and what a paid engine changes.
September 8, 2026
PriceLabs alternatives for hosts with a few listings, September 2026
Five ways to price an Airbnb automatically, what each costs at one, three and five listings, and who each is for. We are on the list, and we say where we lose.
September 8, 2026
Why your Airbnb is not getting booked
It is rarely the photos. The order to check things in, what each one costs you when it is wrong, and what to do about each, without buying anything first.
September 8, 2026
Your Saturday price is your Tuesday price. Here is what a night is actually worth.
One rate for 365 nights loses both ways. A night's value moves with the day, the season, the lead time and what booked nearby. How an engine reads all four.
September 8, 2026
What a floor price is for
A floor is a safety net, not a target. How to pick the number, why lower is safer, what happens in a slow week, and why Airbnb's minimum is not the same thing.
September 8, 2026
Where Hostomat can be better: what we do not do yet, in writing
The things Hostomat cannot do today, from the team that builds it. Not a roadmap with dates. A list, so you can decide with the whole picture.