{"id":799,"date":"2020-02-06T13:35:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T08:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/effectivetours.com\/docs\/?post_type=yada_wiki&#038;p=799"},"modified":"2020-02-06T14:08:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T08:38:41","slug":"mark-up-vs-interest","status":"publish","type":"yada_wiki","link":"https:\/\/effectivetours.com\/docs\/wiki\/mark-up-vs-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Up vs Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">It&#8217;s important to understand the difference between Mark Ups and Interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Mark Up<\/strong> required to personalized the rates you are sending to the channels as <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"explained here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/effectivetours.com\/docs\/wiki\/setting-markups-for-ota-and-agents\/\" target=\"_blank\">explained here<\/a><br><br><strong>Interest <\/strong>is a real commission charged by the OTA from you and it can be equal to Mark-up, or higher. It can be lower as well, but it means losing your profit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">It will be easier to understand it by example.  Due to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pricing\" target=\"_blank\">Rate parity<\/a> (price parity) conditions on many OTA you have to provide the same rates for all players on the market, as a result it comes to higher revenue for the hotelier from the OTA with less commissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p> The main purpose of entering Interest is to get proper <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/effectivetours.com\/docs\/wiki\/financial-report-in-effective-tours\/\" target=\"_blank\">Financial reports<\/a> from Effective Tours which you can use for future analytics.  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"747\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/effectivetours.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.effectivetours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-5.png 747w, https:\/\/blog.effectivetours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-5-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><figcaption> As you can see, Agent A is more profitable than Agent B &amp; C.  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-link-hover-chambray-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/effectivetours.com\/docs\/wiki\/effective-tours-setup-manual\/\">&lt;= Back to  Main Page<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"wiki_cats":[],"wiki_tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It&#039;s important to understand the difference between Mark Ups and Interest. 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