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For niche tour operators and activity companies

The TourCMS Marketplace solves the problem of how to give access to your content (product descriptions, dates, prices & availability) to a growing number of websites that want to work with you

Some of your website partners may only create a few sales every couple of months and you wonder whether it is worthwhile logging into all their extranets and updating dates, prices & availability but not getting anything back from it.

With the TourCMS Marketplace you can load your products once and give access to the same details to every partner. This will save you time and make it easier for you to work with many more partners as you won't have to invest any time in sorting out your content for each new partner.

Key benefits

Saves you time - no more having to go around logging in to many partner extranets
Your partners always have the latest prices and availability hence won't over book you
Find new partners increasing sales
Keep consistent information between your website, your partners and your staff made bookings
Content can be stored in different languages but sharing the same prices / availability
Expose your data to partners via an XML API or via JavaScript widgets

What is the commercial deal?
The TourCMS Marketplace is run using what we call end point contracts. Hence you do a deal (and contract) with the partner how you wish. That may be as a agent, it could be an affiliate style deal, it could be an advertising deal (pay to list, pay per click) or something else.

TourCMS doesn't charge either you or your partners any % of the transaction going through the TourCMS Marketplace.

Alternatively some partners / affiliates have chosen to use our central commission billing system. In this situation you as a supplier will pay us 9% of the sale value (commissionable components) of which we pass on 6% to the affiliate.

How does the TourCMS Marketplace work?
Within your account you can search for potential partners. Click on create connection to create a connection between you and your new partner. Only you can create a connection with a partner (the partner can't create a connection with you). For those on Facebook / Twitter - this is much like becoming a friend or following someone.

Once a connection is made they have access to an XML API and/or JavaScript widgets and can extract your content when they wish. You can remove a connection at any time.

JavaScript widgets
If a partner doesn't wish to work with the XML API you can give them 1 line of JavaScript code to add a widget (such as this example below) to feature your tours on their website. This uses the TourCMS tracking system so you can create affiliate or agent relationships with partners.

Further examples and explanation

Do you need to use TourCMS as your reservation system?
The TourCMS Marketplace is built on top of the existing TourCMS tour operator reservation system. The Marketplace is open to any travel company regardless of how you currently take bookings. You could be using an offline system (such as a diary) or perhaps a system you have built yourself (in Microsoft Access). No problem. If you are using another web based reservation system that is fine too.

How much does it cost?
Although to get started is free, you need to upgrade to a paying account to make best use of this system
Further TourCMS account price information

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