Become a Hotel supplier

What is Only Bidding?

Only Bidding is an auction website to help hotels increase their room occupancy levels.

Hotel suppliers can place auctions for specific dates/nights so that rooms can be filled when occupancy is low.

Customers can place bids on auction listings to book hotel rooms.

Why join Only Bidding?

Every hotel has fixed costs such as staffing, electricity etc, regardless of whether the hotel is fully or partly occupied. Unoccupied rooms equal a loss in revenue. If there are unoccupied rooms why not try and fill them to increase your turnover? That is where Only Bidding can help hotels to boost their revenues substantially at a very low cost.

Only Bidding is an auction website for hotel rooms. Research shows an increase in the popularity of auction-based websites with consumers. We can help connect you to a global audience of hundreds of millions of potential buyers.

Only Bidding can help fill these rooms at a value that you, the Supplier are happy with and a price that the guest is happy with- a win win situation!

For travel/holiday agents, our site is a fantastic outlet to help you sell excess hotel room nights at affordable rates.

Advantages of joining Only Bidding

The Only Bidding system is a totally new concept in selling hotel rooms as you can sell actual dates not vouchers. This ensures you sell the dates you want to sell.

Hotels can analyse their hotel occupancy levels and be reactive to dates where they know they will have low occupancy levels thus increasing their turnover.

The Only Bidding system is fully flexible- you can put auctions with check in dates anywhere from tomorrow up to 12 months! The duration of the actual auction can run for is also fully flexible from a minute to a month! Another great feature of Only Bidding is that you can put a multiple number of hotel stays for the same night under one listing. For example, you could be selling a hotel room stay between 1st July- 7th July x 10, i.e. there could be 10 prospective winners for this auction.

• Unique way of selling
  Research shows an increase in popularity of auction based websites with consumers. Only Bidding is the first of its kind.
• Only Bidding gives you access to a vast global market
  Start selling on Only Bidding and your can reach a global audience of hundreds of millions of potential buyers.
• It is easy to get started
  You can get your business up and running on Only Bidding very quickly.
  We provide all the facilities required to let you upload hotel room auctions quickly and easily.
  We offer support through every stage of the process.
• Start-up costs are low
  You pay a low annual subscription fee and then only pay us commission after sales have been made.
  We will invoice you for any fees you have incurred each month.
  

How does it work for you the Supplier?

1. The Supplier registers with Only Bidding.
2. The Supplier receives an email notification of approval.
3. The Supplier creates a PayPal business account via our website to enable Customers to deposit money into the Suppliers account. (PayPal are the merchants we use to take payment from Customers).
4. The Supplier uploads hotel and room information.
5. The Supplier uploads details of the listing of the rooms that it wishes to sell via the auction i.e. check in and check out date, auction start and end date, number of rooms and the start price.
6. The listing will start and finish at the specified times during which customers can place their bids. The highest bidder(s) win the auction.
7. The Supplier will be notified to reserve the room once a bid is placed on the listing.
8. Each Customer then pays by PayPal and this will be paid directly into the Supplier's PayPal account, making receiving payments fast and secure for Suppliers.
9. Each Customer will print off a booking confirmation and bring it with them when they arrive to stay with the Hotel.
10. Only Bidding will invoice the Supplier for any commission incurred each month.
11. PayPal will charge a nominal transaction fee for Customer payment. These charges are paid directly to PayPal by the Supplier.
12. Thus, the whole process of selling rooms that would otherwise be unoccupied is completed with the Supplier having to do a minimum amount of work.

How does it work for the Customers?

1. Customers choose a hotel auction listing that they wish to bid for.
2. Customers register their details on our website to enable them to place a bids.
3. Customers place a bid on the auction for an amount that they are prepared to pay for the room and is above the current bid. The Only Bidding system will automatically increase the bid up to this amount if other Customers place bids. See an example of a bidding page
4. Customers wait until they are either outbid or until the auction ends to see if their bid has been successful. If the Customer is outbid they can always increase their bid.
5. Successful bidders are asked to pay for the hotel booking via PayPal.
6. Once payment is confirmed, Customers will receive a booking confirmation from Only Bidding.
7. Customers will print off a booking confirmation and bring it with them when they arrive to stay with the Hotel.

How much does it cost?

1. Only Bidding will charge a percentage commission on the final value of each winning bid.
2. Only Bidding will charge an annual subscription fee; however this will only commence 3 months after the Supplier has placed their first listing.
3. Only Bidding will invoice the Supplier each month for the total commission payable plus any taxes payable in the Supplier's country.
4. PayPal will take Customer payments on behalf of the Supplier for the hotel room. Therefore, PayPal will invoice the Supplier directly for its charges for this service and the Supplier will pay for these charges directly to PayPal. There prices can be found here or on the PayPal website.