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5 ways to make your Airbnb listing stand out
Having a great listing is critical to how well your property performs on Airbnb. Guests want high-quality, accurate listings with hosts that are informative, to the point and also show a certain sense of pride and creativity.
To make sure that your home stands out against the other search results, follow these great tips that can instantly boost your bookings.
1. Create an interesting name
Sure, something like “Private room in Melbourne home” is sufficient enough, but amongst dozens of search results, why not make it a little catchier? For example, “Cosy room in vintage Melbourne terrace” or “Spacious room in elegant flat”.
2. Professional and verified photos
Do you know that Airbnb will come and take photos for you for free? Not only will you get some top notch photographs, they will be “verified”, assuring potential guests that this indeed what your property looks like.
3. Fairly priced
Don’t leave money on the table by pricing too low but you’re almost guaranteed to have no bookings if you’re priced too high relative to your competitor in the market. Do your research and scope out the listings of other comparable units to narrow the range of acceptable prices for your unit. Also, if you enable “seasonal pricing”, your nightly rate will increase as demand in the area goes up. This way, you ensure you’re not losing out on potential extra money.
4. Reviews
Obviously, favourable reviews will get you more bookings. However, for your brilliant feedback to show up on your listing, remember you have to review you guests as well! Otherwise, all that exceptional hosting will go to waste.
5. Be patient
The way that the Airbnb algorithm works, the more people that click through to your property, the higher it will come up on future search results. So, if you take your listing down temporarily, it will take a while for it to get as much attention as it was.
Find out more on how to become a host here. Do you have any top tips for managing your Airbnb listing to share? Let us know in the comments below.
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