Without knowing the kind of traffic stats and performance metrics they have in specific luxury markets, a revenue split would be preferred. They are already doing better than Furnished Finder  by having an integration, however we have no problem paying a good sales agent (ie them) for their performance.  Why can’t both an annual model and a PPB commission exist?  Would also support pay for search placement.

Maybe even a hybrid model of picking plan a or plan b or plan C.

Plan A = Annual Fee, no percentage.

Plan B = 5% of rent capped at 2x annual fee.

Plan C = 5% of rent capped at 3x annual fee and priority search placement.

You can only switch plans on renewal anniversary.

We would pick an C all day.

Without knowing the kind of traffic stats and performance metrics they have in specific luxury markets, a revenue split would be preferred. They are already doing better than Furnished Finder  by having an integration, however we have no problem paying a good sales agent (ie them) for their performance.  Why can’t both an annual model and a PPB commission exist?  Would also support pay for search placement.

Maybe even a hybrid model of picking plan a or plan b or plan C.

Plan A = Annual Fee, no percentage.

Plan B = 5% of rent capped at 2x annual fee.

Plan C = 5% of rent capped at 3x annual fee and priority search placement.

You can only switch plans on renewal anniversary.

We would pick an C all day.

 

 

 

 

100% that’s why I believe stay will never be big 

How does Stay draw potential guests to their website?  I went out and performed multiple searches on Google (Stay, stay with stay, stay property rental.......) and could not get their website to show up.  That along with the fact that there is only one listing on their site for the entire Gulf Coast tells me they are very unlikely to draw business for my rental properties and would most likely be a waste of money.  OwnerRez needs to look at forming an integration with Furnished Finders which is also aimed at mid-term rentals and has a similar operating model as Stay but has a much larger presence on the internet with a more established following of guests that use the site.  I have several friends and family who are travelling nurses that all use Furnished Finders and have told me to go list my rentals on the site.  The only reason I haven't signed up with Furnished Finders is because I don't want to manually update their availability calendar every time one of our rentals gets booked via a different channel.

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Butch

How does Stay draw potential guests to their website?  I went out and performed multiple searches on Google (Stay, stay with stay, stay property rental.......) and could not get their website to show up.  That along with the fact that there is only one listing on their site for the entire Gulf Coast tells me they are very unlikely to draw business for my rental properties and would most likely be a waste of money.  OwnerRez needs to look at forming an integration with Furnished Finders which is also aimed at mid-term rentals and has a similar operating model as Stay but has a much larger presence on the internet with a more established following of guests that use the site.  I have several friends and family who are travelling nurses that all use Furnished Finders and have told me to go list my rentals on the site.  The only reason I haven't signed up with Furnished Finders is because I don't want to manually update their availability calendar every time one of our rentals gets booked via a different channel.

 

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Butch

Furnished Finders is not going in this direction anytime soon.  I had calls with the CEO, (former VRBO executive) and he has a lot of other tech stack things he needs to fix and doesn't have the bandwidth (or see the opportunity) to flood furnished finder with STR inventory.  Strange because STR inventory is turn key and more hospitality based.  Happy to share his contact info with you privately if you would like.  Maybe some more people reaching out would help.

1000% agree on Stay, they need inventory and exposure.

I suppose every new platform must start from zero...

I just added them to my channels and I reached out to Stay via 833-782-9277. Unfortunately, they have no clue who OR is. At least the person I spoke with had no clue. Tried to look up properties and found 1 not close La Marque, Texas.

Hi everyone—Jeff Manheimer here, CEO of Stay. First off, thanks so much for sharing your feedback and ideas. Your questions around traffic, awareness, scale and pricing models are exactly the sort of input we need at this stage, so I’d like to address each point:

The way we drive traffic & build awareness is a well-proven strategy we have deployed for multiple STR sites we’ve launched. Some aspects include: 

1. Paid Search, Custom-Tailored Local Campaigns

Every new property manager partner kicks off with a dedicated marketing call to map out your seasonality and targets. From there, we build a fully tailored paid search strategy targeting geo-specific terms to drive traffic to travelers showing intent for your area. It ramps spend at peak times and conserves budget during slower months.

2. Dynamic Paid Social and Email Retargeting

Once a traveler views properties on Stay, we retarget them with eye-catching ads and emails featuring the exact properties they viewed on our site. For the next ~6 weeks, as they scroll their feed and open their inboxes, we keep your properties top of mind through the booking journey.

3. Dedicated Newsletters

We email our growing audience of over 100,000 engaged subscribers with curated property spotlights, market insights, and special offers—so your listings land right in front of qualified travelers’ inboxes.

4. Social Media & Scott McGillivray Collaborations

We regularly post on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn, featuring standout properties alongside Scott’s team. This gives your listings an extra boost across Scott’s loyal HGTV-follower base. We also handpick "Scott Stay" properties to highlight unique homes that get shared on our various social media channels. 

5. Customer Service

This week we are training our customer service team with regard to OwnerRez and the overall partnership. Most of the folks who call in are travelers looking for vacation homes, but we will make sure they are prepared to speak to our PMS partner integrations (like OwnerRez) if owners or management companies reach out. 

Our scale, experience & roadmap

• We’re a newer company with fresh funding, but our core team are vacation-rental veterans who’ve built and scaled multiple marketplaces from zero up to 5 million+ unique visitors per month.
  
  
• While our current SEO footprint is modest (as one comment pointed out), we’ve scaled traffic from 0 to hundreds of thousands of monthly sessions multiple times. This is a top priority herein Q2 and Q3. We have a robust, modern content strategy to turbocharge our organic reach.
  
  
• As we add more inventory through our OwnerRez integration and other PMS partners, you’ll see listing counts grow rapidly in markets like the Gulf Coast and beyond.
  
  

Flexible pricing & hybrid model options
We currently offer:

• 20% off subscription rates (starting at $159/year) for OwnerRez users, plus
  
  
• An additional 20% volume discount for 10+ properties.
  
  

We’re happy to be an open book and can share our volume-based discount table if you contact us directly. 

That said, we love the hybrid plan ideas you’ve outlined (Plan A/B/C)—and are evaluating how to incorporate a performance-based or revenue-share option alongside our annual model. Our goal is to give you the flexibility to choose the approach that best aligns with your business, with the ability to switch at each renewal anniversary.

We’re committed to making Stay the most effective, transparent and partner-friendly platform in vacation rentals. If you’d like to dive deeper into traffic metrics for your specific market or explore a custom pricing structure, please reply here or email partnerships@stay.com—we’ll set up a one-on-one session right away.

Thanks again for your input—looking forward to proving our ability to scale together!

Warm regards,

Jeff Manheimer
CEO

STAY

Thanks, Jeff!  Great info.

Thank you Jeff, I would like to know more.

Anna

blueridgedreams18@gmail.com

Some great discussion here and glad to see folks are interested in learning more. I agree that Stay is an early stage, up and coming opportunity - that's why I decided to jump in early and see where it can lead. In discussions, they've assured me that in 1-2 months, inquiries will start rolling in. There is some benefit in getting in early and getting some individualized marketing and attention to your property. I used another very established by owner site for 3x the cost per year and received just 5 inquiries the whole year (some of which were spam)......Established does not mean proven. Based on Jeff's (CEO) focus on search and retargeting in his comment on this thread, I'm confident that they have a plan to monitor performance and iterate on their business model to ensure happy rental owners.