Houstr

Turn your Airbnb into a shoppable experience.

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Turn your Airbnb into a shoppable experience.

420 followers

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Airbnbs are 4 walled innfluencers. From real life product impressions to recommendations from "local experts," Houstr aims to ensure these properties are properly compensated for their influence while giving businesses a real life distribution channel.

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Houstr

Maker

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Hello! I am Nick Koenen, the founder of Houstr. Long story short, I used to own an Airbnb and a mattress store. I put two and two together and started selling mattresses to my guests. My first year doing this netted me an extra $2k in profits and was the genesis for Houstr. Our thought process is that Airbnbs and hotels are essentially 4-walled innfluencers, and until Houstr, there was no easy way for them to monetize their influence. From real life product impressions to recommendations from "local experts," Houstr aims to ensure these properties are properly compensated while giving brands a real life distribution channel to reach their audience. We offer the ability to monetize over 10 thousand brands and retailers. Businesses are able to tailor their offer and matchmake with the best, most relevant properties based on their target customer and location. Some examples of items that can be monetized and purchased via Houstr are: 🎨 The paint color or wallpaper 🚗 Car rentals 🍳 A pestocked fridge 🛌 The mattress they slept on 🖼️ Handmade goods from locals 🎟️ Tickets to concerts and events 🚲 Bicycle rentals ♾️ Your own custom upsells We're super excited about bringing the native retail concept to the short-term rental industry! To sign up for Houstr, please visit 👉🏼 https://www.houstr.com/strs/ If you know a host that could benefit from Houstr, check out our referral program 👉🏼https://www.houstr.com/referral/ New registers will receive their first 6 months free! Just send us a message before or after sign up letting us know you found us on Product Hunt and we'll make it happen!

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2yr ago

Houstr

Maker

@meryem_ghazi Thank you @meryem_ghazi! Our goal is to make it easy for people to shop the world around them!

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2yr ago

Houstr

Maker

@mohamed_madina thanks buddy! 🙏🏻

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2yr ago

Houstr

Maker

@shaheer_khan5 thanks!!

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2yr ago

Product Hunt

I've seen a few companies exploring this space. The idea is compelling -- turning foot traffic and idle shelf space into found revenue. But I always worried the ROI wouldn't be worth it for hosts. How much are hosts making so far, @nick_koenen?

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2yr ago

Houstr

Maker

@rrhoover you’re correct that it’s challenging to be at the intersection of someone that’s in need of a new mattress, for example, has the disposable income to make an impulse purchase on one, and happens to be staying at a Houstr property. With that said, hosts can monetize experiences and services through Houstr as well, which tends to convert higher in the context of a vacation. We also have a “self-managed” product feature where hosts can charge for things like early check in, pre-stocked fridges, and just about anything they want to add to their store. Hosts that utilize this feature tend to make the most money - about $60/month for your average Airbnb listing. We’re exploring partnerships that will enable more value to be driven from brand to consumer, and vice versa, which we’re thinking will help with conversions. Overall, taking the approach of matchmaking consumers to relevant business categories through tailored offerings is what I believe will maximize the value of our platform and the amount that a host can earn. Thank you for the question Ryan!

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2yr ago

Stimch

Interesting concept to transform spaces into product selling platforms! Congrats! Are you planning to offer local store products to reduce adoption friction?

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2yr ago

Houstr

Maker

Hi @ncaccia ! Thanks for the question. Our goal is to open up Houstr to any business - large or small, national or local - that wants to leverage the real life retail model and build up their ecosystem of referral partners 😁

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2yr ago

@ncaccia @nick_koenen WOW 😲😲 it's amazing project 💯

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2yr ago

Wow, this may be the most innovative business I've seen here in quite some time. Making your physical space a referal/affiliate buying experience, or am I wrong in this description? Would love to know more about it! Would any of you guys be up for a call to understand the business a bit more? 😃

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2yr ago

Houstr

Maker

@nuno_ms_reis appreciate the comment and you are spot on with your description! Would love to hop on a call! Send me an email at nickk@houstr.com

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2yr ago

@nick_koenen I couldn't agree with you more @nuno_ms_reis! Impressive. Pseudo Ideas 💡

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2yr ago

Here's an idea, what if you offer a way for hosts to integrate their curated list of products or experiences into a wifi captive portal during login, so guests for sure see it.

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2yr ago

Houstr

Maker

@jeffarukwe great idea! WiFi is pretty much an essential to 99% of guests and is something we’re looking at doing ourselves or with a couple of providers out there that require a first party data capture to access the WiFi. Thank you for the suggestion Jeff!

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2yr ago

What a fantastic idea! We use Houstr for our Airbnbs and our guests love it! As an added benefit it puts a meaningful amount of extra money in our pockets. Wishing you all the success!

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2yr ago

Houstr

Maker

@jennifer_hoaglund Thank you! We appreciate your business and love to see the success you've had with the platform!!

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2yr ago

I love the concept! A great way for BnB owners to add value for their clients and capture a new revenue stream while they're at it.

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2yr ago

Houstr

Maker

Thanks @greg_hasseldahl !

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2yr ago

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