Short version: HostFees is free because some links on the site are affiliate links. If you click one and sign up or buy, we may earn a commission. It costs you nothing extra, and sometimes the partner gives you a discount.
Software partners
The "Tools that help" boxes on our calculators link to short-term rental software such as channel managers, pricing tools and cleaning schedulers. These boxes are always labeled as containing affiliate links. Some partners pay a flat amount per qualified signup; others pay a share of your subscription for a period of time.
Where we haven't been approved for a program yet, the button simply goes to the company's homepage and we earn nothing.
Amazon
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Buttons marked "paid link" in our guides go to Amazon.
What affiliate links never change
- Calculator results — the math is the same whether or not you click anything.
- What we say about fees and platforms.
- Which items appear in our guides: we pick items for the problem they solve, and include "skip if" advice.
Where you'll see disclosures
- Every "Tools that help" box on a calculator or explainer page starts with a disclosure.
- Every guide with Amazon links has a disclosure at the top, and each Amazon button says "paid link".
- Pinterest pins that link to guides with affiliate links say "Contains affiliate links".
- Affiliate links are tagged
rel="sponsored nofollow"so search engines know they're paid.
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