How to map listings across channels on PriceLabs

Mapping Listings From Different Channels

Mapping listings is useful when the same property is listed on multiple booking channels (e.g., Airbnb and Vrbo) or Property Management Systems. It helps maintain rate parity, reduces effort by automatically applying changes from the parent listing to child listings, and prevents double billing.

Before You Start

Before mapping your listings, keep the following in mind:

  • When mapping listings from different channels, the listings must:
    1. be in the same location coordinates.
    2. use the same currency to be mapped successfully.
  • Enable the "Sync Prices" toggle for both parent and child listings to ensure that both are receiving the updated prices.

Benefits of Mapping Listings

  • Ensures Rate Parity: Ensures all listings for the same property maintain the same rates and updates.
  • Simplifies Pricing Management: Adjusting prices or customizations at the parent level updates all child listings.
  • Reduces Billing Rates: Mapped listings are eligible for lower pricing. Child listings from a different PMS are charged $1/month per child listing. 

Methods for Mapping Listings 

Mapping via Manage Listings

  • Navigate to Dynamic Pricing → Manage Listings.
  • Click the Map Listings button.
  • Select the Parent Listing from the dropdown.
  • Select the Child Listings.
  • If applicable, check or uncheck the boxes for your preferred additional option.
  • Click Map Listings to complete

Mapping via Pricing Dashboard

  • From the Pricing Dashboard page
  • Click the map listings   button 
  • Select the Parent Listing from the dropdown
  • Select your Child Listings from the dropdown
  • If applicable, check or uncheck the boxes for your preferred additional option.
  • Click Map Listings to complete.

Mapping via Multi-Calendar

  • From the Multi Calendar page
  • Click the map listings  button 
  • Select the Parent Listing from the dropdown
  • Select your Child Listings from the dropdown
  • If applicable, check or uncheck the boxes for your preferred additional option.
  • Click Map Listings to complete.

Additional Options When Mapping

When mapping, you can choose to apply the parent listing’s:
  1. Minimum, Base, and Maximum Prices
  2. Listing-level customizations and Date-specific overrides
  3. Group/Sub-group assignments
  4. Merge parent's Notes and Reminders with child's

Identifying Mapped Listings

Depending on what page you are in, you can identify which listings are mapped, and if they are the parent or child listing.
  1. In the Manage Listings: You will find the listings under the Mapped Listings tab. Parent listings will have an indicator over the listing names and all listings without the indicator below it are the child listings.

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  2. In the Pricing Dashboard: Both parent and child listings will have an indicator over the listing name.

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  3. In the Multi-Calendar: Both parent and child listings will have an indicator over the listing name.

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Unmapping Listings

Once listings are mapped, you can always unmap it.
  1. Navigate to Dynamic Pricing > Manage Listings
  2. Go to the Mapped Listings tab
  3. Click the "Unmap" button on the child listing of the mapped listings you want to unmap

Updating the Parent Listing

When you make changes to the parent listings, you will have the option to copy it to the child listings. Kindly ensure that the following checkbox are ticked to ensure that the changes are copies to the child.
  1. Adjusting Base, Min, or Max Prices
  2. Adjusting Customizations
  3. Date-Specific Overrides
Notes
All copy checkboxes are enabled by default. If you don’t want settings to copy, make sure to untick the checkboxes before saving.

Managing Channel-Specific Commissions

If you are syncing listings across platforms with different commission structures (e.g., Airbnb vs. Vrbo), you can use Pricing Offset Customization at the Account Level in the Customizations Page. By default, all parent customizations are copied to the child listing. Setting the Pricing Offset Customization at the Account Level ensures that the Pricing Offset will NOT be overwritten or removed when updating parent customizations.

Steps:
  1. Navigate to the Dynamic Pricing → Customizations.
  2. Go to the Account tab
  3. Click Edit across the account of the listing/s you want to set apply Pricing Offset.
  4. Click All Customization → Pricing Offset.
  5. Enable the toggle for Pricing Offset.
  6. Enter your preferred set up and click Save Changes.
You can also check here: Pricing Offset

Troubleshooting Common Errors

Issue: No Child Listings Found" / other listings are not showing on the dropdown

  1. Cause: The location of the child listing does not match the location of the parent listing.
  2. Solution: Kindly ensure that the location coordinates indicated for each listings are the same. You can follow our guide on updating listing location

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