Same PMS mapping

Multi-unit Mapping

What is a Multi-unit?

Multi-units are properties with the same category or room type located in the same area. PriceLabs allows mapping these listings together under two conditions:
  1. Listings must share the same location (e.g., multiple apartments in the same building).
  2. Listings must use the use the same prices 

Benefits of Mapping Listings

  1. Ensures rate parity between listings.
  2. Enables applying minimum, base, and maximum prices, along with customizations and overrides, from a parent listing to all child listings.
  3. Offers reduced billing rates for mapped listings.
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Mapping Multi-unit Listings

Parent and Child Listings

Before we start mapping, it would be helpful to know the difference between a parent and a child listing:
  1. Parent listing is your main listing on one portal and will be the primary listing when using PriceLabs.
  2. Child listing is a copy of the parent listing on other portals.
By default, you can map up to 4 child listings. If you need to map more than 5 multi-units, let us know, and we can increase your maximum child listings.

Same PMS mapping

The Same PMS Mapping feature allows you to group similar listings managed under the same channel or PMS. For example:

If you manage a building with multiple similar apartments that are listed individually, you can use Same PMS Mapping to:

  • Map these apartments together under one parent listing.
  • Ensure that all units maintain the same rates and updates, simplifying your pricing management.
For Same-PMS mapping, the child listings will be charged $5/month/child listing. You can check the detailed information on pricing here. Additionally, this feature is only available on request. Email us at support@pricelabs.co for assistance.

How to Map Multi-unit listings?

When mapping listings, you can choose to replace the child listing's minimum, base, and maximum prices, as well as listing-level customizations and date-specific overrides, with those of the parent listing.

Mapping listings from Manage Listings

  1. Navigate to Dynamic Pricing > Manage Listings
  2. Click the Map Listings button
  3. Select the Parent Listing from the dropdown
  4. Select your Child Listings from the dropdown. By default, you can select up to 5 listings. If you accidentally selected the wrong listing, just click the x button beside the listing name to remove the listing from the selection.
  5. Click "Map Listings"


Mapping listings from Pricing Dashboard

  1. From the Pricing Dashboard page
  2. Click the map listings   button 
  3. Select the Parent Listing from the dropdown
  4. Select your Child Listings from the dropdown
  5. Click "Map Listings"


Mapping listings from Multi Calendar

  1. From the Multi Calendar page
  2. Click the map listings  button 
  3. Select the Parent Listing from the dropdown
  4. Select your Child Listings from the dropdown
  5. Click "Map Listings"


After mapping listings:

  1. Your mapped listings will appear under the Mapped Listings tab in the Manage Listings page.


  1. In the Pricing Dashboard page, mapped listings are labeled "Parent" and "Child" and the child listing's name will be in italic.

  1. Mapped listings are also labeled as "Parent" and "Child" on the Multi Calendar page.

How to Unmap listings?

  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


Resolving Mapping Errors

  1. "Your account cannot map more than 4 child listings. " - As mentioned above, by default you can only map 5 listings together. If you have more than 4 child listings, please contact our support team to adjust the number of your child listings
  2. "No Child Listings Found" / other listings are not showing on the dropdown - Make sure that the listings you're mapping together are within the mapping radius (by default within 500 meters). You can check this guide to learn how to edit your listing location.
       

Managing Rate Parity

Rate parity is ensured by automatically applying the base, minimum, and maximum prices, along with listing-level customizations and override settings, from the parent listing to the child listings. 
  1. To adjust base, min, or max prices: Click the Review Prices button for the parent listing and on the left panel, next to the calendar, you will see an option to copy prices to the child listing.

  1. To adjust customizations for both listings: Simply set the customization on the parent listing and you will see the option to copy the same settings to the child listing. If the "Save Changes" button is clicked while this box is ticked then all customizations set for this listing will copy from the parent to the child listing

  1. To copy over custom price changes/date-specific overrides: Set the custom prices on the parent listing and you will see the option to copy the custom prices to the child listing. 


Note: All of the copy checkboxes shown above are checked by default.

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