Public booking page + hosted website + Google Hotel Ads + Meta + TripAdvisor + Tourism Australia distribution
Key takeaways
4OTAs take 15–25% of every booking they send you. Direct Booking Engine claws that back by putting commission-free booking everywhere your guests are searching for you. Includes: a public booking page on your domain (live now at /stay/[slug]), a hosted mobile-first hotel website, Google Hotel Ads + free booking links, Facebook & Instagram Book Now CTAs, TripAdvisor Business Advantage sync, and Tourism Australia ATDW distribution to Visit-state websites and Google Travel.
Publish a commission-free booking page on your own domain (live at /stay/[slug]) plus a hosted mobile-first hotel website
Connect Google Hotel Center for free booking links and optional paid Hotel Ads bidding
Add Book Now CTAs to Facebook and Instagram with the conversion pixel wired in
Sync to TripAdvisor Business Advantage and distribute via Tourism Australia ATDW to Visit-state sites and Google Travel
Guests book direct, you keep the 15–25% an OTA would have taken, and the booking lands straight in OneBookPlus
What it's worth
Keep the 15–25% commission OTAs take on every booking
Based on standard Booking.com/Expedia commission rates (15–25%) on bookings shifted from OTA to direct. Actual saving depends on your direct-booking mix.
Apps that work great with Direct Booking Engine.
About OneBookPlus apps
OneBookPlus apps aren't external integrations stitched together with Zapier or n8n — they're native modules installed inside the same platform you already use for invoicing, bookings, CRM, and accounting. That means Direct Booking Engine reads from and writes to the same customer records, financial entries, and calendar events as every other module, with no scheduled sync delays and no risk of data drift between systems.
Because the marketplace runs inside OneBookPlus, billing is consolidated. Direct Booking Engine appears as a single line on the same OneBookPlus invoice as your plan, so you don't end up reconciling separate vendor charges across three or four different SaaS subscriptions. Cancellation is one click and never reaches into your data — uninstalling an app removes the feature from the UI but preserves the underlying customer, invoice, and booking records, so reinstalling later picks up exactly where you left off.
Every app in the marketplace is built specifically for the Australian small and medium business context: GST and ABN handling are first-class concerns, dates render as DD/MM/YYYY, currency defaults to AUD, and the underlying compliance plumbing (BAS summaries, ATO-friendly records, AHPRA / NDIS / Fair Work checkpoints where relevant) is shared across modules. New Zealand businesses are supported with NZ tax and timezone defaults using the same code paths.
For a side-by-side of which features ship as core modules versus which require an installed app, see the features page. For pricing across plans and which apps are bundled at each tier, see the pricing page.
Common questions about Direct Booking Engine and the OneBookPlus app marketplace.
Yes. Direct bookings through your own page carry no OTA commission — you pay only standard card-processing fees via Stripe. That's the entire point: shift demand off the OTAs and keep the 15–25% they'd take.
Yes — the app connects Google Hotel Center for free booking links, and you can opt into paid Hotel Ads bidding if you want to compete for the paid slots. Both put your direct rate next to the OTA rates.
The Australian Tourism Data Warehouse feeds your listing to the Visit-state tourism websites (Visit Victoria, Destination NSW, etc.) and Google Travel. It's a free distribution channel most independent operators never set up.
Built in Melbourne, AU
ATO-ready from day one
256-bit encryption
No credit card needed
About the author
Founder & CEO, OneBookPlus
Bishal has over a decade of experience in digital marketing, web development, and small business consulting across Australia. This app sits inside the OneBookPlus marketplace, designed and maintained for Australian small to medium businesses. Direct Booking Engine is part of a single platform that connects invoicing, bookings, CRM, accounting, and marketing — so installing apps adds capability without adding logins.
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Last reviewed and updated: by Bishal Shrestha
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