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Zotaki Platform · Booking EngineHotel Booking Engine
A commission-free booking engine for your own website. Live rates and availability come straight from your front desk, payments land in your own bank account, and every booking writes itself into the PMS — no OTA cut, no manual entry.
Deluxe Room
City view · King bed · Breakfast included
Executive Suite Most booked
Corner view · King bed · Lounge access
Family Room
Garden view · 2 queen beds · Extra bed available
Run your own numbers
What are OTA commissions actually costing you?
Every vendor quotes an average saving. Yours will not be the average. Move the sliders to your property's real figures and see the number that applies to you.
You would keep, per year
₹3,44,121
by moving 20% of your OTA bookings onto your own booking engine.
- Room nights sold a year
- 5,431
- Of those, booked via OTAs
- 2,987
- Commission paid to OTAs a year
- ₹17,20,604
- Nights moved to direct
- 597
An estimate from the figures you entered, before Razorpay's own transaction charge of roughly 2%. It is arithmetic, not a forecast — how much you can actually shift depends on your rates, your website and your follow-up.
The difference
The same room night, two very different outcomes
An OTA booking and a direct booking put the same guest in the same bed. What changes is how much of the tariff you keep — and whether that guest belongs to you or to the channel the next time they travel.
| On the same room night | Via an OTA | Direct on your site |
|---|---|---|
| Commission deducted | Typically 15–25% of the tariff | None |
| When the money reaches you | On the channel's payout cycle | Your gateway's normal settlement |
| Guest email and phone number | Often masked or withheld | Yours, on every booking |
| Who the guest remembers | The OTA brand | Your property |
| Upsells at checkout | Not available to you | Pickup, breakfast, late checkout |
| Cancellation terms | The channel's policy | The policy you set |
| Marketing to them next season | Through the channel, at a price | A WhatsApp message that costs nothing |
| Reach and discovery | Excellent — this is what OTAs are for | Limited to people who already know you |
Commission bands vary by channel and by contract — check your own agreements. And note the last row: OTAs earn their place on discovery. The aim is to keep them for reach and win the repeat booking direct, not to cut them off.
What you get
Everything the booking engine includes
All of it is part of your plan. Nothing on this page is a paid extra.
Live availability
The engine reads the same inventory as your front desk, so a guest can never book a room you just sold at the counter.
Mobile-first checkout
Most people looking you up have an OTA listing open on a phone. The flow is built for that screen first, not squeezed onto it.
Razorpay, into your own bank
Razorpay settles card, UPI and netbanking straight into your own bank. Take the full amount, a percentage deposit or one night — set per rate plan.
Promo codes & member rates
Give returning guests a code that beats the OTA price. Validity windows, redemption caps, and reporting on what each campaign returned.
Packages & meal plans
Room-only, breakfast-included and full-board shown side by side, plus honeymoon and long-stay packages the OTAs will not list.
Upsells at checkout
Airport pickup, early check-in, late checkout, a cake for an anniversary — sold at the moment of booking and posted to the folio.
One link for a group
Guests and travel agents browse every property in your group from a single link, while each property keeps its own rates and inventory.
Length-of-stay & date rules
Minimum nights, closed-to-arrival dates, advance-purchase rates and last-minute pricing — enforced by the engine, not by a phone call.
Look-to-book reporting
How many looked, how many started, how many finished — and which source, campaign or promo code produced the revenue.
What the guest sees
Search to confirmed, in under a minute
1 · Search
Dates and guest count. The engine shows what is genuinely free, at today's rate.
2 · Choose
Rooms and rate plans side by side, with what each one includes stated plainly.
3 · Pay
Card, UPI or netbanking through your own Razorpay account. Deposit rules apply per rate plan.
4 · Confirmed
Instant confirmation to the guest, and the booking is on your room rack before they close the tab.
Getting started
Three steps to your first direct booking
A 30-minute setup call
We configure your room types, rate plans, deposit rules, cancellation policy and tax settings. You answer the questions; we do the typing.
Connect it to your site
A Book Now button on your existing website, or the Zotaki hotel website if you do not have one. Your Razorpay account is connected at the same time.
Go live and watch the mix
Bookings land on your room rack, money lands in your bank, and the reporting shows your direct share moving month on month.
Where it lives
It fits the website you already have
You do not need a new site to start taking direct bookings. The engine drops into whatever you are running today, as a Book Now button or an embedded panel.
- WordPress, Wix, Squarespace or a custom-built site
- Added as a Book Now button or an embedded panel
- Runs on your own domain, carrying your branding
- Or use the Zotaki hotel website and skip the integration entirely
Every kind of stay
Built for the property you actually run
Worth saying plainly
A booking engine on its own will not fix your mix
Installing one and waiting does very little. Three things have to be true alongside it, and no vendor can do them for you.
Give guests a reason
If your own site shows the same price as the OTA, nobody switches. Within whatever your contracts permit, direct guests need a visible advantage — a better rate, an upgrade, late checkout, breakfast included.
Fix the phone experience
Most people looking you up are standing inside an OTA listing on a phone. If your site is slow, or the price takes four taps to find, they go back and book there instead.
Ask, at checkout
The cheapest tactic on this page: tell a departing guest that booking direct next time gets them a better rate, and hand them a card. Most properties never say it.
Frequently asked questions
Does Zotaki charge commission on direct bookings?
No. The booking engine is included from Zotaki Reach upward, can be added to Desk for ₹8,000 + 18% GST a year, and takes nothing per reservation. The only deduction is your payment gateway's own transaction fee, which goes to your own Razorpay account rather than to Zotaki. Check this carefully when comparing vendors — some do charge per booking.
Do I need a new website?
No. The engine is added to your existing site as a Book Now button or an embedded panel, on your own domain. A new site is only needed if you do not have one, or if yours does not work properly on a phone — and Zotaki can build one.
Where does the guest's payment go?
Straight into your own bank account through your own Razorpay merchant account. Zotaki does not hold or route your money at any point.
Will it clash with my OTA listings?
Not when both read the same inventory. With the Zotaki channel manager enabled, a sale on any channel reduces availability everywhere, including your own site. Holding back one or two rooms from OTAs on sold-out dates is still sensible practice.
Can I sell more than just the room?
Yes. Airport pickup, early check-in, late checkout, breakfast, spa slots and celebration packages can be offered as paid add-ons at checkout, and they post to the guest folio automatically.
How long does it take to go live?
Most single properties are taking direct bookings within 48 hours. Room types, rate plans, deposit rules and the Razorpay connection are configured by our team rather than left to you as homework.
Can one link cover several properties?
Yes. Groups get a single booking link that lets a guest or travel agent browse and book across every property, while each property keeps its own rates and inventory. See multi-property management.
What about guests who abandon the booking halfway?
The attempt is recorded, so you can see where people drop out — most often at payment. Look-to-book reporting tells you whether the problem is your rate, your photographs or the checkout itself.
Is it included in the plan or an add-on?
Included from Zotaki Reach (₹12,999 + 18% GST a year) and in every higher plan, with unlimited users. It does not need the OTA Connect channel manager add-on. See pricing.
Stop paying commission on guests who already know you
Book a 30-minute demo and we will set the engine up on your own room types and rates — then tell you honestly how much of your OTA volume you are likely to shift.