#2010 - Q&A: “How can a travel website earn commissions?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2022
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Today’s listener wants to earn commissions on travel bookings by creating a website that funnels visitors to big agencies like Expedia. Is this a viable business model?
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey what's up thanks for tuning in to Side Us All School this is Chris Kylabo. |
| 0:11.9 | You're coming up on the 4th of July here episode 2010 still rolling along after 2000 episodes. |
| 0:19.8 | You know I thought about retiring but then I was like I make this show every day. |
| 0:23.0 | What am I gonna do? |
| 0:24.4 | Of course I'm gonna keep working on it because you're listening so thank you for that. |
| 0:28.6 | And also here is a project idea. |
| 0:31.5 | Start a travel website to earn commissions. |
| 0:34.7 | One of our listeners is wondering more specifically about this. |
| 0:37.3 | How does this model work? |
| 0:38.5 | It's actually a pretty common model. |
| 0:40.3 | You have probably visited lots of websites that are using this business model. |
| 0:43.8 | It's been around a long time. |
| 0:46.2 | What do the economics of it look like? |
| 0:48.4 | And also if our listener decides to proceed how can they stand out? |
| 0:52.5 | Because as I said it's a common model. |
| 0:54.0 | It's also a very crowded market. |
| 0:56.2 | But there are a few things you can do to increase your odds of success. |
| 1:00.0 | So that is today's topic. |
| 1:02.7 | Detailed question from our listener and my answer coming up after this quick sponsor message. |
| 1:07.2 | Hi Chris this is Cam from Toronto and I've been following this show for a while. |
| 1:20.6 | I'd like to start a website that refers visitors to travel portals like Expedia. |
| 1:24.6 | I don't affiliate commissions of course but it also provide a lot of helpful info before |
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