An affiliate business model is a collaboration framework that allows you to engage your target audience on ZenHotels using special tools, and receive remuneration for each successful booking completed.
This model is typically adopted by owners of websites, blogs, or messaging channels with a dedicated audience and consistent traffic. To captivate your audience, you are required to display the ZenHotels inventory on your website, blog, or channel using one of the following integration tools:
Referral link
Widget
White label
API integration
Why you should adopt an affiliate model
You can use it to:
Monetize traffic. For example, let’s say you have a travel blog and a steady target customer group. You place the ZenHotels widget on your blog to receive an additional income.
Add a hotel product to your website. For instance, you specialize in airline tickets, but you want to provide more services. Or you have an agency that sells tours and aims to add a booking page with your selection of hotels so that customers can compare the cost of a package tour with the cost of accommodation only.
Create a full-fledged online travel agency without spending resources on processing and customer support.
With an affiliate partnership, you do not participate in mutual settlements with customers but receive remuneration for each successful booking.
How to register in the affiliate office
Fill in the main information at this link (step 1).
Enter the information about your organization and choose the “Monetization of traffic” type of collaboration.
Click “Register” — by doing so, you accept the conditions of the offer.
After entering your email address, if you see the “This user is already registered” error, simply reset the password.
How to change a password
Follow the instructions at this link.
How to create an affiliate contract
If you already have access to RateHawk and no active affiliate contracts, you can create a contract in your Personal Account:
Select the name of the company in the upper right corner.
In the open window click on “Choose another office” under the company name.
Click Create an affiliate office.
Select the legal entity of the name to which the contract will be entered into. If you would like to enter into an affiliate contract on behalf of a legal entity that is not on the list, contact your account manager.
Read through the public offer agreement.
Click Create an office in order to accept the public offer agreement and create a contract.
A message will appear in the bottom right corner of the screen that the contract was successfully created.
If you encounter any difficulties during registration, please contact your account manager or the customer support center.
How to log in to the affiliate office
There is a section with your company’s name in the upper right corner of the screen. Click here to switch between registered contracts and see all contract settings.
To see your available contracts, navigate to the upper part of this window, where you’ll find each contract next to a document symbol.
When you select a contract, a yellow frame will appear around it.
An affiliate contract is marked Affiliate. Upon selecting it, the Personal Account will open.
If, the affiliate contract is not available to you, screenshot the error, and send a request to your account manager to ensure your access is correct.
How to find the contract number
Select your company’s name and email in the upper right corner of the screen.
In the contract section, under the name of your company and legal entity, you’ll find contract numbers displayed — for example:
Office AFF–12345
Office AFF–12345 is the unique number of your contract.
How to add a user
Follow the instructions at this link.