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Agoda alternative

A commission-free Agoda alternative

Agoda brings reach, especially across Asia-Pacific — and takes a commission on every booking, plus the guest relationship. PeakRooms is the direct alternative: your own booking website where the price a guest sees is the rate you set — no markup in between, no commission, and the guest is yours.

See what OTAs cost you

A RM 340 night on an OTA pays you RM 289 — RM 51 to commission, at a typical 15%. On your own website it pays you RM 340: 0% commission, on every plan.

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The short answer

The direct alternative to Agoda is a booking website of your own. Agoda brings reach across Asia-Pacific but takes a commission — commonly 15–25% for an independent — and often uses an opaque markup model, while keeping the guest's details. PeakRooms gives you a commission-free channel where the price a guest sees is exactly the rate you set, paid by card with Book & pay or a one-tap WhatsApp request. You own the guest relationship and every repeat booking, and can keep Agoda for discovery while converting guests direct.

What Agoda really costs

Agoda takes a commission on every stay — commonly 15–25% for an independent, set by your location and agreement, and sometimes through a markup model that makes the real cost hard to see. It keeps the guest's details too, so the booking you could have taken direct earns the OTA its margin instead. A direct channel takes that back.

Calculate your commission

Direct with PeakRooms vs Agoda (OTA)

  • Commission per booking

    PeakRooms (direct): None

    Agoda (OTA): ≈ 15–25%

  • Pricing model

    PeakRooms (direct): Your rate, as set

    Agoda (OTA): Commission or opaque markup

  • Price the guest sees

    PeakRooms (direct): Exactly your rate

    Agoda (OTA): May include a markup

  • Who owns the guest

    PeakRooms (direct): You

    Agoda (OTA): The platform

  • Guest contact details

    PeakRooms (direct): Yours

    Agoda (OTA): Limited / masked

  • Card payments

    PeakRooms (direct): Book & pay, yours

    Agoda (OTA): Through the platform

Why PeakRooms

What you get

  • Keep the 15–25% Agoda takes

    Agoda's cut is set by your location and agreement — commonly 15–25% for an independent. On a direct booking there is no cut at all.

  • Repeat guests come back to you

    Agoda keeps the guest's contact details. When the booking is direct, the relationship is yours — the next stay doesn't route through the OTA.

  • Clear, honest pricing

    You set your rate and the guest pays it — no markup model sitting between you and the booking.

Questions owners ask

How much commission does Agoda charge?
Independent hotels commonly pay around 15–25% to Agoda, depending on location and agreement. Every booking you take direct on PeakRooms has no per-booking commission.
Why is Agoda's real cost hard to calculate?
Agoda often uses a markup model where the price a guest pays can differ from your net rate, so the effective cost isn't always a clean percentage. On a direct booking through PeakRooms, the price the guest pays is exactly the rate you set.
Is Agoda only useful for Asia-Pacific guests?
Agoda's strength is reach across Asia-Pacific, which can be worth keeping for discovery. A direct booking website lets you convert those guests — and everyone else — on your own commission-free channel.

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