Redesign and rationalize Channel Manager
The Channel Manager, including both its sub-pages: Listings Mapping and Channels should undergo a complete redesign.
Below a few examples:
Does it make sense to show a Channels tab which basically only adds a "configure" button for each channel which could simply be included in the Listings Mapping page?
Does it make sense for the specific listing's the mark-up / mark-down and booking window settings to here (and accessible from a non-intuitive purple settings button that opens a pop-up) and not under Listings?
The Hostaway booking engine is called "Booking Engine". Why is do the mark-up settings refer to it as "Website mark-up" (with a orange "Website" logo that appears nowhere else on Hostaway) rather than "Booking Engine mark-up"?
The other third-party channels mark-up settings are labelled with an un-recognizable and impossible to decypt logo with two hands shaking (that appears nowhere else on Hostaway). Wouldn't it make sense to replace the icon with a clearly written label?
Why are some "ical" shown here when they are not actual integrations, while a number of other channels with greater integration from the marketplace?
Wouldn't it be much more helpful to group and show a comprehensive list of all the Channels connected, including those from the marketplace?
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Official comment
Hi Riccardo, thank you for the comment. I'm on Hostaway's product team and happy to let you know that an update is coming very soon to the channel manager. We are addressing some of the points you listed, and it sets the groundwork for further improvements we might make in the future.
Looking forward to hearing your feedback once it's live!
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