All the configuration related to linking of Accommodations/Units to a specific Reseller is conducted in ‘reseller Connection’ under Configuration module.
How to link a new reseller?
Step-by-step:
Open the Channel Manager module
Select ‘Reseller Connection’ under Configuration, here you would see all the existing resellers that you have opted for, if you wish to connect with a reseller that is not in the list, then click on ‘Activate new connection’
A new window will popup, select the Reseller you wish to opt for and click on ‘Save’ button
By doing this the reseller will be created in the system, however other configuration related to reseller linking needs to be carried out and so you can get in touch with Maxxton’s support connection team for the same
How to Activate new Accommodation Type(s)
Step-by-step:
Open the Channel Manager module
Select ‘Reseller Connection’ under Configuration, here you would see all the existing resellers that you have opted for. Select the reseller you wish to make linking’s for. (Example- Select Booking.com)
Now in Booking.com go to the “Linked accommodation types” card and click on ‘Activate new accommodation types’
A new window will popup, select desired ‘Location’ from dropdown and then you will see all the available accommodation-types under that location that are available for linking.
Please note that Only those Accommodation-types will appear in the result for whom the Booking.com DC has been added in the valid representation. (Refer below picture & also read ‘Did you know’)Select correct Distribution Channel if it doesn’t appear on its
Enter valid Booking.com Hotel code.
Please note that you will have to enter the Hotel-code while making linking of the 1st accommodation of the selected Location. From the next time onwards the Hotel-code will appear on its own when you would select the Location.Now select desired accommodation(s) and enter there valid Booking.com Room code and then click on ‘Next’ button.
Please note that ‘Next’ button will only appear when all the Asterisk * marked fields are filled in.Step 2nd – ‘Select rate-type’, in this step you will have to linking Rate-type(s) for the selected accommodation(s). Select desired rate-type(s) from the list for individual accommodation and enter valid Booking.com Rate-code
Note- If multiple rate-types are available you can even link more than one at the same time.
Explanation for the ‘Booking.com Inherited rate’ Toggle is visible if user hover on the ‘i’ icon. (Refer below picture).Click on the ‘Next’ button once all the mandatory fields (Asterisk * marked) are filled in
Step 3rd - ‘Summary’, this step will give you complete overview of all the details you have entered in previous 2 steps. Please go through the same and click on ‘previous step’ incase you need to do some changes in the linking OR if everything is fine then click on ‘Finish’ button.
Following above steps you will link accommodation-type(s), and if all the configuration related to availability and rates are correct, uploads will be done when the next job-scheduler runs for price & availability.
How to Activate OR Deactivate existing Acco-type Linking
Open the Channel Manager module and select the ‘Reseller’ for which you want to make changes
Go to ‘Linked accommodation types’ card and now filter out the accommodation linking which you wish to activate/deactivate
If there are multiple Rate-code linked that there will be separate linking per rate-code. As seen in the screenshot there are two linking’s for Booking.com room-code: 22421, one linking is of Rate-code: 34546 and another one is of rate-code: 171287. If you wish to ‘re-Activate’ linking of rate-code 34546, than simply click on the ‘Inactive’ button to again ‘Activate’ the same.
If you wish to ‘Deactivate’ the linking, for example if you wish to deactivate linking of rate-code: 171287, then simply click on ‘Active’ button and click on the ‘confirm’ button in the pop-up to ‘Inactive’ the linking for that rate-code. (Refer below)
How to link multiple rates to already existing Accommodation linking
Open the Channel Manager module and select the ‘Reseller’ for which you want to make changes
Go to ‘Linked accommodation types’ card and now filter out the accommodation linking for which you want to link multiple rate-codes and click on ‘Activate new rates’ button
This will now open a pop-up window in which you will first have to select the MXTS rate-type that you wish to link for this accommodation, now enter the ‘Rate-code’ (In screenshot it is showing as Booking.com rate code).
Explanation for the ‘Inherited rate’ Toggle is visible if user hover on the ‘i’ icon.
Common feature settings for all the resellers
All the below listed settings are the settings that are commonly used by all the resellers
Stop Sale
Stop sale is a feature through which availability can be restricted for a specific distribution channel (DC). This feature is extensively used when a user wants to stop/restrict availability of a specific Acco-type at Resellers side. Stop-sale can be configured for a acco-type from 'Rates Manager',