About Third-party inventory (TPI) rates
Learn how to access affordable third-party inventory rates through Demand API and how enabling them can benefit your business.
What are TPI rates?
Third-party inventory (TPI) rates are discounted prices sourced from third-party providers such as wholesalers and bedbanks.
These rates complement the Booking.com directly sourced inventory in order to help travellers get the best possible price.
These products are accessible through Demand API V3.1 (or above) and can be booked using commissionable Sell and/or non-commissionable Net rates, depending on your integration and setup.
Key benefits of TPI rates
Types of TPI rates
Currently, two types of TPI rates are available:
💼 Commissionable rates (Sell rates)
Commissionable rates that offer competitive pricing enabling partners to earn commission as per their existing partnership model.
- Use case: Public and restricted-access distribution.
- Revenue model: Commission earned per sale.
- Integration:
🔒 Net rates
Non-commissionable rates shown only in opaque or gated channels. You control your margin directly.
- Use case: Closed user groups or opaque channels.
- Revenue model: Margin-based.
- Integration:
Prerequisites
To retrieve TPI rates, make sure your setup includes:
- A valid Demand API integration with booking capability enabled.
- Authentication using a Booking.com token and Affiliate ID (AID).
- Note: A specific AID is needed for Net rates.
- Support for online payments (Credit Card and/or Virtual Credit Card).
- Demand API v3.1 (or above)
See specific prerequisites for each rate type.
TPI rates restrictions
To retrieve and book TPI rates successfully, take the following limitations into account:
Area | Support details |
|---|---|
| Cancellations | ✓ TPI rates bookings can be cancelled using the orders/cancel endpoint with some restrictions. |
| Modifications | ✗ Modifications to the booking is not supported. |
| Bookings | ✓ Only 1 room per booking (with single, double or multiple occupancy). ✗ Cannot combine TPI and regular Booking.com rates in the same booking. |
Payment methods | ✓ Sell rates - Only Credit cards & Virtual credit cards (VCC). ✓ Net rates - Only Virtual credit cards (VCC). |
| Payment timings | ✓ pay_online_now✗ pay_online_later |
For more information about timings and payment methods, see the Payments section.
Next steps
Learn how to integrate Sell and Net rates into your application, how to book TPI rates, and perform post-booking tasks.
Commissionable Sell rates
Learn everything about Sell rates, benefits, and specific use cases.
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Search, look & book TPI rates
Follow this step by step guide so you can retrieve, display and book TPI rates in your application.
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Post-booking tasks
Learn how to get your transactional reports on TPI products and rates, and how to cancel TPI orders if needed.
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