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What is Demand Based Pricing
Published March 23rd, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
Rented's Director of Business Development, Talia Lockard, shares a quick overview of demand-based pricing. Art's billions of data points are looking at future demand for your market and setting prices to maximize the ADR, Occupancy, and to match the demand for your market and data ranges. Hi everyone. I'm here today to talk about demand-based pricin
Art LIVE: MLOS Settings
Published May 3rd, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
If you missed the webinar, we have the recording for you here! Presented by April Martin, Director of Onboarding from the Rented Client Success Team featuring a review of minimum length of stay settings Art. Register here for the next Art LIVE , we will be reviewing using Groups on May 17th at Noon Eastern.
"How To" Demo of Art
Published November 4th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
Rented's Talia Lockard, Director of Business Development shares a demo of Art, Automated Rate Tool. You can create a free account, import listings from Airbnb, and use the revenue management and dynamic pricing tools today . Rented is a team of Revenue Managers who manage thousands of listings all over the world and we built Art based on the tasks
Tags or Groups?
Published March 17th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
Should I use Tags or Groups? You can get the same result using either tags or groups. When you use either might depend on your pricing strategy, inventory size, market, or other factors. Tags can be removed or added to listings quickly in the tapechart and can provide visible flags in the tape chart to help you make pricing decisions. Whereas groups
Setting the Market Sensitivity in Art
Published November 4th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
Art has a Market Sensitivity Setting that you can apply on a listing level. From the tape chart select the ellipse menu (three dots) next to any listing and then click rate settings, you will see the rates screen where you can adjust your base rate for the listing and set a min and a max rate for the property. Under the advanced settings toggle is
Art LIVE: Using Groups
Published May 17th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
If you missed the webinar, we have the recording for you here! Presented by April Martin, Director of Onboarding from the Rented Client Success Team featuring a review of how to use Groups to help you get more out of your pricing experience. Register here for the next Art LIVE , we will be reviewing new product releases on May 31st at Noon Eastern.
Listing Notes
Published May 17th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
You can add notes to a listing in Art. The notes are helpful to share strategy or other important information about a listing, and it the notes are accessible to all users on your Art account. Here's how to access the account notes: Click the ellipses (three dots) menu next to the listing image on the tapechart Select the Select 'Rate Settings' from
Art LIVE: Listing Settings
Published April 19th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
If you missed the webinar, we have the recording for you here! Presented by April Martin, Director of Onboarding from the Rented Client Success Team featuring a review of all listing setting features to help you get more out of your pricing experience. Register here for the next Art LIVE , we will be reviewing new product releases on May 31st at No
Metrics Overview
Published April 4th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
The tapechart is your Art home base, and there's a lot of information to be found here! You can learn about listings, dates, pricing overrides, and your competitive market data here. Let's look at the data available! Booked vs Available: The date squares with grey stripes are unavailable, and the dates with the white background are available to be
How to Integrate LMPM with Art
Published January 17th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to LMPM and provide live pricing updates, we will need your Company ID from your LMPM admin account, and for you to create an integration with Rented. The API integration allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Follow the easy steps below and then
How to Integrate Smoobu with Art
Published April 29th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to Smoobu and provide live pricing updates, we will need your Smoobu API Key from your Smoobu admin account. APIs allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Rented's Art is 100% compatible with PriceLab's API and we use their API keys to connect Art t
Audit Logs in Art
Published May 17th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
Audit logs are now available in Art! The logs will let you view any changes that have been made to the pricing, listing settings, and rate settings. The logs will also include all changes made by you or any other Art user associated with your account. Here's how to view the audit logs: From the tape chart, click the USER icon on the top right corner
Art LIVE: Rate Settings
Published April 6th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
If you missed the webinar, we have the recording for you here, as well as past events! Presented by April Martin, Director of Onboarding from the Rented Client Success Team featuring a review of all rate setting features to help you get more out of your pricing experience. Register here for the next Art LIVE , we will be reviewing new product relea
"How To" Demo of Art
Published September 6th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
Recently on The Art of Pricing, we showcased Rented's Automated Rate Tool and how to apply the easy-to-use functionality to solve vacation rental pricing strategy concerns. Rented's CEO, Andrew McConnell, and Talia Lockard, Director of Business Development share a demo of Art, Automated Rate Tool. You can create a free account, import listings from
Art Data Models
Published February 14th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
Meet Danielle Nelson, Rented's Senior Data Scientist from the product team that created Art! Danielle shares details about Art's seasonality model -- what goes into it, what math we use, and why it's so cool. The seasonality model is represented by the graph of the rates you can view for each listing under Rate Settings. Log into Art and click on th
Rented.com Glossary
Published September 2nd, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
This is a auto-generated Article of all your definitions within the glossary. Glossary This is a auto-generated Article of all your definitions within the glossary. All S Sync Sync is to turn on the data flow between Art and your PMS. If the listing has sync ON it is providing the dynamic pricing directly to your PMS. If sync is OFF, the pricing is
How to Integrate Direct with Art
Published January 19th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to Direct and provide live pricing updates, we will need your Direct ORG ID and API credentials from your Direct admin account. API's allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Follow the easy steps below and then email your ORG ID and API credential
Manual Price Setting Overview
Published March 3rd, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
April Martin, Rented’s Property Integration Manager shares all about manual pricing overrides and how you apply them in Art. A manual override is a change that you will make directly and manually. Meaning that the algorithm is actually not going to be making that rate change for you. Once a manual price is set, Art will not change that price for the
Update Location for Listings in Art
Published March 3rd, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
Here's a quick overview of a new product update in Art that we wanted to share with you. This update will allow you to edit the physical location of a listing. Occasionally when a listing is integrated from your PMs with lat and long, it may not correctly display where the listing is physically located. To adjust a listing address, click the menu on
Expiring Inventory
Published January 10th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
Rented’s Sr. Revenue Manager, Jessica Walker provides an overview of the strategies that vacation rental managers can implement to ensure that listings with expiring dates have the best chance of generating bookings. gives an overview of base rates with great details and insights. Learn the strategy that revenue managers use for review and setting
How to Add New Listings to Art
Published December 23rd, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
If you have a new listing that is on Airbnb or your PMS that has not synched to Art, you can request it be added by our Rented Support Team. Simply fill out the form below and we'll handle this for you! Loading…
How to Integrate Uplisting with Art
Published February 21st, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to Uplisting and provide live pricing updates, we will need API credentials from your Uplisting admin account. API's allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Follow the steps below and then submit your API Key to the Rented Onboarding Team below.
Import Your Listings & Setting Base Rates
Published September 6th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
Setting Base Rates Congratulations! Your listings are now imported to Art, the next step is to review each listing and set a base rate. You can think of the base rate as the value of your property, excluding your market’s demand. You can also think of it as the “average price” you would charge on a given night. From this screen, you can set the base
Payment Options for Art Subscription
Published January 13th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
Billing When you first turn ON sync for a listing, you will be billed at a pro-rated amount for the remaining days in the month. If you turn a listing sync OFF, your billing for that month is already completed and is not pro-rated. For example, you are billed for the listing subscription on the 1st of each month, if you turn off the sync on the 20th
How to Integrate Streamline with Art
Published November 4th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to Streamline and provide live pricing updates, we will need login credentials from your Streamline admin account. Follow the three steps below and then email login credentials to the Rented Onboarding Team. Before connecting your Streamline account, note that the import will include the following information from your account
How to Integrate Hostaway with Art
Published November 4th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to Hostaway and provide live pricing updates, we will need API credentials from your Hostaway admin account. API's allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Once you have the Hostaway ID and API Key, just complete the form below. If you have any ques
How to Integrate MyVR with Art
Published December 10th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to MyVR and provide live pricing updates, you will need to provide a private key that you will create in your MyVR account. From the dashboard select: Setup => API & Data Access => API Access => Create Access Key In the Access Key window you will name the Key Rented and save: Now you can access the key on the AP
How to Integrate BrightSide with Art
Published January 19th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to BrightSide and provide live pricing updates, we will need your account URL and API key from your BrightSide admin account. API's allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Rented's Art is 100% compatible with PriceLab's API and we use their API key
How to Integrate Guesty with Art
Published November 4th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
Art is directly integrated with Guesty for a simple setup! To sync your listings to Guesty and provide live pricing updates, you will need to connect Rented to Guesty through your admin account. Follow the easy setup steps below. If you have any questions you can email the Rented Onboarding Team. Step 1. Connect Rented's Art in the Guesty Integrati
How to Integrate Hostfully with Art
Published November 4th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to Hostfully and provide live pricing updates, we will need API credentials from your Hostfully admin account. API's allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Rented's Art is 100% compatible with PriceLab's API and we use their API keys to connect Ar
Vacation Rental Seasonality
Published January 5th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
We're talking seasonality with Rented’s Sr. Revenue Manager, Mike Fisher. What is seasonality, how would you do this on your own, and how Art can assist with managing seasonality. Seasonality is how the demand curve shifts during the calendar year. It's mostly determined by how popular your destination or market is during specific times of the yea
How to Integrate Airbnb with Art
Published December 17th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to Airbnb and provide live pricing updates, you will need to share the details for your host user account. Rented will create an API sync between Art and your host account, and will allow Art to sync data between our platform and your Airbnb account. We will need access to your listings in Airbnb. To do so, create a new Airbnb
Setting Min & Max Rates by Listing
Published November 4th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
At Rented we recognize that every property has a threshold of how high or how low you are willing to price. With Art, you have the ability to manage this in the rate settings, which are found by clicking the ellipses (three dots) next to the listing, and here is where you set minimum max rates. While these are not required, we recommend that you rev
How to Integrate CiiRUS with Art
Published January 10th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to Ciirus and provide live pricing updates, we will need to connect your CiiRUS admin account. This is to enable an API that will allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Rented's Art is 100% compatible with PriceLab's API and we use their API keys
How to Integrate Kigo with Art
Published February 21st, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to Kigo and provide live pricing updates, we will need your Kigo core API Key. API's allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Follow the easy steps below and then email your API Key to the Rented Onboarding Team. Step 1. Accessing Kigo API Key C
How to Integrate Lodgix with Art
Published February 21st, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to Lodgix and provide live pricing updates, we will need your Lodgix API Key credentials from your admin account. API's allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Rented's Art is 100% compatible with PriceLab's API and we use their API keys to connect
How to Integrate iGMS with Art
Published November 4th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to IGMS and provide live pricing updates, we will need API credentials from your IGMS admin account. API's allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Rented's Art is 100% compatible with PriceLab's API and we use their API keys to connect Art to IGMS.
How to Integrate 365Villas with Art
Published February 21st, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to 365Villas and provide live pricing updates, we will need your 365Villas Key and Pass API credentials from your 365Villas admin account. API's allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Follow the easy steps below and then email your Key and Pass to
How to Integrate Lodgify with Art
Published February 21st, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to Lodgify and provide live pricing updates, we will need API credentials from your Lodgify admin account. API's allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Rented's Art is 100% compatible with PriceLab's API and we use their API keys to connect Art t
How to Integrate Tokeet with Art
Published February 21st, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to Tokeet and provide live pricing updates, we will need you to provide your Account ID and to create an API Key. API's allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Follow the easy steps below and then email the Account ID and API Key to the Rented Onbo
How to Integrate Rentals United with Art
Published February 21st, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to Rentals United and provide live pricing updates, we will need to connect via an API, and we will need the User ID for your Rentals United account. API's allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Rented's Art is 100% compatible with PriceLab's API
How to Integrate Avantio with Art
Published December 17th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to Avantio and provide live pricing updates, we will need API credentials from your Avantio admin account. API's allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Follow the steps below and then email your token to the Rented Onboarding Team. Before synci
How to Integrate OwnerRez with Art
Published November 4th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to OwnerRez and provide live pricing updates, we will need API credentials from your OwnerRez admin account. API's allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Rented's Art is 100% compatible with PriceLab's API and we use their API keys to connect Art
Setting Min and Max Rates
Published January 5th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
Setting the minimum and maximum rates for each listing is the foundation of pricing, but also revenue management. How do revenue managers set up and manage the length of stay, weekend settings, and gap rules? Rented's Sr. Revenue Manager Valerie Clagett reviews these terms and what they actually mean. A strong revenue management strategy includes an
How to Integrate LiveRez with Art
Published September 6th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
Now you are ready to integrate Art with LiveRez In the LiveRez Marketplace: Log into your LiveRez account to access the marketplace from the Marketing Tab. Click on the Integrations Marketplace from the dropdown menu. In the Marketplace, you will see Art by Rented in the integrations Select Art, and click the “Connect” button. The LiveRez user must
How to Integrate Hospitable with Art
Published January 20th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to Hospitable (formerly SmartBnB) and provide live pricing updates, we will need your Hospitable Client ID and API "Secret" credentials from your Hospitable admin account. API's allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Rented's Art is 100% compatibl
Length of Stay and Gap Rules
Published January 5th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
How do revenue managers set up and manage the length of stay, weekend settings, and gap rules? Rented's Sr. Revenue Manager Valerie Clagett reviews these terms and what they actually mean. A strong revenue management strategy includes an understanding of how to maximize your occupancy and utilize these rules to increase revenue. In this Four Minute
Art LIVE: Navigating the Tapechart
Published March 4th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
If you missed the webinar, we have the recording for you here! Presented by April Martin, Director of Onboarding from the Rented Client Success Team featuring a tour of the Tapechart to help you get more out of your pricing experience. Register here for the next Art LIVE , we will be reviewing new product releases on May 31st at Noon Eastern.
How to Integrate Track Software with Art
Published November 4th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to Track and provide live pricing updates, we will need API credentials from your Track admin account. API's allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Note! Before integrating your Track and Art accounts, you must first make sure each listing has ra
Manual Pricing Overview
Published September 6th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
There are a number of factors that come into play when it comes to pricing your property and maximizing your profits. If you are manually pricing, how often you should adjust prices for short-term rentals in order to maximize revenue? Converting web visitors into paying guests is the goal of all vacation rental property managers. However, there are
Bank Transfer Payment for Full Service
Published January 14th, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
Billing When you first begin full-service support for a listing, you will be billed at a pro-rated amount for the remaining days of the month. Payment Process Rented utilizes Chargebee for our secure subscription payment gateway. You will receive a welcome email from Chargebee with a link to set up your payment information. Click on the link in t
How to Sync (or Turn Off Sync) Listings to your PMS and OTAs with Art
Published November 4th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
Now that you have tried Art and set up your pricing, you are ready to publish the rates to your website and all channels through your PMS. Let's review how to turn on and off syncing, and the billing cycle details. Turn On Sync Simply click on the listing that you wish to connect to your PMS and channels. There's an option to add billing details: No
Setting Time-Based Premiums and Discounts in Art
Published November 4th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
Start with any listing from the tape chart, and click on the three dots (ellipses menu) and select Rates Settings. Select the advanced settings toggle, you will see the market sensitivity, advanced setting, as well as premiums and discounts.In the premiums and discount section with this, this is it's time-based premiums and discounts that you can se
Glossary of Revenue Management Terms
Published September 6th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
The language of revenue management helps to convey the key data points that should be understood and tracked for performance. Here’s a list to get started and maximize the benefits of using a dynamic pricing tool. Authoritative Data The data that is stored in your system of record, typically this is your property management system. Authoritative dat
Log Into Your New Art Account
Published November 19th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
Here's how to get started and sign into Art for the first time. You have received an email from the Rented Onboarding Team to let you know your Art account is ready, congratulations! First, go to the link provided: https://rms.rented.cloud/signup Use the same email address that you were provided by Rented, this will be your user name Provide a passw
How to Use Tags for Similar Listings
Published November 17th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
Art has the functionality to add tags for each listing and you can use tags to then group listings with similarities together. With tags in place, you can now make bulk changes or get a higher-level view of the properties with specific attributes. Tags are for things that are outside of occupancy, bedroom, or bathroom count. First to add tags to a
Using Groups In Art
Published December 15th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
Groups are new functionality available in Art! With Groups, you can add any listings to a collection, and then make adjustments to the group easily, including tags, min and max stay rules, pricing changes, and more. Ideas about how you might use Groups include these, but there's no limit to how to benefit from this tool: Listings that have similar
Length of Stay and Gap Rules Explained
Published November 4th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
From the tape chart, you can manage the functionality, in Art on your chart, use the ellipsis (three dots) for the specific listing you want to review. You will adjust the rules on each individual property because each listing is unique and it's going to have unique needs. The top section that loads is your default minimum stay, and where you will s
Must-Have Features in Pricing Tool
Published September 6th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
Here are the top nine things to look for to keep your vacation rental rates accurate and competitive. Whether you are just starting to research dynamic pricing and revenue management for your vacation rental portfolio, or you are assessing your current pricing tools, we’ve got a list of top features that are important to consider. Using a revenue ma
Tour of Art's Tape Chart
Published November 4th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
What is the Tape Chart in Art? The tape chart is the home base of Art, and where you will manage all your settings that will create the revenue management and dynamic pricing guidelines for all of your listings. Once you create your account and set your base rates, you will be brought to the tape chart. The tape chart is our dashboard for everything
Setting Base Rates for Vacation Rentals
Published November 4th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
Rented’s Director of Revenue Management, Kevin Lincicome gives an overview of base rates with great details and insights. Learn the strategy that revenue managers use for review and setting base rates, and get a tour of how Art allows you to manage this in a simple, intuitive but very powerful way! In this Four Minute Revenue Manager you will learn:
What is Revenue Management?
Published September 6th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
An overview of revenue management and the more recent growth of use in the vacation rental management industry. Vacation rental revenue management, also known as yield management, is the method of using analytics to examine availability and price to predict guest behavior with the aim of maximizing revenue. It ensures that a property has the correc
Art LIVE: Manual Pricing Overrides
Published March 23rd, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
If you missed the webinar, we have the recording for you here! Presented by April Martin, Director of Onboarding from the Rented Client Success Team featuring a review of all pricing features to help you get more out of your pricing experience. Register here for the next Art LIVE , we will be reviewing new product releases on May 31st at Noon Easte
How to Integrate Booking Automation with Art
Published November 4th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to Booking Automation and provide live pricing updates, we will need API credentials from your Booking Automation admin account. APIs allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Follow the steps below and then email your token to the Rented Onboarding
Getting Started with Art
Published September 6th, 2021 by Valerie Clagett
Here's How to Create a Free Account on Art Signing up for a free Art account is easy. You'll need to use your email address as your User ID, and create a password. Nex please review and accept the Terms of Service and agree by checking the box. Great! Next, we need your basic info, so add: Your Company Name Select your PMS from the drop down list N
How to Integrate FantasticStay with Art
Published February 21st, 2022 by Valerie Clagett
To sync your listings to FantasticStay and provide live pricing updates, we will need API credentials from your FantasticStay admin account. API's allow two software solutions to communicate, and keep the data synced between your PMS and Art for live pricing updates. Follow the steps below and then email your token to the Rented Onboarding Team. Ple
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