Empowering Hosts To Help Guests Discover Must-Have Items
When guests visit your home or rental, they’re not just taking a trip, they’re experiencing a highly-curated space. From the decor to the furniture, you’ve worked hard to transform a blank canvas into a memorable vacation. What if after their trip has ended, your guests want to bring some of that experience home?
From Where digital storefronts are a new way for hosts and short-term rental property managers to connect with their guests. They create a space for you to share your design choices and curated amenities and for your guests to upgrade their homes by taking inspiration from yours.
With a single click on a link or a scan of a QR code, guests can explore your rental property in a whole new way and shop for the items they fell in love with.
Why From Where Storefronts
We started From Where after realizing there’s a new way for people to discover great furniture, mattresses, features, and decor for their home–by experiencing it firsthand on a vacation.
A whole new type of shopping experience
People love online shopping because it’s convenient and they can see every option possible. But at From Where, we believe in the power of curation and the in-person experience. Rather than being overwhelmed by choices, let’s focus on presenting customers with the best.
That boosts hosts’ passive incomes
At the same time, we realized that this was an excellent opportunity for hosts. You’ve already done the work of creating a curated space for your guests; now we want to empower you to become a paid trendsetter for it, too.
Opening a digital storefront with From Where allows you to showcase your expertise while earning commissions on every purchase made by one of your guests.
How Do Storefronts Work?
At our core, we’re an affiliate program website. Once you’ve set up a digital storefront with us–don’t worry we’ll do the work for you– you’ll receive a unique link to give to your guests so they can make purchases and you can earn commissions.
Here’s a more detailed look into what it’s like to be a host on From Where:
1. Get Started
Registering for From Where is easy: simply fill out a form with your contact information and a few details about your primary property. Once we’ve approved your application, you’ll receive a welcome email that’ll walk you through these next steps:
2. Help Us Open Your Storefront
Send us the links to each of your rental properties, and we’ll do the heavy lifting. Our team will create a professional storefront for each one that showcases items based on your listing photos. If we can’t find an exact match, we’ll do our best to find the next closest thing!
Whatever way is easiest for you to send us links, works for us! Reply to the welcome email with a list, attach an Excel file, or send us a link to a Google Sheet, and we’ll get started.
We’ll also ask for details about items we can’t assess in the photos, like mattresses and linens, so we can accurately feature the exact items your guests experience during their stay.
3. Review & Approve
Once we’ve built your storefront, we’ll send you a preview! Feel free to request changes, add or remove products, or update your property’s photo.
4. Share Your Link
Once we’ve got your approval, you’ll receive a unique link to your storefront to share with your guests. We have helpful tips on the best ways to promote your storefront, including some jumping-off points for a welcome email.
5. Earn Commissions
When a guest uses your unique storefront link, they’ll land on your From Where page, and be able to see all of the products you’ve listed. Once they’ve used your link, if they…
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Buy a product from your From Where storefront… you’ll earn a commission.
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Buy a product from another From Where storefront… you’ll earn a commission.
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Visit a brand website via From Where and buy something… you’ll earn a commission.
Using your unique link gives that guest a site cookie that tells us your property is the reason they’re on From Where–and any commission made is split with you.
→ Earned commissions for purchases are split with From Where (we don’t charge a platform fee, so we have to keep the lights on somehow!) and usually range between 5% to 20%.
We’ll send you summary emails to let you know what your guests have purchased and what your earned commissions are.
6. Get Paid
We pay earned commissions through ACH distributions once per month, with a minimum payout of $50.00. It’s 100% free, gets deposited directly to your bank account, and has no fees attached.
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