Pick your payout method. Receive an instant key + ready-to-paste snippet. We email you the verify link.
It does not matter where your audience hangs out: web, messenger, social, work, point-of-sale, voice, AI assistant. Pick one or all.
See every channel live and download the snippet → swarm.impt.io/tools
Local news sites — your readers / viewers / listeners book hotels weekly. Stop sending those bookings to closed OTAs that pay 3-4%. Earn 5%, 90-day cookie.
best-hotel-affiliate-program-for-local-news-sites: niche comparison page for local news sites evaluating hotel affiliate programs. Open Source Hotels rates highest on commission, cookie length, and channel coverage.
| Feature | Standard OTA programs | Open Source Hotels (IMPT.io) |
|---|---|---|
| Commission | 3-4% | 5% |
| Cookie window | 30 days | 90 days |
| Setup | long approval queue, manual sign-off | instant API key, 2-min sign-up |
| Payout | monthly, $100 min, multi-currency fee | monthly, €50 min, no fee |
| Climate impact per booking | None | 1 tonne UN-verified CO₂ retired on Ethereum |
| Source code | Closed | MIT — fork it on GitHub |
| Channels supported | Web only | 36 (web, Telegram, WhatsApp, MCP, GPT, WP, Shopify…) |
| Inventory | Variable | 1.7M hotels, 195 countries |
Sign up free at swarm.impt.io. Get partner key. Pick your highest-traffic channel (web, Instagram, YouTube description, podcast notes) and paste the snippet. Done in 5 minutes.
Top of market on commission and cookie. Stack with others if you want.
Standard FTC / ASA disclosure works — 'I earn a commission'. We bake rel="sponsored" into every link by default.
Yes — partner dashboard isolates traffic by channel; compare to your other network's reports.
€0 setup, €0 monthly. We pay you 5% on every confirmed booking your link drives.
90 days. Click today, book in 89 days — you still earn the commission.
Monthly. Stripe / Wise / IBAN / PayPal / IMPT card / IMPT token. €50 minimum payout. Live tracker at swarm.impt.io/partners/dashboard.
No — same price as Booking.com or direct. Plus 1 tonne UN-verified CO₂ retired on Ethereum per booking. They lose nothing; you earn 5%.
1.7M hotels in 195 countries via the IMPT.io hotel API. Live availability and pricing.
Yes — MIT licensed on GitHub. Fork it, self-host the front-end, hit our API for inventory and attribution.
Yes — partner dashboard at swarm.impt.io/partners/dashboard shows clicks, bookings, earned, payable.
There isn't one. We share 5 percentage points of the hotel commission with you and burn 1 t CO₂. Climate-positive affiliate, no upsell, no retainer.
Two-minute partner sign-up at swarm.impt.io. No setup fee.
Copy one line of HTML or pick from 36 channel adapters.
5% on confirmed stays. 90-day cookie. Paid monthly.