Before launching your White Label Channel Manager solution, you must ensure your inventory is correctly synced with Rentals United and passes our certification process. High-quality data is the foundation of a successful integration, as it directly impacts your property's performance across sales channels.
Sync inventory with Rentals United
New partners must first establish a connection to move inventory into our system. This connection allows you to manage the essential components of your listings. Follow this guide in our Developer Portal to:
- Create new inventory
- Sync availability, pricing and content
- Retrieve bookings
Minimum property requirements
While creating inventory in Rentals United, ensure that the property content meets our requirements. Refer to the table below for the minimum content requirement. Our team will confirm that all listed elements sync properly.
Content requirements
Method: Push_PutProperty_RQ
| Requirement | XML Path |
|---|---|
| Property name | /Property/Name |
| Property type | /Property/ObjectTypeID |
| Maximum number of guests | /Property/CanSleepMax |
| Floor number | /Property/Floor |
| Property total size | /Property/Space |
| Address |
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| Geocoordinates |
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| At least 10 amenities | /Property/Amenities |
| Room types at the property | /Property/CompositionRoomsAmenities/CompositionRoomAmenities@CompositionRoomID |
| Specify room amenities, including beds. Include as many beds to accommodate at least half of the guests set in maximum number of guests. | /Property/CompositionRoomAmenities/Amenities |
| Description | /Property/Descriptions |
| At least 10 photos (1024 x 683 px) | /Property/Images |
| 1 photo set as main | /Property/Images/Image@ImageTypeID |
| At least 1 payment method | /Property/PaymentMethods/PaymentMethod@PaymentMethodID |
| At least 1 cancellation policy | /Property/CancellationPolicies/CancellationPolicy |
Availability requirements
Method: Push_PutAvbUnits_RQ
| Requirement | XML Path |
|---|---|
| Availability must be provided for the next 365 days | Push_PutAvbUnits_RQ/Calendar/U |
Pricing requirements
Method: Push_PutPrices_RQ
| Requirement | XML Path |
|---|---|
| Daily pricing must be provided for the next 365 days | Push_PutPrices_RQ/Prices/Season/Price |
Additional channel requirements
On top of minimum property requirements, sales channel often have additional requirements regarding property details, location types, and photo quality. Meeting these requirements before starting the onboarding process prevents delays and ensures your properties are eligible for connection.
Rentals United provides a tool to check your property data against channel requirements in advance.
Check property eligibility via API
The LNM notification highlights the specific missing data points or eligibility issues. You can use this feedback to advise property owners on necessary updates, such as adding more photos or refining descriptions, to meet the channel's standards.
Content quality checking is a detailed and time-consuming process. Running it asynchronously ensures your system remains performant while the data is being validated against channel-specific rules.
Step by step:
- For each client, subscribe to the
PropertyMCQEligibilityCheckLNM notification type using the Push_PutLiveNotificationMechanismSubscriptions_RQ API method. - Develop a handler to receive and process
PropertyMCQEligibilityCheckLNM notifications. - Use the CM_LNM_OrderMinimumContentQualityCheck_RQ API method to trigger eligibility check for all properties before starting the channel onboarding.
- Display the results to property owners as UI prompts for specific data points or as an aggregated report for account managers.