Additional sales in a welcome booklet are a golden feature for generating additional income while highlighting your additional services.
Now that you’ve greeted your travelers with a smile, handed over the keys, the QR code in your booklet has triggered a nice wow effect 🤩… couldn’t we go even further?
Imagine being able to offer them a bottle of wine, an aperitif board or a canoe trip directly from your digital welcome booklet. Up-selling is possible, it’s simple to implement, and it can really boost your income. So follow the guide!
How to activate upselling
in a welcome booklet with Stripe?
1. Créez votre compte Stripe
Rendez-vous sur stripe.com et suivez les étapes d’inscription.
- Renseignez vos infos (SIRET obligatoire en France). Si vous êtes hors France, sélectionnez le pays dans lequel vous vous situez et Stripe mettra à jour les informations demandées.
- Validez votre adresse email
2. Configurez votre entreprise
Une fois connecté, ajoutez les informations liées à votre entreprise.
- Cliquez sur “Start now”
- Renseignez : identité, coordonnées bancaires, nom commercial
- Vérifiez votre identité (24h max)
3. Créez votre premier produit
- Onglet Produits >> Ajouter un produit
- Donnez-lui un nom + une description engageante
- Choisissez le type de paiement (ponctuel ou récurrent)
4. Générez vos liens de paiement
- Produits > Liens de paiement > “+ Créer un lien de paiement”
- Sélectionnez votre produit, activez les options souhaitées
- Copiez le lien de paiement, vous l’utiliserez dans le livret
Add upselling
a welcome booklet, with PayPal
Create a Paypal account
- Go to paypal.com
- Choose between a personal or business account
Create a Paypal.me link
- Activate your personal link on paypal.me
- Add a photo (optional)
- Confirm your personalized address >> Your payment link is ready!
Track your sales
with Bitly
A payment link is good. A short, traceable link is better.
- Create an account on bitly.com
- Click on “Create link” and paste in your Stripe or Paypal link
- Bitly gives you a shortened version (e.g. bit.ly/yourshop)
Bonus: You’ll have access to real-time click statistics.
Add your own additional sales
in your digital welcome booklet
Add a “Boutique” category to your booklet and insert your payment links with a small description + photo of your product. Your travelers will be able to discover and buy your products in just one click:
- Open your booklet >> Practical information module
- Create a new category (e.g. “Local store”) with a pictogram
- Add your products one by one with :
- Name in title block
- Short description with Bitly payment link
- Photos to present the product
Your travelers will see a beautiful list of products to buy as soon as they click on the category.
Little tips: You can add your store to the arrival and departure info modules for more specific products.
Let's go further with upselling
your welcome booklet
- Add your products to the welcome e-mail
Slip a nice little note and the link to your boutique directly into the welcome e-mail sent to your travelers. For example: “During your stay, feel free to discover our selection of local products: See the store”.
- Create a dedicated QR code for additional sales
Create a QR code with the link to your store and display it in your home. It’s simple and visual! If you’re interested, the “Mon Affiche QR Code” website lets you create your own personalized poster with a QR code.
A few product ideas
for additional sales
We give you some ideas of products to create for your additional sales:
- Household linen (towels, sheets)
- Earlier or later check-in/check-out
- Breakfast
- End-of-stay cleaning
- Sale of local products (jams, honey, wine, beers, soaps…)
- Organization of guided tours
Additional sales via a digital welcome booklet is the ideal solution for monetizing your accommodation without complexity.
- Easy to install
- Suitable for professionals and home users alike
- Easily accessible for travellers
So, are you ready to turn your passbook into a mini-boutique? 😁