Jon Ellis Has Been Innovating in Marketing and Property Technology for Over 20 years.
I developed and grew the world’s largest business to business off the plan property marketplace Investorist.com which I still run today. Prior to that I owned a large advertising agency who boasted numerous property and hospitality companies as its clients including The Hilton South Wharf.
I also own and operate 2 high end vacation rentals in St Kilda Australia. Through owning my own vacation rentals I very quickly realised that short staying my properties could dramatically increase my revenue per property. However I equally realised that I was completely in the hands of Airbnb and my earning potential was capped because of this.
Investorist is the off the plan property industry's leading marketplace and software solutions. Investorist is used by over 10,000 companies globally. investorist.com
Ellis Property is the family property development and hospitality business. Ellis Property develops property for sale as well as to own and manage. ellisproperty.com.au
Ellis Curated is an emerging Online Travel Agency that aspires to connect and service a community of exceptional hosts. Ellis Curated is expected to be fully operational in 2023. elliscurated.com
I researched my options and there were issues:
Employ a professional management company:
Expensive 20% on-top of cleaning and booking fees
Didn’t seem to do very much
Values / methodology not aligned with the level of property
Build my own solution, which was daunting:
100’s of channel management solutions with monthly fees - good ones are expensive Over 450 Online Travel Agents (OTAs) all with different Terms & Conditions Numerous property website solutions Endless marketing opportunities
The Solution : Host Extension:
I spent countless hours researching, configuring and reconfiguring software solutions. I spent $1,000’s in marketing that didn’t work. Now I have created Host Extension so you don’t have to lift a finger or spend a single dollar.