Mark Simpson predicts Airbnb will introduce paid placement in 2023, letting hosts pay higher commissions to boost their listings higher in category views. He walks through a UI mockup showing how the feature would work.
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My prediction is next year, 2023, what you'll next see in Airbnb, especially when it comes to categories. Let me just come back and share my screen for a wee second. So when you're in here, there'll be an option on one of these, or even if you like, you click on someone. So say I want to go somewhere in Europe and I do this, there'll be an option where you can get into like a Boosted or a Premium or a whatever in here. And it'll be for people who pay more commission. So the more commission you pay, the higher you will. You will show in certain categories.