Mark Simpson (Boosted podcast) reviews Zeevou (a property management system and channel manager) and positions it as an award-winning, community-driven PMS focused on direct bookings. He summarizes Zeevou's origins (founder Naim solving his own needs), core features (PMS, channel manager, automation, multi-location support, listing site, academy, free website offering), pricing posture (free plan available; paid plans with a five-property illustrative cost of ~ÂŁ200/month and aimed at larger portfolios), and who it suits (portfolios especially >10 properties). He also mentions integrations with Boostly websites and a referral link for support.
Questions this video answers
May 16, 2021.
About £200 per month (approx. $250–$260).
Around 10 properties or more.
Yes — the reviewer says Zeevou has a free plan and offers a free listing site/website (noting the free websites are limited).
Chapters
Do you know is the most asked question I get. And bearing in mind the context around this is we do do a lot of work with these providers, but this is pms. So question normally is who do we recommend for your property management software? Everybody wants to do the direct bookings thing nowadays with Airbnb and booking.com taking the piss in 2020 and having a very strong property management platform or software, whatever you want to call it is part of it. And in this little series what I'm trying to do is educate you a little bit more with some of the best ones that are out there now. Bearing in mind that there are over a thousand, I just wanted to showcase a select few and I may miss out your favorite. So I would love for you to me get me in touch whether it's markusly.co.uk get in contact on Instagram Suleyuk or maybe it's LinkedIn or Facebook or YouTube, wherever you want to. Get in touch with me and tell me your favorite. Today I want to talk about Zivu. So just like hostfully, Zevu are an award winning platform. They were spoken very highly of by Mr. Terry White who is the property management software geek, self proclaimed geek, Very, very knowledgeable, very high words of praise for xivu and I know a lot of people that have switched from Tokit who had the market majority share when it came to service accommodation properties in the UK and moved to XIVU mostly because of its leader, its founder, Naim. Naim is prolific on social media, on Facebook, on LinkedIn and he has built a community and now he's got this product and he knows the industry inside out. Very knowledgeable guy and he's got a fantastic team around him and he built this to scratch an itch. He has somebody who has got lots of properties and he couldn't find this perfect solution for what he wanted so he went and created it and now he offers it. Not only are they property management software, but they are pioneering the book direct movement. They've got an academy, they've got a listing site which is all done for free, which is fantastic. And Zivu itself is a is a paid platform, but they do have some really good introduction offers as well. So we'll quickly talk through that. So let me share my screen as I do so this is the Boosted podcast. Thank you so much for tuning in. If this is the first time that you have done so, please make sure that you hit the thumbs up button, make sure that you subscribe, tell a friend, tell a host and make sure you download this podcast as well if you're listening on the audio. So let me know where you're listening in from around the world. So this is xivu. As you can see as a PMS and a channel manager they have all the features that you would expect. Help with self check ins, automating the booking process, multi location pms. They also give you a free website. Bearing in mind these free websites do nothing. They are very limited. But that's not just Zivu, that's every PMS provider. They give you a free website but they do nothing. If you want a website that actually works, come to Boostly. You get a WordPress website. As we all know, WordPress is best. And the cool thing is that we also link in with Zevu. Again great team, great people, have got a real nice tribe being put together, a good community. Pricing wise they are on the more expensive but again you get what you pay for. They do have a free plan, no catches etc where you can start off using their service. It is very limited as you can see but as you upgrade it gets better and better. Now we're doing the five property average near on 200 pounds a month. So what $250, $260. So it is on the, on the higher end more expensive than things like hostfully etc but again you get what you pay for. You get a lot of really cool stuff in there and also as well you get training which nobody else does. Um, so again the, the training aspect is nice. Again boostly websites do link in directly with them via the API. We do have a client sorted stay that do this and again the first of many which is, which is fantastic and again we are very happy to partner up with XIVU for websites. So if you want to go find out more boostlywebsite.com so I would recommend everybody to check it out. Again if you've got more than 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 properties, if you've got a big portfolio, definitely the ones for you. I think anybody north of 10 properties is where you can really get the return of investment on there. Now that's not to say if you are less than there you won't. But I think that if you're coming in at 10 properties plus you can really get a solid return of investment on this because you get access to a lot more tools. Again it was recommended by Mr. Terry White and anybody that Mr. Terry Wright recommends. I recommend that you also check out as well do go have a chat with the team. You can actually use the Boostly referral code on here. Again, it doesn't sway my decision in any way, shape or form. But if you want to support the channel for all this free content every single day in 2021 a free bit of tutorial training video podcast for you. If you want to support the channel so it means we can do more, go to booster.co.uk Zevu Z E E V O U and you can find out more. And if you do use that link then there'll be some support for the channel from Viet Vats. So that is today. Again, if you are a Zevu customer, please make yourself beware in the comments. You are such a good community. I know there are a lot of you and I know a lot of people do recommend it. So make yourself heard, say hi. Or if you want to send me some questions on Zevu or if you want to get in contact, give me some feedback marker.co.uk okay, I'll be back tomorrow with another one of these special little mini series if if you're enjoying this and if you want me to do more, let me know who you're with and let me know if you want me to do a little little pros and cons about your PMS that you are using. So we'll be back tomorrow, I'll be doing another one of these giving you another PMS that you can check out. Thanks so much for tuning in. Please do go and tell a host and as always make sure you're proactive, don't be reactive and let's go and get some love. Lovely diary bookings.
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