It’s no secret that the real estate industry is constantly evolving. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, property management companies and independent landlords realized the importance of providing up-to-date listings online and using specialized software to run their businesses.

However, thanks to accelerating digital consumer trends and the COVID-19 pandemic, tenants and renters now fully expect to find a high number of self-serve options on the web when it comes to their rental properties, such as the ability to extend contracts or make rent payments online. And they expect these experiences to be mobile-friendly and easy to find on the web. 

The following blog post outlines how website builders (like Duda) help property management software providers keep rental properties full and increase the transactions your SaaS company can monetize.

HOW Property MANAGEMENT PLATFORMS CAN INCREASE CUSTOMERS & MAXIMIZE MONETIZABLE TRANSACTIONS

There are a few key areas in which property managers and rental companies are looking to make improvements when it comes to their online presence. SaaS companies that serve these verticals and want to capitalize on this increased interest in their digital products and services should address these customer needs as soon as possible.

The three main areas of innovation for SaaS companies to focus on are:

• Better search visibility — Consumers regularly search online via Google and other large search engines to find short- and long-term property rentals. However, few searchers will look past the first search engine results page (SERP). Helping your customers achieve higher search rankings increases their revenue and monetizable transactions with your proprietary software. It's a complete win-win.
• Improved end-customer experience — At this point, the vast majority of consumers expect an excellent experience when engaging with any kind of business or organization online. Property managers need beautiful, robust websites that are seamlessly integrated with all of the tools they need (like your technology solution) to fill their vacancies and enable renters to pay online.
• Easy online presence management — Odds are most property managers,  independent hoteliers and campground operators are not tech-savvy web professionals that have the time to manage numerous online profiles and tools. Whenever possible, the goal of SaaS companies should be to consolidate online presence management features and offer customers a streamlined experience. For example, if a property manager updates the listings inside property management software, these items should also update automatically on any corresponding pages of their website.

WHY YOUR Property MANAGEMENT Saas platform SHOULD PARTNER WITH DUDA

Duda has a long track record of helping all kinds of SaaS platforms achieve their business objectives, including: 

• Differentiate your product suite from the competition and capture more market share
• Lower customer churn and decrease user downgrade behavior
• Force adoption of your technology and boost the amount of transactions your team and customers can monetize
• Ensure customers maintain a high-performing online presence to maximize engagement with your booking solution

The following features and capabilities make Duda a favorite website builder of SaaS companies around the world.

Custom Widget Builder

A custom widget builder provides a user-friendly interface for integrating and managing your technology via a native widget within the Duda platform. This seamlessly blends your solution into Duda sites to expand its reach. Duda does not implement any kind of revenue sharing model on these widgets.

Flexible & Extensible API

Duda’s flexible, extensible API enables you to push and sync structured data into the platform to create beautiful websites on the fly with customer information you already have. Simply inject user list-style dynamic data directly into pre-designed sites from any existing data set. Once created and connected, site information can be managed from one preferred data source (e.g. your customer’s account). 

Strong Out-of-the-Box SEO

Every second reduced in website load time raises the user conversion rate by 11 percent. So Duda sites are automatically fined-tuned by our platform to adhere to Google’s Page Experience Best Practices.

Comprehensive White Label

Our website builder can be fully white labeled under your brand. Nearly every part of the platform is brandable, including your customer login page, the website editor, site preview tools, automated email communications, and more.

Fully Integrated Websites

No matter how you integrate with our website builder, Duda’s technology allows you to force adoption of your solution by offering integrated, connected websites. 

Your customers’ key business data and services information will fully sync between their Duda site and account in your platform. They’ll also have the ability accept bookings directly through their sites using a native widget for your solution created in our front-end widget builder. 

No more dealing with embed codes or customer objections due to a lack of a website or inability to access its source code. 

With Duda, you can simply expect more new customers, less churn and more revenue.

Want to learn more about how partnering with a website builder can take your property management platform to the next level? 

Email us at partners@duda.co or visit www.duda.co/solutions/saas-platforms.