THE BOOKYOURHUNT ALTERNATIVE
Let it find you hunters. Own the rest.
BookYourHunt is fine at finding you a new hunter — for a commission it doesn't publish. But its price-parity rule means you can't legitimately give a direct or returning hunter a better deal than the platform. Timber & Tackle is your own booking site: you set the prices, you keep the relationship, and there's no commission.
Timber & Tackle is flat-fee booking software for guides — $19/mo, and we will never take a cut of a client you brought us.
Give BookYourHunt its due — it holds none of your money (its FAQ: "An outfitter gets money directly from a hunter, BYH never touches the money") and puts the hunter in contact with you. For a brand-new hunter who found you there, a finder's fee is reasonable. What that fee is, we can't tell you: its FAQ says "Outfitters pay us commission from the funds they receive from hunts booked through BYH" and names no rate, and neither do its terms. Ask before you list.
The part that quietly costs you is the price-parity rule. BookYourHunt requires you to list the same price a hunter would get booking you directly, and backs it with a best-price guarantee that matches any lower price found elsewhere. In plain terms: you're not allowed to reward a loyal, direct, or repeat hunter with a better number — the platform price is the floor. So there's no real reason for a hunter to ever come off the platform, and every one of their future hunts booked through it carries the commission again.
Timber & Tackle gives you your own booking site on your own domain — no parity clause, no commission, one flat fee. Price a returning hunter however you want. Run your own cancellation and deposit terms. Keep listing on BookYourHunt for new discovery if it works; send everyone else to a site you actually own.
BookYourHunt vs. Timber & Tackle
Commission and price-parity facts are quoted from BookYourHunt's own FAQ and Terms, read on August 29, 2026. It does not publish the commission rate.
Commission per booked hunt
- BookYourHunt
- Yes — rate not published
- Timber & Tackle
- $0 — flat fee only
Give a direct hunter a better price
- BookYourHunt
- Not allowed — price-parity + best-price match
- Timber & Tackle
- Your prices, your call
A booking site & domain you own
- BookYourHunt
- A listing on theirs
- Timber & Tackle
Builds whose SEO
- BookYourHunt
- Theirs
- Timber & Tackle
- Yours
Cost as you book more hunts
- BookYourHunt
- A commission on every hunt booked through the platform
- Timber & Tackle
- Flat — doesn't grow
Deposits & cancellations
- BookYourHunt
- Your job (they hold no money)
- Timber & Tackle
- Your site, your policy
| BookYourHunt | Timber & Tackle | |
|---|---|---|
| Commission per booked hunt | Yes — rate not published | $0 — flat fee only |
| Give a direct hunter a better price | Not allowed — price-parity + best-price match | Your prices, your call |
| A booking site & domain you own | A listing on theirs | |
| Builds whose SEO | Theirs | Yours |
| Cost as you book more hunts | A commission on every hunt booked through the platform | Flat — doesn't grow |
| Deposits & cancellations | Your job (they hold no money) | Your site, your policy |
No parity handcuffs
Price a loyal or direct hunter whatever you think is right. No clause forcing you to match a marketplace's number.
No commission on repeats
A cut of a multi-thousand-dollar hunt is real money — and through the platform it hits every future hunt, not just the first. A flat fee doesn't.
A site you own
Your own domain, your brand, your hunter list — equity that stays yours, not a listing you rent on someone else's platform.
Straight answers.
Does Timber & Tackle take a commission like BookYourHunt?
No. There's no per-hunt cut of any kind — trip money goes straight to your account. Our only revenue is a flat monthly subscription.
Can I keep my BookYourHunt listing too?
Absolutely. Treat it as lead-gen for brand-new hunters. Just send your repeat and direct hunters to your own Timber & Tackle site, where there's no commission and no parity rule capping your pricing.
What's wrong with the price-parity rule exactly?
It requires you to list the same price on BookYourHunt as you'd give a hunter directly, with a best-price match on top. That removes your ability to reward loyalty or direct booking — the platform price is the floor, so there's little reason for a hunter to ever leave it.
How do I get set up?
Send us your hunts or your current website and we build your whole booking site for free, then send you a link to approve. No website skills needed — it's a paste and a tap.
Your outfit, on your own terms.
We build your whole site free and send you a link. Look it over. If the math doesn't move you, you've lost nothing.
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We will never take a cut of a client you brought us.