THE BOOKYOURHUNT ALTERNATIVE
Your outfit. Your prices. No 10% cut.
BookYourHunt is fine at finding you a new hunter — for a 10% commission. 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.
Give BookYourHunt its due — it pays the outfitter directly, holds none of your money, and puts the hunter in contact with you. For a brand-new hunter who found you there, the 10% commission (per BookYourHunt's own outfitter materials) is a reasonable finder's fee.
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 carries the 10% 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 from BookYourHunt's own outfitter pages, FAQ, and Terms.
| BookYourHunt | Timber & Tackle | |
|---|---|---|
| Commission per booked hunt | 10% (per their outfitter materials) | $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 | 10% every hunt, forever | 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 10% on repeats
A 10% cut of a multi-thousand-dollar hunt is real money — and 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, building your search ranking — 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 phone call and a tap.
Your outfit, on your own terms.
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