Help/Host guide

Become a host

Hosts get calendars, messaging, and booking tools. Choose marketplace only, a branded website, or free self-host. Yall Come Back is not only a marketplace.

Create a host account

  • Open Host a Place in the header. Select a plan for the paid path, or free self-host.
  • Hosting starts as soon as you create the account. We sign you in. We send a confirmation email. Confirm the email before you turn bookings on.
  • The next step is add a listing — not billing. For platform hosts, guests see the listing after the monthly hosting fee is paid.

Platform hosting (paid)

  • Marketplace only — $12 per published listing / month. Guests book on Find a Place. No custom brand site.
  • Branded website — $25 / month for the whole website, any number of listings. Yall Come Back hosts your brand site on your domain. Marketplace listing is included (no second fee).
  • This is not a booking commission. You keep guest payments under your own deposit and payout process.
  • Domain cutover and what guests see vs Admin: Branded website on your domain.

Free self-host

  • Deploy the open-source app on your domain. There is no Yall Come Back hosting invoice.
  • You may list on the hosted Yall Come Back marketplace ($12 per listing / month), or keep stays only on your site. Marketplace listing on this site is a paid product.
  • Full steps: Free self-host website and the Self-host landing page.

First week checklist

  • Add at least one listing with photos and an accurate location.
  • Set base rate, cleaning fee, deposit percent, and seasons.
  • Confirm your email. Then turn Taking bookings on in Listings.
  • Open Calendar. Block unavailable dates. Connect Airbnb or VRBO if you use those sites.
  • Marketplace-only hosts can skip Brand until they want a website. Branded hosts set logo, name, colors, about, contact, and domain under Dashboard → Brand & website.
  • Set cancellation policies and booking auto messages.
  • Add tax lines if you collect lodging tax through Yall Come Back.
  • Test a booking quote as a guest.
  • Print a fridge magnet from Listings if you want a QR for return guests (choose your website or Yall Come Back as the link target).

Related help

  • Create and manage listings

    Use Listings for photos, on or off, and fridge magnets. Confirm your email. Then turn bookings on.

  • Branded website on your domain

    $25 / month for the whole website — any number of listings. Your brand on your domain. Marketplace listing included. Upgrade anytime from marketplace-only.

  • Free self-host website

    Run Yall Come Back on your domain. The software is free. Marketplace listing on this site is a paid product.

  • How Yall Come Back works

    Hosts own the guest. Marketplace listing is a paid product. Bookings go to the host.

  • Pricing and seasons

    Set nightly rates, fees, deposits, seasonal dates, and booking quotes.

  • Host a Place

    Choose paid platform hosting or free self-host.

Yall Come Back help · Become a host