Seamless API failover for uninterrupted hotel dynamic pricing
Freelancers experience frequent API downtimes in revenue management tools, disrupting dynamic pricing for independent hotels.
PriceFailover acts as a smart proxy that detects API downtimes in real-time and instantly switches to backup providers or cached data, ensuring freelancers never lose pricing control. It supports multiple revenue management APIs like Duetto and Atomize with one-click setup. Dynamic pricing rules continue running flawlessly during outages.
Freelance revenue managers handling dynamic pricing for independent hotels
Zero-config multi-API failover with sub-second switchover, specifically tuned for freelance hotel revenue managers
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Real-time ping of connected APIs with visual status dashboard
Instant switch to backup API or cache on downtime detection
Sync and execute dynamic pricing rules across all sources
Detailed logs of outages with recovery timelines
Manage pricing for multiple hotels in one view
Email/SMS notifications for prolonged downtimes
Plug-and-play with 5+ revenue APIs
Compare pricing performance across failover events
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| property_id | text | Yes |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| hotel_id | uuid | No |
| provider | text | No |
| api_key | text | No |
| is_primary | bool | No |
| status | text | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| api_config_id | uuid | No |
| start_time | timestamp | No |
| end_time | timestamp | Yes |
| duration | int | Yes |
Relationships:
/api/healthCheck API statuses for user's hotels
/api/configsAdd new API config
/api/failover-testSimulate failover
/api/logsFetch downtime logs
No failover, 10 logs/month
5 APIs
Unlimited
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 100 | 2% | $70 | $840 |
| Month 6 | 600 | 5% | $1,050 | $12,600 |
PriceFailover keeps your hotel dynamic pricing alive during API downtimes—seamless, automatic, reliable.
Post in Indie Hackers and r/hotelmanagement about the pain, offer free lifetime Pro to first 3 freelancers who DM their API issues. Follow up with 1:1 setup calls to validate and convert.
Advanced analytics
Single point of failure, no failover
Affordable failover layer on top of any tool
AI pricing
Frequent downtimes reported
Indie-focused, instant failover
Data on API downtimes builds predictive reliability scores, creating a switching cost for users
Rising independent hotels (post-COVID boom) + increasing API instability from scaling providers
API rate limiting during failover
Implement exponential backoff and caching
Low awareness of downtime pain
Targeted outreach to freelancers
Complex proxy logic bugs
Heavy testing with mock APIs
Success: 80% confirm downtime disrupts revenue
Success: 100% uptime during tests
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