HotelWire

No-code webhooks from legacy PMS to your booking app.

Score: 7.8/10DJMedium BuildReady to Spawn
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The Opportunity

Problem

Solo founders building hospitality booking apps can't find affordable APIs to integrate with legacy hotel property management systems.

Solution

HotelWire captures events from legacy PMS via polling or direct hooks and forwards them as modern webhooks. Indie devs set up in clicks without parsing protocols. Perfect for real-time syncs like booking confirmations without full API rebuilds.

Target Audience

Solo founders and indie developers building hospitality booking apps

Differentiator

Event-only focus: lighter, cheaper than full proxy; visual builder for webhook payloads.

Brand Voice

friendly

Features

Webhook Builder

must-have18h

Drag-drop UI to map PMS events to JSON payloads.

PMS Poller Setup

must-have20h

Connect PMS and select events to monitor.

Endpoint Tester

must-have10h

Simulate and test webhook deliveries.

Delivery Dashboard

must-have12h

Track successes, retries, failures.

Retry & Queuing

must-have15h

Automatic retries for failed deliveries.

Custom Transforms

nice-to-have12h

JS snippets for payload mutation.

Multi-Tenant

nice-to-have8h

Separate webhooks per project.

Slack/Email Alerts

nice-to-have6h

Notifications on issues.

Total Build Time: 101 hours

Database Schema

users

ColumnTypeNullable
iduuidNo
emailtextNo

webhooks

ColumnTypeNullable
iduuidNo
user_iduuidNo
nametextNo
urltextNo
payload_templatetextNo

Relationships:

  • β€’ user_id references users(id)

pms_sources

ColumnTypeNullable
iduuidNo
user_iduuidNo
pms_typetextNo
credentialstextNo

Relationships:

  • β€’ user_id references users(id)

delivery_logs

ColumnTypeNullable
iduuidNo
webhook_iduuidNo
statustextNo
timestamptimestampNo

Relationships:

  • β€’ webhook_id references webhooks(id)

API Endpoints

POST
/api/webhooks

Create webhook

πŸ”’ Auth Required
GET
/api/deliveries

List delivery logs

πŸ”’ Auth Required
POST
/api/pms

Add PMS source

πŸ”’ Auth Required

Tech Stack

Frontend
Next.js 14 + Tailwind + shadcn/ui
Backend
Next.js 14 API routes
Database
Supabase Postgres
Auth
Supabase Auth
Payments
Stripe
Hosting
Vercel
Additional Tools
BullMQ for queuesResend

Build Timeline

Week 1: Core UI & auth

28h
  • βœ“ Onboarding
  • βœ“ Webhook builder UI

Week 2: PMS polling

32h
  • βœ“ PMS connections
  • βœ“ Event poller

Week 3: Delivery engine

35h
  • βœ“ Webhook sender
  • βœ“ Retries

Week 4: Dashboard & paywall

28h
  • βœ“ Logs UI
  • βœ“ Stripe

Week 5: Polish & cron

22h
  • βœ“ Background jobs
  • βœ“ Testing

Week 6: Nice-to-haves

20h
  • βœ“ Transforms
  • βœ“ Alerts
Total Timeline: 6 weeks β€’ 165 hours

Pricing Tiers

Free

$0/mo

Test mode

  • βœ“1 webhook
  • βœ“100 events/day

Pro

$29/mo
  • βœ“10 webhooks
  • βœ“10k events/mo
  • βœ“Custom transforms

Enterprise

$99/mo
  • βœ“Unlimited
  • βœ“Priority queueing
  • βœ“Custom support

Revenue Projections

MonthUsersConversionMRRARR
Month 1154%$20$240
Month 61207%$300$3,600

Unit Economics

$35
CAC
$350
LTV
6%
Churn
90%
Margin
LTV:CAC Ratio: 10.0xExcellent!

Landing Page Copy

Real-Time Events from Legacy PMS, No Code Needed

Webhooks for booking changes – build in minutes for your app.

Feature Highlights

βœ“Visual mapper
βœ“Auto-retries
βœ“Event dashboard
βœ“8 PMS types

Social Proof (Placeholders)

"'Events just work!' - Booking App Dev"
"'Game-changer for syncs.' - Solo Maker"

First Three Customers

Share MVP video on Twitter hospitality threads; Join Discord indie dev groups for hospitality; Cold email founders from recent booking app launches on PH.

Launch Channels

Product Huntr/indiehackersTwitter #buildinpublicHacker News

SEO Keywords

PMS webhookshotel PMS eventslegacy PMS integration webhookbooking sync webhooks

Competitive Analysis

$20+/mo
Strength

Many integrations

Weakness

No deep PMS support

Our Advantage

PMS-specific, cheaper events

🏰 Moat Strategy

Network of user-shared event mappings

⏰ Why Now?

Real-time features demanded in competitive booking market

Risks & Mitigation

technicalmedium severity

Polling overload

Mitigation

Tiered limits + queues

executionlow severity

Slow PMS support adds

Mitigation

User voting

Validation Roadmap

pre-build5 days

Waitlist signup

Success: 20 signups

launch10 days

PH feedback

Success: 50 users

Pivot Options

  • β†’General webhook tool
  • β†’PMS to CRM sync

Quick Stats

Build Time
165h
Target MRR (6 mo)
$800
Market Size
$30.0M
Features
8
Database Tables
4
API Endpoints
3
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