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Distribution Cost Recovery

Your cost of distribution is higher than your contracts say it is.

The terms you negotiated and the amounts you are actually charged drift apart quietly, and at volume the difference is invisible in any single statement. Direkte holds every charge against the agreement you signed and recovers the gap, turning a negotiated rate from something agreed once into something enforced continuously.

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Capability

Distribution Cost Recovery

Pay exactly what your distribution contracts say, and no more.

11%of annual commission returned on some portfolios
The Problem

A rate you negotiated once and never verified again.

Distribution terms are fought for at the contract table and then assumed to hold. When thousands of bookings clear a month, a charge slightly above the agreed rate is undetectable in isolation. It surfaces only as a margin line that came in worse than plan, long after the period closed and with no way to attribute the difference.

0.5–2%of channel revenue is typically overcharged against contract
The Outcome

Distribution cost back in line with what you agreed.

What you pay to sell a room matches the terms you signed, and stays matched. The recovered difference returns as margin rather than as a renegotiation you have to win, and the enforcement continues without anyone revisiting it.

  • No staff timeThe investigative and administrative work is absorbed entirely.
  • ContinuousRunning every day, not whenever a period happens to close.
  • Performance-pricedNothing upfront, and nothing at all if nothing is recovered.
How Direkte Delivers It

Your own terms, enforced continuously.

Direkte holds every charge against the contract you already hold, then evidences and recovers the difference. There is nothing to renegotiate and no relationship to spend, because the position being argued is the one your counterparty already agreed to.

  1. 01
    Connect onceA single read-only integration, in hours rather than sprints.
  2. 02
    Audited continuouslyEvery transaction, every day, with no sampling.
  3. 03
    You approve, we recoverPursued to settlement and priced only on what returns.
What You See

Cost against contract, by channel.

A clear view of what each channel charged, what your agreement entitled it to charge, and what was recovered where the two diverged. Enough to inform your next negotiation as well as settle the current position.

Distribution Cost RecoveryLive ledger

Finding #4192

Channel statement · Mar

Recovered+ $3,240

Finding #4188

Settlement gap · Mar

In progress+ $1,180

Finding #4181

Reconciliation · Feb

Recovered+ $2,905

Finding #4176

Contract variance · Feb

Evidenced+ $6,410
The Eight Capabilities

One connection. Eight capabilities behind it.

This is one of eight capabilities delivered from a single read-only connection. They share the same platform, the same evidence trail and the same performance-based pricing.

Distribution Cost Recovery

05 / 08

Audit every booking channel to eliminate commission overcharges and distribution fee leakage.

Commission Invoice Scraping

Runs row-by-row data joins matching net prepaid reservation records against incoming monthly statement invoices.

Double-Billing & Waiver Detection

Identifies commission charged on canceled bookings, refunded stays, and higher commission tier glitches.

Overcharge Claim Routing

Packages row footprints and submits formal double-billing dispute files directly to channel clearinghouses.

What this catches

  • Commissions Billed on Canceled Stays

    Recovers OTA commission fees charged on reservations canceled within penalty timelines.

  • Higher Commission Tier Glitches

    Detects system errors applying 22% premium commission tiers onto flat 15% bilateral hotel contracts.

  • Duplicate Transaction Deductions

    Eliminates redundant processing fees pulled twice for the same reservation ID.

3–5%

Top-Line Yield Protected

100%

Invoice Row Verification

Zero

Upfront Retainers

Capabilities work seamlessly together. Distribution Cost Recovery feeds directly into Revenue Recovery.

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Questions owners ask

The things you would want answered first.

Do we need to renegotiate our contracts?

No. Direkte enforces the terms you already hold. Where a charge exceeds them, the difference is recoverable on the strength of the agreement itself, which is why these claims rarely become a negotiation.

Will this damage our channel relationships?

Recovery is an evidence-backed correction of billing, handled the way any finance team handles a supplier discrepancy. The claim is made against the agreed contract, so it is a routine reconciliation rather than a dispute about terms.

What does it cost to find out?

Nothing. There is no license, no retainer and no integration fee. Direkte is priced on performance, so you pay a share of what is actually recovered and nothing at all if nothing is.

What does this ask of our team?

A single read-only connection, then nothing. Direkte does not alter bookings, edit ledgers or change a property workflow, and it does not put a queue of tasks in front of your staff.

How quickly does it return something?

The first audit runs within 48 hours of connection and reaches back across up to 24 months of history, so the opening position usually includes value that predates the engagement.

Does this hold up across a portfolio?

It is built for one. Every property is audited in full and in parallel rather than sampled, so coverage does not thin as the portfolio grows and no additional headcount is needed to keep pace.

Your move

Put a number on it.

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11%of annual commission returned on some portfolios