“When we asked what their commission rates looked like for bringing us these clients, it was about a third of that of what we were paying with paid search and demand gen.”

Evan Frank · Unit Economics · [Fora] Evan Frank

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offered travel agents commission at about a third of the cost of paid search and demand gen

about a third of paid search cost

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