Your content engine needs a home: a direct booking site with a blog
inkSTR publishes to self-hosted websites on Wix, WordPress, CraftedStays, or any custom or AI-built site (Claude, Lovable) via API. OTA listings and PMS-hosted booking pages don't include a blog, so the first step is a site of your own. Two ways to get there: have it built for you, or launch a template yourself today.
Every template includes 1 free month of inkSTR Scale · $199 value
Managing properties for other owners? See the property management version
Done for you
Have it designed, built, and launched
Zero editor time on your side. Your content, photos, and booking flow handled end to end.
Maverick STR
A fully custom direct booking website designed, built, and launched for you by the team behind inkSTR. Your content, your photos, your booking flow — done.
Custom builds from $1,500
CraftedStays
A hosted direct booking platform purpose-built for short-term rentals: pick a conversion-tuned site template, connect your PMS (Hospitable, OwnerRez, Hostaway, and more) for live listings, calendars, and reviews, and be live within a week — with inkSTR publishing straight into its blog.
inkSTR partner offer: $25/mo off your first 12 months with code inkstr26
Boostly
A direct-booking website builder for short-term rental operators, with Boostly Connect linking your PMS so bookings, occupancy, and revenue data live alongside the site.
inkSTR integration coming soon
Do it yourself
Launch from the same framework we build client sites on
SEO-scaffolded Wix Studio templates by Maverick STR — the structure our $1,500+ done-for-you builds start from, as an instant download. Decide you'd rather have it built? Your template price applies as credit toward a done-for-you build within 60 days.
Live previewDirect Booking Website Template
$499
A conversion-ready Wix site for a single vacation rental
For: Hosts with one property who want a direct booking site live this week
- SEO-scaffolded page structure — every heading placeholder shows where your target keyword goes
- Hero with Book Now, feature cards, and full photo gallery
- Property sections with beds, baths, and sleeps details
- Booking calendar embed plus Airbnb / Vrbo alternate booking links
- Review aggregation embed, map, FAQ section, and Instagram feed
- Built by Maverick STR on Wix Studio — the same framework behind our client builds
Includes your first month of inkSTR Scale free ($199 value) — connect your PMS and the content engine starts the day your site goes live.
Coming soon
In the Wix Studio workshop
Multi-Property Direct Booking Template
$699
A portfolio site for self-managed hosts with 2–10 properties
For: Self-managed hosts running a portfolio across one or more markets
- Property grid with per-property pages and booking sections
- Market/location page layout for multi-market portfolios
- The same SEO scaffold and booking embeds as the single-property template
Includes your first month of inkSTR Scale free ($199 value) — connect your PMS and the content engine starts the day your site goes live.
How it works
From download to live site in three steps
Templates use Wix's official shareable-file format — no imports, no transfers, no waiting on anyone.
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Open the file
Unzip your download and open the "Use this template" file — an instructions file is included right next to it.
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Click Add Site
Logged into your Wix account, click Add Site and the full template site is added to your account.
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Customize and publish
Swap in your property details and photos, connect your domain, and publish. Then let inkSTR handle the content.
Then the content engine takes over. Connect your new site and your PMS to inkSTR and articles research, write, and publish themselves — your first month of Scale is included with every template.
Questions about getting a site
OTA listings and PMS-hosted booking pages don’t include blog functionality, so there’s nowhere for search content to live and nothing for Google or AI search engines to rank beyond your name. A self-hosted site on Wix, WordPress, or a custom or AI-built platform gives you a blog, and that blog is what inkSTR fills with content that brings travelers to you directly, commission-free.
You get a downloadable zip built with Wix’s official shareable-template format. Unzip it, open the "Use this template" file, click Add Site while logged into your Wix account, and the full site is added to your account, ready to customize with your property details and publish. An instructions file is included in the download.
The template itself, delivered instantly after checkout, plus your first month of inkSTR Scale free ($199 value) so you can connect your PMS and start the content engine the day your site goes live. And if you decide you’d rather have it built for you, your template price applies as credit toward a done-for-you build within 60 days.
It comes down to time versus budget. If you have the hours to customize a site yourself in the Wix editor, the template is the fastest affordable path. If you want it designed, populated with your real content and photos, and launched without touching the editor, a done-for-you build from Maverick STR (from $1,500) or a CraftedStays platform site (plans from $69.99/mo first year, $25/mo off your first 12 months with code inkstr26) is the better fit.
Yes — they were built for it. Both templates are SEO-scaffolded Wix Studio sites made by Maverick STR, with the heading structure, booking sections, and page layout that inkSTR’s content engine publishes into. Connect your project to the site and articles flow in automatically.
Templates are digital downloads delivered instantly, so all sales are final once the file has been downloaded. If you hit a problem with the file itself, contact hello@inkstr.co and we’ll make it right — and remember the template price credits toward a done-for-you build within 60 days if you change course.
Site first, then content on autopilot.
However you get your site live — built for you or launched from a template — inkSTR is the engine that fills it with content that ranks.
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