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The Marketics STR Performance Index · v1.0 · Updated Jul 2026

The methodology behind 45% median revenue lift

Every revenue claim Marketics makes traces back to this page. The Index documents how we measure performance, how the benchmark is calculated, and the full distribution behind the headline number, so the figure can be checked, not just cited. This is the source of record.

45% Median revenue lift · net of market
19 Documented engagements in the set
12 mo Minimum tenure to enter the set
22 Markets represented · US · CA · MX
01 · DEFINITION

What the Index measures

The Index tracks a single primary metric. Revenue lift, net of market: for every property Marketics has managed for at least twelve months. Each of the four terms is defined precisely, because the precision is the point.

Revenue Net payout deposited to the owner. Nightly rate plus fees actually received, after platform deductions. Not gross booking value.
Lift The change in trailing-twelve-month revenue from the twelve months before Marketics engaged to the twelve months after.
Net of market The lift with the property's own market movement subtracted, using the local comp-set index over the same period. Credit the market provided is removed.
Median The middle value across all qualifying engagements. Chosen over the mean so a few outliers can't inflate the headline.

"Net of market" is the term that matters most. A property that grew 60% in a market that itself rose 15% is credited with a 45% lift, not 60%. The Index never claims credit the market provided.

02 · METHOD

How the number is calculated

1

Establish the baseline

Trailing-twelve-month net revenue for the property in the year before engagement. Pulled from the owner's own payout records, not estimates.

2

Measure the outcome

Trailing-twelve-month net revenue for the same property one year into the engagement, from the same source.

3

Build the market index

Compute the revenue change across a matched comp set in the same market and period, so the property's own market movement can be isolated.

4

Subtract the market

Net lift = property lift − market movement. A property up 60% in a market up 15% is credited 45%, not 60%.

5

Take the median

Across all engagements with at least twelve months of post-engagement data, report the median net lift. Properties under twelve months are excluded until they qualify.

03 · DISTRIBUTION

The full spread behind the median

A median is honest only if the distribution is shown. Here is every engagement in the set, bucketed by net lift. The median sits at 45%; results range widely (from −3% to +193%) by starting position, property type, and market.

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<20% 20–40% 41–50% 51–75% 76–150% >150%
Median bucket (41–50%)
n = 19 engagements · min 12-month tenure · net of market
04 · SELECTED ENGAGEMENTS

Documented, and available on request

Three engagements from the set, each documented in full on its case-study page. These are individual results (above and around the median) not the median itself.

Engagement Type Headline result Primary lever
Río Grande, PR villa Beachfront villa 2.5× YoY Seasonal repositioning
San Antonio, TX portfolio 15-unit STR portfolio 3.4× monthly Per-unit positioning
Montréal, QC boutique hotel 40-room hotel 43 → 80% occ Full product redesign

Headline results are individual engagements and are not representative of typical outcomes. The Index median (45%, net of market) is the honest expectation for a new property before an audit; per-property targets are set only after a listing has been reviewed. The aggregate view lives on the results page.

05 · LIMITATIONS

What this number is not

It is not a guarantee. It is a historical median across a specific set of engagements, offered as an honest prior, not a promise for any single property.

It is not a mean. A handful of exceptional results (a 2.5×, a 3.4×) sit in the tail; the median deliberately resists their pull so the headline stays representative.

It is not market-agnostic. Net-of-market subtraction means a booming market does not flatter the number, but it also means a declining market is not held against it.

It is not a substitute for an audit. Per-property targets are set only after a listing is reviewed against its real comp set; the Index is the starting expectation, not the estimate.

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