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Smart pricing tool set to change the game for NZ accommodation providers (www.stuff.co.nz)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Technology company offers novel way for accommodation providers to fix prices.

This is what happened with a similar company in the US: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/20/rental-housing-market-doj-investigation-00147333

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

That url title cracked me up.

I think you're right, in a small market like NZ this will quickly become price fixing. On the other hand NZ doesn't really seem to protect itself from this kind of carry on all that vigorously.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sponsored content /Advertorial.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Yip, even says it's paid content at the end.