The brief
Stayverz is a two-sided marketplace for short-term rentals in Bangladesh.
As CMO I own paid acquisition (Meta and Google), organic social, the programmatic-SEO architecture, host acquisition, site performance work, daily operations reporting and monthly CMO reporting.
From November 2024 to September 2026 the platform recorded 1,730 confirmed bookings at a blended cost of ৳441 per booking.
The platform lists about 264 properties, with an average daily rate of ৳2,746 in the 12 months to August 2026.
Marketing has to attract guests efficiently in a price-sensitive market and keep the brand visible on social media.
What made it hard
- Demand fell sharply in 2026: confirmed bookings for January–September were 286, against 1,110 a year earlier (−74%).
- Supply growth was held back by the host-protection policy.
- Limited budgets: every taka of acquisition spend had to be justified.
- Building organic reach without large budgets, and website speed on mobile connections.
How I approached it
- A Year-1 growth plan with monthly booking, traffic and follower targets.
- Booking-focused Meta and Google campaigns, with cost per booking taken from account history (৳441), not benchmarks.
- A content plan with monthly goals for Facebook and Instagram.
- A programmatic-SEO page architecture.
- Page-speed optimisation.
What I did
- Marketing strategy and budget management.
- Ran Meta and Google Ads.
- Social content goals and goal-vs-actual reporting.
- Designed the programmatic-SEO architecture.
- Led site-speed and website optimisation projects.
The numbers
| Metric | Value | Source and period |
|---|---|---|
| Confirmed bookings | 1,730 of 1,738 orders (99.5%) | Internal booking dashboard, Nov 2024 – Sep 2026 |
| Best month by bookings | 162 bookings | Apr 2025 |
| Best month by revenue | ৳949,373 from 155 bookings | Dec 2024 |
| Trailing-12-month revenue / net profit | ৳2,078,899 / ৳304,610 (264 listings, ADR ৳2,746) | Same dashboard, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 |
| 2026 YTD bookings | 286 vs 1,110 the year before (−74%) | Same, Jan – Sep |
| Blended cost per booking | ৳441 | Meta account history, to Sep 2026 |
| Facebook organic views | 57,457 (May, goal 8,000) · 30,087 (June, goal 10,000) | Meta Business Suite goal-vs-actual sheet |
| Follower growth | +90 (May) · +21 (June): below goal | Same |
| Page speed (FCP) | 1.2s → 0.8s | Update report (PageSpeed), 2026 |
