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Paying guest

Your beds, your rent, your rules — on your own page

A student or a first-job professional wants to know three things before they message: what a bed costs a month, what is included, and whether there is one free. Your page says all three, and the rent ledger behind it knows who has paid.

Running today in Chandigarh, Dehradun, Pune, Bengaluru, and everywhere else in India.

  • 0% commission
  • 1 design for it
  • 60 features
  • from ₹9,000 a year

What it does for you

Your week, handled

Rent per month, up front

Single, double or triple sharing with the rent, the deposit and what is included — meals, wifi, laundry — stated, and the beds free today counted from your own board.

Every plan

Ask for a bed on WhatsApp

Name, phone, the sharing they want and the month they move in: it reaches your phone and your admin, and the move-in is a wizard, not a form.

Every plan

The rent, remembered for you

An invoice on every billing day, a reminder three days before and on the day, a receipt when it is paid, and the deposit settled on the way out.

Every plan

Everything it gets

60 features, all of them

What every site has from the first plan up, then every feature in detail.

Everything it gets 60 features

  • Your own websiteAt yourname.staycraft.co.in, in the Lodge design, made for paying guest houses. The site moves a little: the f...
  • Rooms as sharing optionsSingle, double, triple or four sharing, with the rent per bed per month and the deposit.
  • Beds free todayCounted from your own list of residents and shown on your site.
  • "Ask for a bed" formThe visitor gives the sharing they want and the month they move in. Each request lands in your Enquiries and y...
  • Enquiry follow-upEvery enquiry moves through New, Replied, Quoted, Won or Lost, with a day to follow up on, a "Follow up today"...
  • ResidentsMove someone in, give notice, and move them out with the deposit settled.
  • Rent ledgerA rent invoice each month on the billing day, payments recorded, receipts printed, and reminders to you.
  • Guest register and Form CFor every resident, including foreign nationals.
  • A WhatsApp button on every page, plus photo gallery, nearby places and reviews
  • Blog and SEO & Google tools, with a health score and a checklist
  • Review cards and QR landing pagesTo print and put up.
  • Social postsTurn a room, a review, an offer, a nearby place or a festival into a finished picture and caption in your own...
  • VisitorsPage: traffic, top pages and where your bed requests came from.
  • Monthly report by emailOn the 1st, last month's visits, enquiries and (where your plan has them) bookings, payments, QR scans, review...
  • Backup & RestoreDownload your whole site as a zip at any time.
  • Phone notificationsFor new bed requests and rent reminders.
  • At least one staff loginFor a warden (Website 1, Basic 3, Growth 5, Pro 10; the owners are not counted).
Website & design 8
  • The Lodge design Terracotta and slate, with the rent from, the deposit and the beds free today at the top, the rooms as sharing options with what is included, your house rules, and the Ask for a bed form.
  • Your PG's details Who stays (for example girls only), meals, gate hours and the notice period, printed beside the rent.
  • Website editor Drag sections into order, hide the ones you do not need, change headings, text and photos, with a live preview.
  • Video in the first screen Paste a YouTube, Vimeo or Dailymotion link and the site shows a "Watch the video" button.
  • Your own colours That reach the whole page and stay readable. (Basic and above)
  • Good to know Your FAQ and house rules on the site.
  • Photos are cleaned on upload The phone's location is removed and sideways photos are turned upright.
  • No nightly booking anywhere on the site A visitor who follows an old booking link is sent to the Ask for a bed form.
Residents & rent 9
  • Monthly rent per room The sharing, the rent per bed per month and the deposit. No nightly price is needed.
  • Move someone in Pick the room and a free bed, the rent and deposit (filled in from the room), the move-in date, the day of the month rent is due, and the person. Their guest register entry is written for you.
  • Give notice Set the leaving date from the notice period.
  • Move out Enter any deductions (unpaid rent, damage) and StayCraft tells you how much of the deposit to hand back. The bed frees and the register entry closes.
  • Rent ledger Each month's rent invoice appears on the billing day. Record a payment by UPI, cash or bank transfer, print a receipt, or waive a month.
  • Rent reminders to you An email and a phone ping three days before rent is due, on the day, and every week it stays unpaid.
  • Bed requests Every Ask for a bed request is in Enquiries, with the sharing, the move-in month and the address if the person gave it.
  • Bed board To see every bed and who is in it. (Basic and above, for rooms sold by the bed)
  • Room bills For charges beyond the rent, such as laundry or meals, with payments in cash, UPI or card. (Basic and above)
Register & Form C 4
  • Guest register Every resident is in it, with the ID type and only the last four digits of the ID. StayCraft never stores the full ID number or a photo of it.
  • Download the register For any period as a spreadsheet, to print or email.
  • Form C for foreign residents The official form filled in, ready to print or save as PDF, and a sheet laid out like the FRRO website. A 24-hour clock shows what is due, with an email and phone reminder before the deadline.
  • Remove a person's details On request, while keeping the register, Form C and bills the law requires.
Menu & food 2
  • Food menu With sections such as breakfast, lunch and dinner, FSSAI veg and non-veg marks, and an All | Veg | Non-veg switch. (Growth and Pro)
  • QR ordering Residents order from a code in their room, and nothing is charged until you accept the order onto their bill. (Growth and Pro)
Staff & roles 4
  • Warden Residents, notice to leave, bed requests, the bed board and the guest register. A warden never sees the rent, the deposits or your takings. Moving someone in and moving someone out are the owner's.
  • Kitchen Food orders to make and the ticket to print, with no prices. (Growth and Pro)
  • A second owner Can be invited and is not counted against the limit.
  • Staff logins per plan Website 1, Basic 3, Growth 5, Pro 10. Switch a login off when someone leaves and nothing they did is lost.
Marketing & Google 6
  • SEO health score With a checklist that links to the screen where each item is done.
  • Local details and map Your coordinates drive the "Find us" map.
  • How to reach (air, train, bus, road) And area pages that help you rank in local searches.
  • Ask for Google reviews Save your Google Place ID once and get a printable code, the link, and a ready WhatsApp message.
  • Review cards and QR landing pages: print a card with a QR code, or one code that opens a page of buttons you can change any time
  • Search insights What people typed into Google to find you, clicks and position. (Growth and Pro)
Phone app & notifications 4
  • Pings on your phone For a new bed request, rent reminders and Form C reminders. Tap one and that record opens.
  • Works on Android phones and on computers through the browser. On iPhone it works through Safari with a StayCraft icon added to the home screen
  • A warden's phone rings for new bed requests only, never for rent
  • A StayCraft app for Android is being tested and is not yet available to everyone
Languages & your own domain 2
  • Your site in 8 languages English, Hindi, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Hebrew, with a one-tap switch. (Pro, or as an add-on)
  • Your own domain With HTTPS set up for you. (Pro, or as an add-on)
Security & backups 4
  • Backup Of your site and your records as a zip. Payment keys are never in it.
  • Restore Puts your site back and never overwrites records taken since.
  • Sign-in email changes Are confirmed by a link sent to the new address.
  • Site visibility Take your site offline yourself and put it back when ready.

Plans and prices

Priced per year, no commission

We agree the plan with you before anything goes live. No card up front: you pay by UPI or bank transfer, and every booking's money is yours.

Website ₹9,000/yr

A PG that wants its rooms found and its rent kept in order

  • The Lodge website
  • Rooms with monthly rent and deposit
  • Beds free today
  • The Ask for a bed form
  • Residents
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  • Rent ledger and deposits
  • Guest register and Form C
  • WhatsApp button
  • No staff logins
  • 1 management user (you)
  • Three designs made for your kind
  • 1 design change a year
  • 1 GB

₹750 a month, billed yearly

Basic ₹12,000/yr

A PG with a warden and a bigger house

Everything in Website, and

  • Your own colours on the site
  • Room bills for charges beyond the rent
  • The bed board
  • 3 staff logins
  • 2 management users
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  • Every standard design
  • 2 design changes a year
  • 2 GB

₹1,000 a month, billed yearly

Plus ₹18,000/yr

A PG with residents from abroad, or its own domain

Everything in Growth, and

  • Your site in 8 languages and your own domain
  • 8 staff logins
  • 2 management users
  • 3 design changes a year
  • 5 GB

₹1,500 a month, billed yearly

Team ₹25,000/yr

A PG group run by a team of managers

Everything in Plus, and

  • 10 staff logins
  • 3 management users
  • 4 design changes a year
  • 10 GB

₹2,083 a month, billed yearly

Pro ₹30,000/yr

A large PG or hostel group

Everything in Team, and

  • Alerts on your phone for every new enquiry and request
  • The premium designs
  • Change your design any time
  • 20 staff logins
  • 5 management users
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  • 25 GB

₹2,500 a month, billed yearly

Compare every plan, line by line

Designs

1 design made for this

Pick one when you start, and switch whenever you like. Changing the design never touches your rooms, your photos or your bookings.

Paying guest

Tell us about your place

How many rooms, where you are, and what you sell besides the bed. We will say which plan fits and what it costs.

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