Simko 2.8 Release Notes

1. Summary

Simko now has a second side: SIMKO Kost, a site where prospective tenants look for vacant rooms and book them directly. Room status on the site comes straight from the manager's data in Simko, so a room shown as vacant really is vacant. Owners receive those bookings in a new Booking menu, and the first payment arrives through QRIS.

This release also opens the door to owners who don't use Simko yet: sign up for free with a Google account, get listed on the site, and move to a paid plan at any time.

No features were removed. Every property that used Simko before this release is automatically on the Pro plan, with all features as usual.

2. SIMKO Kost, the room-finder site

A public site at simko.upylon.com for finding rooms. Visitors don't need to log in to browse.

What room seekers can do

• See vacant rooms from every listed property, with status updated directly by the property's managers.
• Search by city, rental type (long-stay or short-stay), move-in and move-out dates, and maximum price, then sort by newest, cheapest, most expensive, or name.
• Open a room page (photos, price per period, facilities) and a property page (profile, address, map location, and all its rooms).
• Browse the property list, starting with the ones that have the most vacant rooms.
• Sign in with Google to book, then follow everything under My bookings.

Good to know

• Property WhatsApp numbers are not shown on the site. Booking and the first payment always go through the site, so a booked room is held correctly.
• Only approved properties appear on the site (see section 5).

3. Booking and QRIS payment

A room seeker picks a room, rental type, period, and move-in date, then sends the booking. From there it moves through these statuses:

Date rules

• A room whose booking is accepted or paid is held on those dates, so nobody else can book overlapping dates.
• Short-stay rentals must include a move-out date. The period is detected from the length of stay.
• Long-stay rentals can't choose a daily period.
• Owners can still book rooms at other properties, but not at their own.

4. The Booking menu for owners

Every booking from the site lands in the app's Booking menu.

What you can do

• Accept or decline a booking. On acceptance, the QRIS is created right away and you can send the booking status link to the guest on WhatsApp.
• Bill again: create a new QRIS when the previous one failed or passed its deadline.
• Make tenant: from a paid booking, the tenant form opens with the room, period, and move-in date already filled in.

Good to know

• The guest pays the room price as listed. From that first payment, Simko deducts 10% before passing it on to the owner. Later rent payments don't go through the site and aren't deducted.
• On the Listing plan, room status is set manually from the Booking menu (mark vacant or occupied). Make tenant is available from the Starter plan.

5. Getting listed on the room-finder site

Properties don't appear on SIMKO Kost automatically. Owners request it from the Booking menu.

1. Complete the property profile to 100% (address, photos, location) and add rooms with their prices. Completeness is shown on the site card in the Booking menu.
2. Press Apply to be listed.
3. The SIMKO team reviews it. Once approved, the property appears right away.

Good to know

• You can cancel the request while it's under review.
• You can unlist the property at any time, effective immediately. Bookings already received can still be processed. To be listed again, apply again.
• New bookings only come in once the property is listed.

6. Free sign-up

Owners who don't use Simko yet can now sign up themselves, without waiting for an account to be created for them.

1. From the SIMKO Kost site or the Simko page, choose List your property for free.
2. Sign in with a Google account.
3. Enter the property name. The property panel opens right away on the Listing plan.

The Listing plan includes rooms, the property profile, and bookings from the site, with up to two manager accounts. An email already registered as a manager or tenant at another property can't be used to sign up.

7. Listing, Starter, and Pro plans

The plans in the app now match the plans on the Simko page.

How to upgrade

1. Open the SIMKO Plan menu (or Upgrade plan in the sidebar).
2. Press Request Starter or Request Pro.
3. The SIMKO team contacts you about payment. The plan goes live once confirmed.

Good to know

• No data is moved. Existing rooms, photos, and bookings are used as-is on the new plan.
• Features outside your plan appear locked in the sidebar. Opening one takes you to the Plan page, which says which plan unlocks it.
• Properties that used Simko before this release are on the Pro plan.

8. Questions you may have

My property has used Simko for a while. Did I lose any features? No. Your property is automatically on the Pro plan with every feature.

Why isn't my property on SIMKO Kost yet? A property is only listed after applying from the Booking menu and being approved by the SIMKO team. The Apply to be listed button works once the property profile is 100% complete.

Can room seekers contact me directly? Property WhatsApp numbers aren't shown on the site. Once you accept a booking, you can send the booking status link to the guest on WhatsApp.

What if the guest doesn't pay? The booking expires after its deadline, and the room can be booked again. You can also create a new QRIS with Bill again.

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