Case study · Bangladesh

Stayverz

Bangladesh short-term rental marketplace · Chief Marketing Officer

VerdictThis is an ongoing engagement in a difficult market.

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  • 1,730

    Confirmed bookings, Nov 2024 – Sep 2026 (platform)

  • ৳441

    Blended Meta cost per booking

  • 57,457

    Facebook organic views, May 2026 (goal 8,000)

  • 1.2s → 0.8s

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01

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.

02

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.
03

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.
04

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.
05

The numbers

MetricValueSource and period
Confirmed bookings1,730 of 1,738 orders (99.5%)Internal booking dashboard, Nov 2024 – Sep 2026
Best month by bookings162 bookingsApr 2025
Best month by revenue৳949,373 from 155 bookingsDec 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 bookings286 vs 1,110 the year before (−74%)Same, Jan – Sep
Blended cost per booking৳441Meta account history, to Sep 2026
Facebook organic views57,457 (May, goal 8,000) · 30,087 (June, goal 10,000)Meta Business Suite goal-vs-actual sheet
Follower growth+90 (May) · +21 (June): below goalSame
Page speed (FCP)1.2s → 0.8sUpdate report (PageSpeed), 2026
Facebook organic views against monthly goals, 2026.
Facebook organic views against monthly goals, 2026.

My verdict

This is an ongoing engagement in a difficult market.

Organic reach is well ahead of goal, the site is faster, and bookings come in at a known, low cost per booking. Bookings and follower growth are behind target, so the plan focuses on rebuilding demand at that known cost.

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