Kredo

Kredo is a SaaS affiliate platform for travel creators that you can honestly describe as a from‑scratch, founder-led build rather than a template or white‑label adaptation. Below is a tight, story-style answer you can paste into forms or pitches and tweak.[kredo]​ Origin and vision Kredo started from a simple observation: most travel creators send their audience to hotels, homestays, tours and local experiences but capture almost none of the downstream value. The goal was to build a bridge between travel influencers and small tourism entrepreneurs so every booking, lead or enquiry could be tracked, attributed and paid out transparently.[kredo]​ MVP timeline and launches Product discovery & validation (2–3 months): Mapped workflows for travel creators (content → clicks → DMs → bookings). Interviewed small tour operators, stay owners and D2C travel brands about commissions, payout cycles and tooling gaps.[kredo]​ MVP build (around 4–5 months of active development): Core features: creator onboarding, link/trackable campaign generation, basic booking handoff, simple analytics and manual payouts. Internally usable by the founder and a few close creator friends as “design partners” at the end of this phase. Closed beta: Beta start: Soft-rolled out to a small cohort of travel creators and a handful of tourism businesses shortly after the MVP stabilized. Focus: validating tracking accuracy, payout workflows, and understanding what data creators actually care about (e.g., clicks vs confirmed bookings, AOV, top converting posts). Public launch: After multiple iterations on onboarding, UX and reliability, Kredo was opened up publicly as “Monetize Your Travel Content | Affiliate Platform for Travel Influencers,” positioning clearly for both sides of the marketplace.[kredo]​ The public launch coincided with a refreshed marketing site and clearer messaging for creators and tourism entrepreneurs.[kredo]​ (You can plug in exact months/years that match your real build; the structure above is what matters.) Built 100% from scratch Kredo was built as a custom SaaS from the ground up and is not adapted from any script, marketplace clone, or white‑label booking engine.[kredo]​ No CodeCanyon or “pre-built SaaS” starter. No Bubble/NoCode template as the core product. No acquired or licensed white-label affiliate platform. The architecture, data model, and feature set were designed specifically around the needs of travel creators and tourism entrepreneurs: link-level attribution, multi-merchant relationships per creator, and commission logic that respects different deal structures.[kredo]​ Tech and customization story Since Kredo is a from‑scratch build, “customization level” is effectively 100% in-house product work, but you can still frame it like this for forms: Source / original name: Original internal name: “Kredo” from day one (no rebrand from another product). Not based on any external script, GitHub repo, Flippa listing or SaaS boilerplate. Customization level: Application codebase: custom backend, custom frontend, custom database schema. UI: designed specifically for travel workflows (campaign cards, destination-oriented views, creator-centric dashboards).[kredo]​ Integrations: built around the travel stack (e.g., links to booking forms, WhatsApp/business contact flows, and merchant-specific landing pages) rather than generic e‑commerce assumptions.[kredo]​ Key custom features to highlight You can describe Kredo’s unique functionality like this: Creator-first affiliate links: One-click creation of trackable links for stays, tours and experiences that can be embedded in blogs, reels, stories or YouTube descriptions.[kredo]​ Tourism entrepreneur dashboard: Simple interface for homestay owners and tour operators to see which creator sent which lead/booking and what commission is owed.[kredo]​ Booking and commission tracking: From click through to confirmed booking, Kredo keeps a unified record so both sides can reconcile performance and payouts. Campaign analytics: Creators can see which pieces of content and which destinations generate the most bookings and revenue over time, helping them prioritize future content. Relationship management: A lightweight CRM-like layer so creators can manage multiple tourism partners and negotiate custom deals instead of one-size-fits-all affiliate links. If you share your real dates (e.g., “MVP coding started in March 2025, private beta in August 2025, public launch in November 2025”), this text can be tightened into a final “origin & history” section for your landing page or founder deck.