The commission math
What is a percentage actually costing you?
A marketplace takes a cut of every charter you run, forever, and keeps the customer. A flat plan does not. Put your own numbers in and see the gap for a year.
Your charter revenue$302,400/yr
Commission at 20%$60,480/yr
Charter OS Harbor, up to 3 boats$5,988/yr
You keep
$54,492
Every year. That commission is 10x what the software costs.
No card. No commission, ever.
Enter the rate your platform actually charges. Marketplaces commonly bill the operator and add a separate renter fee on top, so the true figure is often higher than the headline rate. Charter OS charges no commission at any volume, and your customers stay yours.
The part the percentage hides
You are also renting your own customers.
The commission is the visible cost. The real one is that the guest belongs to the platform: their email, their booking history, their next trip. Charter OS runs under your name on your domain, so the repeat booking comes back to you instead of being sold to you a second time.