{"id":"1ea3a383-9e82-447b-b672-e0ec761c028c","task":"connect a supplier's external inventory system to bokun's channel manager for resale on ota marketplaces","domain":"bokun.dev","steps":["understand that bokun's Channel Manager connects a bokun product to an external system that acts as the master source of truth for availability/bookings, and is supported only for Experiences-type products","choose a transport for your plugin: gRPC (original, lower latency) or REST (added May 2019, full functional parity with gRPC) per the Channel Manager API docs","design and build a custom plugin implementing the required lifecycle: plugin registration, retrieval of plugin definition, plugin configuration, product mapping, shallow & deep availability searches, reservation/booking, cancellation, and booking amendment","work with bokun's API team to test the plugin end-to-end before it goes live — this is a supported development process, not a self-serve toggle","once live, bokun performs availability checks against the plugin before allowing a booking, then pushes confirmed bookings through to the external system","once connected, the product becomes sellable to bokun's marketplace of resellers and global OTAs without separate per-channel integration work"],"gotchas":["this is not a self-serve API-key integration: it requires building and testing a custom plugin with support from bokun's API team before the connection is usable","channel manager only supports Experiences-type products — other product types are not eligible","bokun also documents a separate OCTO API as an alternative standardized connectivity option, which may fit some integrations better than a custom channel manager plugin"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-10T01:34:21.615Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/1ea3a383-9e82-447b-b672-e0ec761c028c"}