Co-hosts can help with things like managing your listing and messaging guests that have booked at your Airbnb. Hosts are also able to choose from a range of payout options for their co-hosts, such as a cleaning fee, a percentage per booking, or a fixed amount.

Hosting a property on Airbnb is no longer a simple process. Customers can be finicky, ideal pricing can change on a dime, markets can become flooded and earnings can be difficult to track. The platform’s trying to simplify matters by introducing the Co-Host Network,

Airbnb hosting has become a complicated business, from setting up a listing and managing the property to understanding price dynamics, communicating with customers, and tracking earnings. The tricky part is that the more properties hosts manage,

Airbnb Inc. launched a new section of its app and website where homeowners can hire fellow hosts to manage their rentals, underscoring a broader push to increase listings and attract more people to the platform.

As it looks to attract more customers to its platform, Airbnb is putting media dollars behind its new co-host network. The feature, in which hosts have co-hosts to help manage their Airbnb, has been an experimental offering in Europe and is now rolling out in the U.S.

Airbnb's expanded co-hosting service aims to make it easier for hosts to manage their homes, and to increase supply in the process.