[justinlkarr]

I think this is actually common now. I'm often asked to make a deposit on a reservation when using Resy.

I'm not aware that there is variable or dynamic pricing component to it, however. That's a great idea and something I bet they are considering.

In practice, dynamic pricing it is not a panacea. You still need to beat the arbitrage market. Charge too much: customers don't reserve. Charge too little: brokers snap it up.

[1_1xdev1]

On Resy, at least, there is not dynamic pricing (though, in theory, restaurants can apply different deposit/cancel fees to different "reservation types", or different days. But nothing dynamic based on demand or anything)

[justinlkarr]

This is interesting. Are there restaurants doing this kind of variable pricing?

I bet there are some eager GMs thinking about it.

[eternauta3k]

Auction them off :)