Nobody reads a spreadsheet and gets excited.
Numbers on a page are just numbers until someone walks you through them the way a friend would — slowly, in plain language, using a real example you can actually picture. That is what this article is for.
If you have ever looked at the Founders Club revenue-sharing model and thought “I get the concept, but I want to see how it actually plays out in practice,” this is your answer. We are going to walk through two real booking scenarios using the 40/60 and 60/40 splits, put actual numbers on the table, and show you what a founder realistically takes home from a suite that is working while they are not in it.
Let’s start with the basics.
There Are Two Booking Scenarios, and They Are Not the Same
The Founders Club operates on a simple premise: when your suite generates revenue, that revenue is shared between you as the founder-owner and the operating team that runs the property. But the split changes depending on who drives the booking.
Scenario One is when the Bohol Coconuts team books the suite through their own channels — their website, partnerships, referrals, or direct outreach. In this case, the split is 40 to the founder, 60 to operations.
Scenario Two is when you, the founder, bring in the booking yourself — through your own network, social media, word of mouth, or any other channel you control. In this case, the split flips to 60 to the founder, 40 to operations.
The logic is straightforward. If the team does the marketing work and fills your suite, they earn the larger share. If you do the work and bring in the guest, you earn the larger share. It rewards effort on both sides and gives founders a real financial incentive to be active participants, not just passive holders.
Scenario One: The Team Books Your Suite
Let us say your Founders Suite generates a nightly rate of 6,500 Philippine Pesos, which is roughly 115 US dollars at current exchange rates. That is a modest, conservative number for a well-positioned eco-lodge suite in Bohol — not inflated, not a best-case ceiling.
The Bohol Coconuts team runs a promotion, picks up a booking through their network, and your suite is occupied for seven nights by a couple on a dive trip from Manila.
Here is how the math looks.
7 nights at 6,500 pesos equals 45,500 pesos in gross revenue for that booking.
At the 40/60 split — because the team generated this booking — you as the founder receive 40 percent.
40 percent of 45,500 pesos is 18,200 pesos, or roughly 322 US dollars.
That is your take from one seven-night booking that you did absolutely nothing to create. You did not market it. You did not answer questions. You did not coordinate arrival. The team handled all of it. Your suite simply existed, was occupied, and sent you money.
Now multiply that. If your suite captures two bookings per month at that same seven-night length and rate — which is a conservative occupancy assumption for a quality property in a growing tourist destination — you are looking at 36,400 pesos per month in founder revenue, or approximately 644 US dollars.
Annually, at that pace, you are at roughly 7,728 US dollars coming back to you from bookings the team sourced entirely on their own.
That is passive. That is the baseline. And that is the 40/60 scenario.
Scenario Two: You Book Your Own Suite
Now let us use the same numbers but apply Scenario Two, where you are the one who brings in the guest.
Same suite. Same nightly rate of 6,500 pesos. Same seven-night stay.
But this time, you mentioned the property to a friend at a barbecue in Texas, he looked it up, fell in love with the idea, and booked directly through you. You passed along the reservation. The team handled the on-the-ground logistics, and your friend had a great stay.
Because you sourced the booking, the split moves to 60 in your favor, 40 to operations.
60 percent of 45,500 pesos is 27,300 pesos, or roughly 483 US dollars.
That is 161 dollars more from the exact same booking, simply because you made the introduction.
If you apply that same logic to two bookings a month — one the team sources, one you source yourself — the monthly picture shifts meaningfully.
- One team-sourced booking: 18,200 pesos to you.
- One founder-sourced booking: 27,300 pesos to you.
- Combined monthly founder revenue: 45,500 pesos, or approximately 805 US dollars.
Annually, that is just over 9,660 US dollars — again, using conservative numbers, a modest nightly rate, and only two bookings per month as the baseline assumption.
What the Numbers Are Not Saying
This article is not a promise. It is an illustration.
The actual revenue your suite generates depends on occupancy, seasonality, nightly rates as the property matures, and the overall growth of the Coconuts Performance Center as a destination. Bohol’s tourism market is expanding, and the academy model creates a unique draw that a standard beach resort does not have, but no one can guarantee a specific income number.
What the revenue-sharing structure does guarantee is the framework. The split is defined. The rules are clear. The incentive to participate as an active founder — by spreading the word, sending referrals, or sharing your ownership story — is built directly into the model in a way that rewards you financially for doing so.
This is not a black box. It is a transparent structure designed to keep both sides honest and motivated.
Why the Split Is Designed This Way
Some founders come into the conversation expecting a 50/50 arrangement and want to understand why the base split favors operations when the team sources the booking.
The answer is operational reality.
Running a hospitality property is not passive for the team. There is staffing, maintenance, marketing spend, utilities, food and beverage sourcing, guest communication, booking platform fees, cleaning, and the daily overhead of keeping a quality eco-lodge functioning at a level that warrants repeat visits and strong reviews. The 60 percent that goes to operations in Scenario One is not profit — it is the engine that keeps the property running well enough to generate the revenue in the first place.
When you flip to Scenario Two and take 60 percent because you sourced the booking yourself, you are essentially functioning as a sales partner. You did the marketing. You closed the relationship. The team handles the delivery. That division of labor is reflected fairly in the split.
Founders who understand this tend to stop asking whether the structure is fair and start asking how they can send more referrals.
The Bigger Picture
At its core, the Founders Club revenue-sharing model is designed around one idea: your suite should never just sit there doing nothing.
Whether the team is filling it through their own channels or you are sending friends, family, and followers directly to the property, the suite is meant to be working. The split exists to keep both parties active, aligned, and rewarded according to their actual contribution.
For founders who want a passive, hands-off experience, Scenario One covers you. Show up when you want to use your suite, let the team handle everything else, and collect your 40 percent when bookings come in.
For founders who want to be more involved — who enjoy talking about Bohol, sharing the story, bringing people into the experience — Scenario Two rewards that energy directly in your monthly earnings.
Either way, the structure is built to work.
And now you have seen the numbers. Not in a spreadsheet. Not buried in fine print. Just walked through, plainly, the way a friend would explain it to you over coffee if they wanted you to actually understand it.
That is what the Founders Club is designed to feel like from the beginning. Transparent. Accessible. And worth the conversation.
Ready to see how this applies to your specific situation? Book a founder call and we will walk through the numbers together with your name on the suite.