Early access · 2026
Run your pet sitting business. Keep 100% of what you earn.
Your own booking link, pet profiles with gate codes, deposits that stop no-shows, and photo report cards clients love — without giving a marketplace 20%.
Start your free trial14-day free trial, no card required. Payments go straight to your own Venmo or PayPal — we never touch your money.
Sat — Max??
2 walks + meds @ noon.
Venmo pending?
2 walks + meds @ noon.
Venmo pending?
Gate code #4471
side door, alarm
30 sec!!
side door, alarm
30 sec!!
Luna Tue overnight —
did she pay deposit?
did she pay deposit?
BK-4F7A● New request
Max · Golden Retriever
Sarah M. — returning client
$18 deposit received
Sound familiar?
The "system" most solo sitters run on
Before writing a line of code, we spent weeks reading what independent sitters and walkers say in public forums and reviews. Three headaches came up again and again:
A morning-of cancellation with no deposit policy means eating the loss. Again.
Feeding notes in a doc, gate codes in a notes app, vaccine records… somewhere.
These patterns are summarized from public posts by working sitters on Reddit and Facebook, and from reviews of existing tools — not quotes from Solo Sitter customers. We're building the product with founding members right now.
$3,240/yr
That's what a sitter charging $45/night for ~10 dogs a month hands to a marketplace in 20% fees. Your regulars already trust you — they just need one link to book you directly.
How we compare
Solo Sitter vs Rover vs Time To Pet
Two different problems get sold as one tool. Here's the honest breakdown of what each one actually does.
| Rover | Time To Pet | Solo Sitter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | ~20% of every booking | ~$50/mo + $16 per staff seat | $19/mo flat — unlimited clients |
| Built for | A marketplace for finding new clients | Pet care companies with multiple staff | One person running their own business |
| Fees on top | Takes a cut of every booking, forever | None extra — but you pay per staff seat | None. Ever. |
| What clients do | Book through the Rover app | Create an account in your client portal | Open a link — no account, no app |
Rover and Time To Pet figures are their publicly listed rates as of 2026 — Solo Sitter isn't affiliated with either. Always check their sites for current pricing.
Weighing a specific switch? Rover, Time To Pet, and PetSitClick each get a full, honest breakdown.
How it works
From "can you watch Max next week?" to paid — in one place
Share your booking link
Put it in your Instagram bio or text it to regulars. Clients pick a service and time — no app to download, no account to create.
Get booked — with a deposit
New clients fill in pet profiles, feeding notes and gate codes once. Your deposit policy applies automatically, paid straight to your Venmo or PayPal.
Send a photo report card
Snap two photos, tap "Ate everything · Potty break ✓", send. Clients melt, tip more, and rebook. Balance due is one tap away.
The moment clients love
This is what lands in their phone after every visit
Thirty seconds of your time. A photo, a couple of taps, send. It's the reason clients rebook, refer their neighbors, and tip — and it's built into the flow, not bolted on.
The "pay balance" button rides along, so getting paid never needs an awkward follow-up text.
Visit report✓ Completed 4:12p
Real photo goes here
Ate everything ✓Potty break ✓Zoomies: maximum
"Max found a very important stick and carried it the whole way. Fresh water topped up before I left!"
Built for how you actually work
Everything in your pocket, even with no signal
Designed phone-first for a job that happens on sidewalks and in other people's kitchens — not at a desk.
Gate codes, kept safe
Home-access notes are encrypted and available offline — so you're never locked out on a doorstep because an app's server went down.
Reminders that actually send
Clients get nudged before every visit and every unpaid deposit — and you can see a log of every message, so nothing fails silently.
One profile per pet
Feeding, meds, vet, vaccine dates and 'she hides under the bed during storms' — filled in by the owner, always up to date.
Your money, your rails
Deposits and balances go straight to your own Venmo, PayPal or card link. We never hold your money — we just make sure it arrives.
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From the founder
Why I'm building this
Hi, I'm [YOUR NAME], an independent developer. Before writing any code, I spent weeks in sitter communities reading hundreds of posts about marketplace fees, no-shows, and businesses run out of text threads and sticky notes. Then I started interviewing working sitters one-on-one — and I'm building Solo Sitter with the first 20 of them, feature by feature.
I share the whole journey publicly — the numbers, the mistakes, all of it. Come say hi, or tell me what your setup looks like: I read every reply.
Read the full story · Follow the build on X · hello@solositter.app
Pricing
One flat price. No cut of what you earn.
No per-client fees, no percentage of your bookings — ever. Start with a 14-day free trial, no card required.
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Questions
Fair questions, straight answers
No — and that's on purpose. Marketplaces find strangers; Solo Sitter helps you run the clients who already trust you. Most sitters use marketplaces for discovery and move regulars to direct booking. We make the "direct" part effortless.
Never. They book, fill in pet profiles, pay deposits and view report cards through simple links that open in any browser. No accounts, no passwords, no app store.
You connect the payment methods you already use — Venmo, PayPal.Me, or a card payment link. Solo Sitter calculates the deposit, sends the request with a reference code, chases it politely, and marks the booking confirmed when you tap "received". Your money never passes through us.
One flat price — $19/month, unlimited clients and bookings. No per-client fees, no percentage of your earnings, ever. Prefer to pay yearly? Switch to annual billing any time — $200/year instead of $228. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, no card required.
It's yours. Export every client, pet, booking and payment record to CSV in one click, any time — including after your subscription ends.
That software is built for companies with staff — multiple sitters, admin dashboards, per-employee pricing. A one-person operation ends up paying for features they'll never use, and their clients get stuck creating accounts for a five-minute booking. Solo Sitter is built for exactly one shape of business: a single sitter or walker running their own operation.
Both. Solo Sitter is built for independent pet sitters and dog walkers alike — walks, drop-ins, boarding and overnights all work the same way: pick a service, set your price, share your link.
No. Every plan — monthly or yearly — includes unlimited clients and unlimited bookings at the same flat price. We never charge per client or take a percentage as you grow.
No. Your booking link is the whole front door — put it in your Instagram bio, your Google Business Profile, or a text message. If you already have a website, you can link to it from there too, but it's not required.