What is variable pricing?

Variable pricing is a setting in our platform that allows you to set multiple prices for each of your services. This gives you, the pet sitter, ultimate flexibility in how you price your services whether that's charging a different amount for cats or dogs, one dog or multi-pet bookings, sitting at your home or sitting at the pet's, etc.

This isn't templated because there are so many different ways sitters may want to customize this, so below we are giving further guidance on how to use this and some ideas of variable pricing options that may be useful to you.

How it Works

Without drop-downs or templates to select from, it can seem a little complicated at first glance, but we promise you it isn't really, and there are just a few guiding principles to keep in mind:

• When you are pricing, your price will always be per 'space' being booked. This means that if you want to offer a multi-pet discount, instead of titling the price rate as "Two dog price" at $90, you should set it up as "Multi-pet booking rate" at $45 each.

• Always ensure that your available spaces match the available pricing if you are accommodating multiple animals. This means that if you want to book looking after 2 dogs at your house, you need to have those 2 spaces available to book in your calendar.

• You can add multiple price variations, but recommend trying to keep your pricing as simple and clear as possible for pet guardians.

• You can phrase your pricing however you would like, so long as it is clear and doesn't include any offensive language.

• You will need to check that the price variation a client chooses for the booking is the right option per the details of their booking. If a client chooses a weekly rate for a 3-day booking, then you can decline the booking with a note to ask them to rebook under the rate that you need them use.

Variable Pricing Examples

While this by no means an exhaustive list, we thought it might be helpful to provide a few ideas of pricing variations that might be useful. Feel free to copy these into your listing if they help you:

• Single pet rate (daily)
• Multi-pet booking (per pet) rate (daily)
• Single pet rate (weekend)
• Multi-pet booking (per pet) rate (weekend)
• Single pet rate (weekly)
• Multi-pet (per pet) rate (weekly)
• Cat sitting rate
• Dog sitting rate
• Cat sitting (special needs) rate
• Dog sitting (special needs) rate
• Sitting in my home (per pet) rate
• Sitting in your home (per pet) rate
• Sitting plus one additional service (e.g. water plants or bringing in mail)
• Sitting plus 3 additional services (e.g. water plants, bring in mail, and open/close drapes)
• Travel included sitting rate (for clients outside of my regular service area)