PawPilot
A booking and client-management platform for independent pet sitters and dog walkers, with scheduling, invoicing, pet profiles, and automatic visit updates. Charge a monthly subscription, with higher tiers for teams.
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Benefits for users
- Simpler scheduling: Manage bookings, availability, and visit details in one place.
- Faster payments: Send invoices and track payments without extra admin work.
- Personalized pet care: Keep important pet profiles, routines, and care instructions handy.
- Reassured clients: Share automatic visit updates so owners know how their pets are doing.
- Room to grow: Upgrade to team features as your pet-care business expands.
Ways to monetize
- Monthly subscriptions: Offer a solo-sitter plan and higher-priced team plans with staff accounts, shared scheduling, and advanced reporting.
- Paid add-ons: Charge extra for features such as SMS visit updates, automated reminders, branded client portals, or advanced invoicing.
- Payment processing: Earn a small fee on client payments processed through PawPilot, or offer payment tools through a paid plan.
- Lead generation: Sell optional promoted listings or charge for qualified client leads in a sitter directory.
- Business plans: Offer premium or white-label plans for larger pet-care companies that need custom branding, permissions, and support.
Features
- Online booking and scheduling: Let clients request visits, choose services, and view sitter availability.
- Pet profiles: Store care instructions, routines, medical details, vet contacts, and photos for each pet.
- Automatic visit updates: Send clients arrival and departure notifications, photos, notes, and walk summaries.
- Invoicing and payments: Create recurring or one-time invoices, accept online payments, and track overdue balances.
- Client and business management: Keep client records, service history, and communication organized in one place.
- Team coordination: Assign visits to staff, manage shared calendars, and track team availability on higher-tier plans.
- Subscription plans: Offer monthly tiers based on features, client limits, or team size, with a free trial to encourage sign-ups.
Pricing plans
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Solo — $19/month
- 1 user; manage up to 25 clients and 50 pets
- Scheduling, calendar, and booking requests
- Invoicing and payment tracking
- Pet profiles, care instructions, and visit notes
- Automatic visit updates to clients
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Pro — $39/month
- 1 user; unlimited clients and pets
- Everything in Solo
- Recurring bookings and availability management
- Customizable visit reports with photos
- Automated reminders and invoice follow-ups
- Expense and income reports
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Team — $79/month
- Up to 5 users; unlimited clients and pets
- Everything in Pro
- Assign visits to team members
- Team schedules and availability
- Staff roles and permissions
- Shared client and pet records
Domain names
- Pawlio.com
- Wagora.com
- Sitzy.com
- Tailio.com
- Pawzen.com
- Waglet.com
- Petivo.com
Availability hasn’t been live-verified; check with a domain registrar before choosing.
Targets
- Independent pet sitters who need to manage bookings, client details, payments, and visit updates in one place.
- Professional dog walkers handling recurring walks, changing schedules, and multiple clients.
- Small pet-care businesses that want to coordinate bookings and invoices without complex software.
- Pet-sitting and dog-walking teams that need shared schedules, staff assignments, and team plans.
- Part-time pet-care providers looking to organize a growing number of clients and appointments.
- New pet-care entrepreneurs who want a simple system for managing clients and presenting a professional service.
- Multi-service pet-care providers offering combinations of sitting, walking, drop-in visits, or overnight care.
Competitors
- Time To Pet — Scheduling, client and pet profiles, invoicing, payments, and visit updates for pet-sitting and dog-walking businesses. https://www.timetopet.com
- Pet Sitter Plus — Business-management software for pet sitters, including scheduling, billing, client records, and staff management. https://www.petsitterplus.com
- Precise Petcare — Scheduling, invoicing, client portals, pet records, and automated visit updates for pet-care businesses. https://www.precisepetcare.com
- Scout — Pet-sitting and dog-walking software with scheduling, client communication, invoicing, and team tools. https://www.scoutforpets.com
- MoeGo — Pet-business management platform with booking, payments, client records, and team features; also serves grooming and other pet-care businesses. https://www.moego.pet
- LeashTime — Scheduling, billing, client management, and mobile tools for pet-sitting and dog-walking companies. https://www.leashtime.com
- Pawfinity — Pet-business software offering appointment scheduling, client and pet records, payments, and staff management. https://www.pawfinity.com
- PetExec — Management software for pet-care businesses, including boarding, daycare, grooming, and related services. https://www.petexec.net
- Gingr — Pet-care business platform for reservations, customer management, payments, and operations; geared especially toward boarding, daycare, and grooming providers. https://www.gingrapp.com
- Rover — A pet-care marketplace where owners find and book sitters and walkers; an indirect competitor rather than a business-management tool. https://www.rover.com
- Wag! — A marketplace for dog walking and pet-care services, making it an indirect competitor for customer bookings. https://wagwalking.com