According to IBIS World, Dog Walking Services industry has thrived over the five years to 2017, with industry revenue expanding at an estimated annualized rate of 3.7% to $1.0 billion.
Gone are those days when Pet owners used to slip the neighbor kids few bucks to walk their dogs or leave their pets with family/friends when going out on a vacation. According to a pet walking and dog sitting app “Rover”, it made $100 million bookings last year. This clearly shows how Pet apps have revolutionized the Pet care industry while making the Pet owners life easy, convenient and creating huge business opportunities.
The business model of a dogsitter/dogwalker marketplace will have the basic characteristics of any service aggregator platform:
Paid Promotions: These charges will be payable by the service providers basically the dog walkers and dog sitters who want to increase their visibility on the platform.
Listing Charges: Certain amount of charges would be levied on the service providers on the marketplace platform. For a nominal fee, they will be able to list themselves on the platform.
Advertising Revenues: Once the app starts generating a decent amount of regular traffic, then it can be monetized by providing spots for advertisements on the app.
Surge Charges: In case of huge demand in an area with relatively less supply, you can put in surge pricing to incentivize dogsitters to go to the household offering more fees, thereby putting the demand-supply cycle into place.
| Users | Pet owners (App) | Dog sitters/walkers(App) | Admin(Web Dashboard) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Features | Registration/ Login | Registration/ Login | Login | |
| My Profile and Settings | Create & Manage Profile | Manage Users (Customers) | ||
| Choose service needed | Dashboard | Manage Dog sitters/walkers | ||
| Search dogsitters/ dog walkers | Manage bookings | Manage Bookings | ||
| Dogsitter Details | Dog's Profile Check | Manage Commission | ||
| Book Dogsitter | Accept bookings | Manage Offers and Promo | ||
| Secure online payments | View Payments | Manage Client Support Request | ||
| Manage Profile & bookings | Contact End-users | Manage FAQ, Term, and Policies | ||
| Photo updates/notifications | Calendar Management | Tech Support | ||
| Calendar Management | Learn about System Updates | Manage Billing/ Invoice/ Reports | ||
| Cost of on-demand Marketplace Solution | CAD 37000 to CAD 39000 for Mobile App (Android + iOS) + Web Admin | |||
| Users | Pet owners (App) | Dog sitters/walkers(App) | Admin(Web Dashboard) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add-on Features | GeoLocation Tracking | App rating/ Review Alert Prompt | Manage Forwarding/ Clearing bookings |
| Reviews and Ratings | Revenue Analytics | Manage reviews and ratings | |
| Mobile wallet integration | Traffic & Weather updates | Verify Dogsitters/walkers | |
| Chat module | Chat Module | Chat Module for Customer Support |
We are a team of highly enthusiastic software developers, app developers, UI/UX designers, business analysts, and product managers. Collectively amongst us, we have an experience of 10 years in the on-demand marketplace application development. The list of resource you will need for the development of an on-demand marketplace app for Dogsitters/ Dogwalkers like Rover will include
Based on our initial assessment, developing and deploying an app like this typically takes around 20-25 weeks.
We have developed 12 diverse on demand service and product delivery platforms in last 24 months. Get in touch with us for free to know more on diverse industries we have developed on demand marketplace or services projects.
We include time stamped message board by default. So dog sitter current location and time spent is auto-tracked in real time.
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