I want to give a generous tip to the sitter who watched our dog and house over the holiday weekend, but it only lets me tip 30%. I wanted to tip almost double that, but why on earth does Rover block me from tipping higher than 30%?
It’s to prevent fraudulent rerouting of services rendered
That's a bunch of crap, fraudulent money flow takes place despite Rovers tip limit. There just stupid at Rover corporate.
It's the way Rover setup the tipping function. If you wish to give more reach out to the sitter and give them cash or a gift card
As a sitter it’s outrageous when in some locations $19 is a competitive rate for a drop in. The 30% limit on $19 is below what most people want to tip especially around holidays, unfortunately no one thinks of cash or has it on hand anymore.
A lot of money is left when those situations are 75-80% of the workload. If Rover cared about both parties (especially the party paying 20% in fees) then they’d institute a dollar limit for lower paying jobs
You sound like a really nice person, definitely do what you can for anyone you feel good about that did a good job taking care of your loved ones. Forgive Rover corporate, there a bit stupid. We sitters see many examples of that in there business decisions all the time.
As a former pet sitter via Rover, now a pet owner, I too tried to tip over 30% and was surprised to find the limit. As a rule I try to tip to cover the 20% Rover takes from the sitter's base, then tack on a bit of extra as the true 'tip'.