He there, I was just curious if any Rover Now walkers have any insights about their experience providing the service. I'm particularly interested in hearing how frequently you see new on-demand requests in your request tab.

I just got certified for Rover Now 2 weeks ago (though I've been a regular Rover walker since 2018). I'm a bit surprised at how few requests there seem to be across NYC. The majority I see are not reachable within 30 minutes (I nabbed 3 in the last 2 weeks, and saw 3 or 4 more that I wasn't able to book in time). Of the requests I do see, many are as much as 10 miles away, which seems to imply I am seeing all requests across all boroughs of NYC at the given moment. But, within that large scope, I usually don't see more than one or two dozen requests per day (usually between 0 and 3 at any given time). This is with regular checking, sometimes extended periods of constant refreshing.

Do other city-dwelling Rover Now walkers have a similar experience? If so, did it somehow improve over time? I'm wondering if Rover Now walkers only see a percentage of requests across their city (regardless of distance/reachability), and if perhaps that percentage increases and/or customizes itself the longer and more consistently you interact with it.

Thanks!

Hi, I've initiated the process to become certified by Rover Now but was wondering if anyone can clarify how booking "Later (Weekly)" walks through Rover Now effectively differs from booking walks through regular old Rover. I understand that when a walker books an on-demand Rover Now walk, they get a relatively smaller cut of the payment, so I assume the same would apply to a "Later (Weekly)" walk booked via Rover Now. If so, is that the only difference between booking a standard Rover walk with a repeat client and booking a recurring Rover Now walk -- the percentage of the payment the walker receives? Or is there a benefit (from the walker's perspective) to booking a recurring Rover Now walk that I'm missing?

I ask because the benefits of the on-demand part would seem to be rendered fairly moot if you schedule ongoing walks. I'm wondering why "Later (Weekly)" is even an option within Rover Now. My concerns are that a) Rover Now walkers with clients who would like recurring walks will have to take it upon themselves to direct the clients to book through regular Rover rather than Rover Now (if the walker hopes to be paid their usual non-Now rate), and b) the number of booking requests available to walkers who've not opted into Rover Now will be negatively impacted (if more dog owners gravitate toward initiating recurring walking requests through Rover Now). Thanks for any input!

Hi, so Rover allows walkers set their available times of day in morning, afternoon-ish, and evening increments. If I'm essentially fully booked with repeat clients for one of those time blocks, but would still like to accept requests for other times of day, how might that work? I understand we have the ability to broadly change our time-of-day-availability settings, but if I were to remove availability for one block of time, would repeat clients still be able to easily rebook their usual walks within that block each week? (There is also the option to only accept repeat clients, of course, but I imagine that would prevent new requests that would be compatible with my available blocks of time, which I'd like to avoid).

Thanks!

Thanks Paige, that's a good idea.

In other words, I'm wondering if there is a way set availability to something more specific than just a number of miles. I live in an outer borough of NYC and try to set my distance to only cover that borough because traveling into Manhattan would add considerable cost and time to a walk, However, I live close enough to Manhattan that it's impossible to set a distance of more than one mile without catching the outer edges of the island in my range, thereby inviting booking requests from people in Manhattan that I then have to turn down. Other than maybe mentioning the limitations in your profile, does anybody know of any options or tricks to avoid this? Thanks!