Ahh, okay. That makes sense. I'll take a look at it. Thanks for clarifying.

Thank you! This is a very promising perspective. What do you have to do to ensure you're at the top of the search results?

Thank you for offering such thorough advice! My idea was to make this a side-job along with something else, but this does give me a lot to consider.

This is very helpful. Thank you for responding!

I'm trying to move to Albuquerque - no partner, no kids, cost of living is quite cheap in NM, and I'm looking for some ways to get by reliably. I love dogs and have years of experience training/caring for them. Rover seemed like an excellent fit if I supplement it with maybe another part-time position. At least, that's what I figured until I sat down and did the math.

Strictly looking at dog boarding, a reasonable, competitive price in this city would be approximately $25 a night. The average part-time salary reported from three different sources as a Rover dog sitter is about $1,000. To make $1,000 a month ($800 after the 20% fee), you would need to sit for 40 dogs each month. That's one dog, and sometimes two, every single night without break if you're only considered to be working part-time. Full-time, at about $3,300 ($2,640) a month, that would be 132 dogs, or 4-5 dogs every night with no day off. If one were to expand their services to day-care and dog walking, I assume this would require several more dogs each day for services that are offered more cheaply than boarding.

My point is, how do you schedule your months to make a decent supplemental income without sacrificing a reasonably healthy work-life balance, while likely juggling another job as well? What does your life look like working for Rover? Is the $800/$2,640 average really accurate? I assume demand fluctuates throughout the year as well, depending on client need, so how do you protect yourself from a potential lull? I would love to sign up to be a Rover sitter but I don't want to go into this blindly. I would love any frank advice you have.