Free software for your dog-walking business
Easy-to-use booking system that saves you hours, so you can enjoy the time you spend with the doggos
When to use a dog walking booking system?
How many times did you find yourself juggling between messaging clients, scheduling dog walks, and at the same time, trying to manage our furry friends? If the answer is many, numerous, or every day, it’s time to check out a booking software for your dog walking business.
It’s the dog’s time to enjoy a good walk and have their best day. But that doesn’t mean you don’t get to enjoy it yourself. Your clients can book walks for their doggos through the booking system, and the system will do its magic, from managing the appointments to providing an overview of your daily schedule and clients. Not to mention, you can customize your page with the flick of a switch and adjust your availability. What’s not to like about it?
Set your own times, define your own pricing and sell your services
How to get more clients for your dog-walking business?
After talking to other dog-walking businesses, it became clear that demand is growing. People are busy, and working between their homes or business offices can distract them from being consistent with taking their dogs for a walk. But who doesn’t want their furry friends to have the best time every day? If you are wondering how to grow your business, here are three ways to get more clients:
- Ask your existing clients to refer you to other interested dog owners. You can always ask for feedback on your service, and why not, when a client is happy with your service, ask them to refer you to somebody else. You can also reward them with a nice treat for their dog, or a free extra walk. People will then find you by word of mouth. This way, you are building relationships with your current clients and their furry friends but also getting more clients.
- Build relationships with pet stores and dog parks. Getting to know other entrepreneurs who work with animals is a great way to widen your network and find more clients. You can share your QR in their places where interested clients will find it. At the same time, you can recommend each other's business to clients. So win, win!
- Join local animal-related communities. Hanging out where dog owners do, allows you to get to know new clients or talk about your dog walking services. You can do this via online communities, meetups, dog parks, or places where people take their furry friends.
Then, when you have some clients the built-in CRM will be already at your disposal!
Why is dog walking scheduling software good for your business?
The benefits of using reservation software for your dog-walking business are endless. But let’s dive into some real-life scenarios, where using dog-walking booking software can be beneficial:
1. When you spend too much time scheduling appointments
Talking on your phone or messaging with clients about making, adjusting, or canceling an appointment can take up a lot of your time. All this is combined with keeping track of your bookings manually. We are only humans, and errors are very easy to make in these situations. Software to manage dog walks lets you adjust your working hours and the travel time you need. The tool will then do the planning for you automatically. So no need to worry about missed appointments or double bookings.
2. When new clients want to book your services but you are busy with your furry friends
Having the software makes life easier, particularly when new clients find you. They are now able to see your services, read the details and check the pricing and available dates without the need to call or text you. As new walks are getting in automatically, it frees you up to focus solely on the dog you are walking with at that point.
3. When you find yourself in the uncomfortable position to reject requests that are too far
Using dog walking software gives you the flexibility to define your service area. Doing that allows potential clients to see instantly if it matches their location and determines if they can proceed or not with booking your services.
“You can't answer the phone while walking 7 dogs ”
How to best use dog walking software?
Here is the best part! You decide how to use the tool and let your clients tap into what would be a great day for their furry friend. But first, let’s have a quick walk-through on how to best use dog walk appointment software.
First, you need to choose one that is simple to set up and serves your needs. Vev is free and works as a booking and scheduling system for your dog-walking business. It will feel like you have a personal assistant. In three simple steps, your online page will be up and running. From there, you can edit your offerings. If you want to make it more engaging, it will work wonders if you add photos and small descriptions. And your pricing, of course.
For some extra magic, adjust your availability and breaks. You decide how you want to run your business. Enough appointments for the day? Simply, pause bookings. Your clients will then know the best days and times their dogs can enjoy a walk in the park.
In short, here are the five simple steps to get started with the Vev scheduling app:
- Create an account and get your page up and running in three simple steps.
- Show your services - Add your services, descriptions, and prices. Plus adjust your availability.
- Make it look yours - Add your logo and change the colors to match your brand.
- Promote your business - Print your QR code and share it at dog parks or pet stores where potential clients might find you.
- Time for a walk! Woof woof, your first furry friends are ready for you.
It’s that simple! It only takes a second and the tool does the rest. So why not give it a try?
Run your walk business on auto-pilot With your new toolset
Sell
Marketing
Payments
Business
Learn
Software
Auto pilot
Overview
No-shows
Customers
Add your walks and more
Decide what you offer at your walk business. Add descriptions for your walks, add an image, and best of all set your own prices.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your walk business makes, what your pet owners schedule most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Schedule again
In just a tap your pet owners become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next appointment. No upcoming appointment? You and your pet owners are reminded to schedule a walk again.
Sell smart
Add options, durations, variations, preparation time, cleanup time and your duration to help your pet owners schedule.
Define your own duration
Some appointments don’t require your attention the whole time, so you can help another pet owner.
Schedule deadline
Choose till what time pet owners can schedule a walk.
Sell
Add your walks and more
Decide what you offer at your walk business. Add descriptions for your walks, add an image, and best of all set your own prices.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your walk business makes, what your pet owners schedule most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Schedule again
In just a tap your pet owners become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next appointment. No upcoming appointment? You and your pet owners are reminded to schedule a walk again.
Sell smart
Add options, durations, variations, preparation time, cleanup time and your duration to help your pet owners schedule.
Define your own duration
Some appointments don’t require your attention the whole time, so you can help another pet owner.
Schedule deadline
Choose till what time pet owners can schedule a walk.
Marketing
Cover your walk business
Add a cover to your header that matches your walk business. Impress your pet owners of your walk business even more.
Your own link
Add your link to your website and socials. A link in bio could boost the appointments of your walk business up to 40%.
Brand your Vev
Add your logo, show a cover image, customize font styles, and display your address (or not). And everything will get styled in line with your walk business. That means your appointment page, dashboard, Wallet passes and even every single e-mail that your pet owners get looks like you.
Schedule with a QR-code
Include your QR code on flyers, business cards, stickers and other placements in your walk business to let your pet owners schedule walks by scanning it on their phone.
Policy
Define your own policy, so your pet owners know what to expect. Works perfectly with payments, deposits and refunds.
Page description
Add a slogan for your page to stand out from other walk businesses. Tell your pet owners why you're the best walk business.
Get reviews from your pet owners
Word of mouth is the best marketing, and reviews are the digital equivalent of this.
Payments
Scan to Pay
Let your pet owners scan your QR for you to get paid. Vev will keep track of who has paid for their walk so your walk business administration is always up to date.
Get paid ahead
Enable your pet owners to pay ahead for their appointment. Only if you want to, you as the dog walker is in control.
Deposits
Let your pet owners put down a deposit to get their appointment.
No extra payment devices
No need to fill in the amount again. Or sync, connect and charge that extra device in your walk business. Simply use your phone to have pet owners pay for their walks on the spot.
Discounts
It's easy to give your pet owner a discount on their walk. Choose a percentage or fixed amount. Whatever works best for your walk business.
Upsell
Add a percentage or fixed amount to the price of the appointment, in the simplest way possible for you as a dog walker.
Refunds
Pet owners who've paid ahead will automatically be refunded when their appointment is cancelled. Yet another thing less to worry about for dog walkers.
Payments work out of the box
Payments are set up automatically for you. So you can get paid out of the gate. No need for any set up.
Policy
Define your own policy, so your pet owners know what to expect. Works perfectly with payments, deposits and refunds.
Business
Your overview of walks
See exactly who will get what walk, and at what time the appointment is due.
Your opening hours
You decide when your walk business is open (or closed) for appointments.
Choose a time and date
Let your pet owners choose what time works for them. You can decide how strict or flexible you want to be with your time.
Add your breaks
Plan when you want a fixed break. Looking for more flexibility? Turn on smart breaks.
Add 'Me time'
Got a personal appointment? With just a tap you can block time off. This way pet owners can't make an appointment.
Exceptions
Want to open up during public holidays? Or close for a vacation? Your decide when your walk business is open.
Schedule deadline
Choose till what time pet owners can schedule a walk.
Make your accountant smile
Export data of your walk business on a monthly basis. Including all the information of your appointments. Giving you the information you need.
Sync to your calendar
Automatically sync your appointments to your personal calendar app.
Ahead of time
Set up your booking horizon, meaning how far in the future pet owners are able to schedule walks.
Define your own duration
Some appointments don’t require your attention the whole time, so you can help another pet owner.
Notifications for you
When your pet owner make an appointment, cancelation or change you will receive a notification.
Plus, a lot more
There's a lot more coming in Vev+ that will make doing walk business even easier. But we keep those under wraps for the moment.
Learn
Your month wrapped up
Every month starts with an overview of last months' appointments cancelations and revenue for your walk business. This way you know exactly how your walk business is doing.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your walk business makes, what your pet owners schedule most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Software
Works on every device
Vev works on phones, tablets, computers and more. If you have internet in your walk business then you are good!
Works out of the box
Vev comes loaded with everything needed for your walk business right out of the box. And based on your usage it learns and gets better.
Free software updates
Vev gets better every day, and every upgrade is automatically added. No need to upgrade or install. Every month you receive an overview of the updates for your walk business.
It's your data
It's your data. The pet owner information is yours. Vev doesn't sell, resell, target or advertise with the data from your walk business. Of course not!
Works everywhere
Vev is translated in English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian. It also supports over 100 currencies.
Auto pilot
Communication made easy
Every appointment, cancelation, change and reminder is automatically sent to your pet owners. Emails are sent in your style so they feel familiar to the pet owners of your walk business.
Appointment reminders
On the day of the appointment, your pet owner receives a reminder from you. It's send automatically and includes all the information of their walk.
Your month wrapped up
Every month starts with an overview of last months' appointments cancelations and revenue for your walk business. This way you know exactly how your walk business is doing.
Your own link
Add your link to your website and socials. A link in bio could boost the appointments of your walk business up to 40%.
Sync to your calendar
Automatically sync your appointments to your personal calendar app.
Add 'Me time'
Got a personal appointment? With just a tap you can block time off. This way pet owners can't make an appointment.
Overview
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your walk business makes, what your pet owners schedule most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Notifications for you
When your pet owner make an appointment, cancelation or change you will receive a notification.
Your overview of walks
See exactly who will get what walk, and at what time the appointment is due.
Focus on your pet owners
Your daily overview of pet owners. Showing you exactly who's you will see today, and an easy way to let you schedule again.
Delivery overview
See exactly where and at what time you need to deliver walks. Everything shown on an interactive map to make it crystal clear for you!
Sync to your calendar
Automatically sync your appointments to your personal calendar app.
Your month wrapped up
Every month starts with an overview of last months' appointments cancelations and revenue for your walk business. This way you know exactly how your walk business is doing.
No-shows
Appointment reminders
On the day of the appointment, your pet owner receives a reminder from you. It's send automatically and includes all the information of their walk.
Policy
Define your own policy, so your pet owners know what to expect. Works perfectly with payments, deposits and refunds.
Change the time
Pet owners can change the time of their upcoming appointment as long as the cancelation deadline hasn't passed.
Add to Calendar
Pet owners can add the appointment to their calendar. This way they receive a notification before their walk. The address, travel time and link to their confirmation page can be found in the event details.
Add to wallet
After pet owners schedule walks, they get a pass for their digital wallet. When added they get a notification on their phone at the right time. The pass contains all the details like; date, time, location, total cost, payment details and link.
Communication made easy
Every appointment, cancelation, change and reminder is automatically sent to your pet owners. Emails are sent in your style so they feel familiar to the pet owners of your walk business.
Pet owner details
For dog walkers it's super handy to have all the details of pet owners at their finger tips. Allowing you to send a text, call or email whenever you need.
Cancelation deadline
Decide until what time pet owners can cancel for free. Whenever a cancelation is made, pet owners receive a message including a link to schedule their next walk with your walk business
Pet owner history
See exactly what kind of walks your pet owners had at your walk business last time.
Customers
Notes
Add notes about your pet owners. These notes show up around the appointment, so you can pick up the conversation with your pet owner where you left off last time.
Pet owner details
For dog walkers it's super handy to have all the details of pet owners at their finger tips. Allowing you to send a text, call or email whenever you need.
Customer management (CRM)
See your pet owners in the best way. This lets you build relationships and get more appointments. You can search and find your most valuable pet owners.
Focus on your pet owners
Your daily overview of pet owners. Showing you exactly who's you will see today, and an easy way to let you schedule again.
Schedule again
In just a tap your pet owners become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next appointment. No upcoming appointment? You and your pet owners are reminded to schedule a walk again.
Pet owner history
See exactly what kind of walks your pet owners had at your walk business last time.
It's your data
It's your data. The pet owner information is yours. Vev doesn't sell, resell, target or advertise with the data from your walk business. Of course not!
Get reviews from your pet owners
Word of mouth is the best marketing, and reviews are the digital equivalent of this.