Wag! fee calculator
Slide the numbers below to see what Wag! really takes from each booking — from you as the sitter and from your client at checkout.
Lost to fees
$104per month
- You bill clients $238.91 per month.
- Wag! takes $77.89 from you (40%).
- Wag! takes $26.47 from the client ($2.99 flat per booking).
- You take home $135 per month.
Wag takes 40% from sitters on walks and drop-ins. The client pays a $2.99 booking fee on top. Wag! doesn't take a cut of tips — sitters keep 100%.
Activity type
If you switched to Walkies
Save $1,210 per year
How Wag!'s fees work
Wag! takes a flat 40% commission on every booking — the highest of the major US dog-care platforms. On top of that, Wag! adds a booking fee to the client's total: $2.99 for walks and drop-ins, $14.99 for sitting and boarding. A $50 walk lands the sitter $30. A $100 boarding night nets the sitter $60 — and the client pays $114.99.
Where the money goes
The 40% sitter commission covers Wag's marketplace costs: advertising, customer support, walker background checks, walker insurance, and refund coverage. The client-side booking fee is Wag's separate service charge, applied per booking regardless of the rate.
Walkies vs marketplace platforms
Walkies is independent software for running your own pet sitting business — scheduling, invoicing, GPS walk tracking, client management, and a companion app for pet owners. It's designed for sitters who book clients directly (referrals, neighbours, local marketing, social media) rather than via a marketplace. It doesn't connect to Wag and doesn't change anything about how Wag bookings work.
Frequently asked questions
A 40% cut from the sitter on every booking — the steepest commission of the major US dog-care platforms. Then a flat fee on top of the client's side: $2.99 per walk or drop-in, $14.99 per sitting or boarding stay. The calculator above shows both depending on the service type you pick.
Wag bundles a lot of marketplace-side cost (advertising, customer support, walker insurance, refund coverage) into its 40% take. Rover unbundles more of those costs into the client-side fee and keeps the sitter cut lower.
No — tips skip the 40% cut entirely and land with the sitter at 100%. Drop your average tip into the slider above to see how it changes your take-home.
No. Wag's Terms of Service include a $1,000 referral fee charged to pet owners who book a Wag-introduced sitter outside the app, and walkers can face account suspension or removal for soliciting clients off-platform. Messaging about it through the Wag app itself can trigger enforcement, since Wag monitors in-app messages. Anyone considering their options off Wag should read the latest Wag Terms of Service in full.
Walkies is independent software for running your own pet sitting business — invoicing, scheduling, GPS walk tracking, client management, and a companion app for pet owners. It's designed for sitters who book clients directly (referrals, neighbours, local marketing, social media) rather than via a marketplace. It doesn't connect to Wag and doesn't change anything about how your Wag bookings work.