Dog walkers: Setout builds a website where owners book a meet and greet.
£39 a month including VAT. Your domain's included, you can cancel any time and you pay nothing until it's live.
Owners don't hand their dog and their door key to just anyone. Before they get in touch with a dog walker, they look for someone local, insured and kind, with photos of happy dogs and a clear idea of how walks work. Then they want to meet you before the first walk.
Setout builds you that website, on a design made for dog walkers. Your walks and prices are on the page, along with how you keep dogs safe and owners posted. Owners book a free meet and greet online, and get an email reminder the day before. You see the whole site on your phone before you pay a penny.
What every dog walker's website needs
Whoever builds your website, these seven things win a dog walker new regulars. Use them as a checklist for the site you have now.
A meet and greet first
Owners want to see how their dog takes to you before they hand over a key. Make the first step a free meet and greet at their home, and say what happens at it.
On Setout: The Pack & Paws design explains your meet and greet step by step. Make it a bookable service, and owners pick a time online.
How many dogs, and for how long
Say how many dogs you walk at once and how long walks last. Some councils limit how many dogs one person can walk in parks and public spaces, so check your local rules and say you follow them.
On Setout: Make group walks a class with a set number of places, and owners see how many are left when they book.
Insurance and first aid
Say that you're insured, including cover for dogs in your care, and whether you hold a pet first aid certificate or a DBS check. It's what careful owners ask first.
On Setout: Your insurance and certificates go in your about section and, on designs with a highlights strip, in a line of badges across the page.
The right licence, if you need one
Dog walking doesn't need a council licence in England, but dog day care and home boarding do. If you offer either, show your licence and its star rating.
On Setout: Each service you offer has its own description, so the licence sits next to the service it covers.
How you look after keys
Say how keys are stored and labelled. Coded, never with an address and locked away is the answer owners hope to read.
On Setout: Your own wording goes anywhere on your page, and you can change it yourself.
Prices and the area you cover
Solo walks, group walks, puppy visits, drop-ins: list the prices, and name the streets, villages or postcodes you cover.
On Setout: Each service has its own price and can have its own page on your site. The Pack & Paws design lists the areas you cover, and we put your area in your page title ("Dog walker in Harrogate") so Google can see where you work.
Booking that suits regulars
Most dog walking is regular, the same days every week. Agree the pattern at the meet and greet, and make one-off extras easy to book.
On Setout: Owners can book walks online one at a time, you can add bookings yourself and you can send a regular a link to book their next walk. Repeat bookings aren't automatic yet.
Designs made for dog walkers
Each one opens live, with example content. Yours carries your name, your photos and your reviews.
Pack & Paws Example design for dog walkers: friendly, with how a meet and greet works up front. Open the Pack & Paws design live 
Grooming Example design for dog businesses: bright and gentle, with your packages and prices. Open the Grooming design live 
Fernfield Example design for outdoor services: friendly and green, with a call bar that stays on screen on phones. Open the Fernfield design live How it works
Tell us about your business
Fill in the form below. We'll call you the same working day, weekdays, if you ask before 3pm. Ask after 3pm or at the weekend and we'll call you the next working day. Send us your current website or Facebook page, a few photos, your services and the area you cover. One phone call is usually enough.
We build it
We build your site on a design made for dog walkers, with your services, your area, your reviews and a way for customers to reach you. It's usually ready within a couple of days.
You see it on your phone before you pay
We send you a private link. Look at it on your phone, show it to whoever you like and tell us what to change. You pay nothing until it goes live.
See it before you pay, then 30 days to change your mind
- £39 a month including VAT, or £390 for the year. One price for the whole business, however many of you there are.
- Nothing to pay until it's live. Building it and previewing it cost nothing.
- A full refund within 30 days of your first payment if it isn't right for you.
- Cancel any time. There's no contract, and no setup fee.
- Your web address is included while you subscribe, along with hosting and security.
- Change it yourself from your phone, or ask us and we'll do it.
Questions dog walkers ask us
How quickly can you build a website for my dog walking business?
Usually within a couple of days of our call. Send us your walks and prices, a few photos of dogs you walk (with their owners' permission) and the area you cover. You see the site on your phone before you pay anything.
Can owners book a meet and greet online?
Yes. Make it a free service. Owners pick a time, you get the booking by email and they get a confirmation and an email reminder.
Can I limit how many dogs go on a group walk?
Yes. Set the number of places for each walk, and owners see how many are left when they book.
Do regular walks book themselves every week?
Not yet. Owners book walks one at a time, or you add them yourself or send a link to book the next one.
Most of my clients come by word of mouth. Do I need a website?
Word of mouth brings the best clients, and many of them look you up before they get in touch. A website on your own address is what they find: what you do, what it costs, who you are and how to book. It's also where Google sends people who search for what you do in your town.
What does it cost, and is there a contract?
£39 a month including VAT, or £390 for the year. That's for the whole business, with hosting, security and your web address included, and no setup fee. There's no contract, so you can cancel any time, and if it isn't right for you we'll refund your first payment in full within 30 days. You pay nothing at all until your site is live.
Tell us about your business. We'll build your site and send you the link to see it before you pay.
We'll call you the same working day, weekdays, if you ask before 3pm. Ask after 3pm or at the weekend and we'll call you the next working day. There's nothing to pay until your site is live.