Hello fellow sitters…l’m a newbie here as well as house/pet sitting. l want to charge a small amount each day, not a free sitting…locally to start and then expand.
Can l ask how many of you charge for a sit,… l’m not travelling, but my love for animals and a different scenery now and again is enough for me.
Thanks for any replies, l do appreciate it.
THS is designed as a free exchange. You are not permitted to ask for payment. I have seen other sites that do allow people to charge a daily fee such as Housesitters America.
You will likely be reported for asking any owners for money via THS. There have been a few recent threads about that you might want to have a look at. There are other platforms that allow or are based on charging models. In those situations the platform usually takes a cut. On THS, it’s strictly free sitting.
Hello @Bindydog are you a paid member of THS?
If so, you would have gotten the policies…
This is from THS:
"We enable pet parents to connect with care-oriented sitters who will sit for free in exchange for the chance to spend time with some wonderful pets and for free accommodation."
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@Bindydog you sound like a lovely person and genuinely like pets. I do hope you haven’t already joined and paid, thinking you can charge for your services 
Unfortunately Trusted Housesitters is not the platform for you as charging money, no matter how small, is 100% against the terms and conditions of the site. You WILL be reported for requesting money at some stage and will be warned and/or removed from THS.
This is, as others have mentioned, a fair exchange and no money changes hands and there are other platforms that allow you to charge. Unfortunately THS is definitely not one of them.
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@Bindydog for paid house sitting you will have to sign up to a different platform such as rover.
Sitters on Trusted House Sitters are not permitted to charge any fee . They also pay their own travel expenses to the sit .
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