I’m wondering about strategies for catching desirable sits (based on duration, time frame, location, etc.) before they become closed. I’m getting tripped up in the following areas:
my iOS notifications for Favorite and Saved Search sits seem slow (often, by the time I see the notifications, the HO are reviewing)
when browsing my Favorites, I filter by “Currently Seeking Sitter,” - cumbersome because I’m still being shown sits that are closed to applicants (HO are reviewing)
What do you do? Constantly refresh Saved Searche pages on your app, or desktop? Browse the app once per hour, minute, etc.? Would love to know how others catch suitable listings!
Many sitters face this issue since the 5 app rule. There’s no real workaround I reckon other than being lightning fast and checking & refreshing the site like a maniac…
This does not work for the hottest listings, but I now check my Saved search several times per day. And certainly a bit before the daily email alerts are sent out in this part of the world (at 21:30 CET).
Google the words house+sit+search to find a third party application with a much less cumbersome interface.
Find any sits you like the look of; keep each sit open in its own tab and refresh those directly to see if/when they open to new applicants. Many things resurface periodically.
There are countless solutions, many of them open source (iow, completely free of charge), that can easily be utilized for monitoring and alerting you of any updates to a single web page
Just google for them. Some examples to get you started:
google alerts/site query modifier will alert you of any updates on a specific site/page
browser automatization
various browser extensions that monitor updates, e.g. Page Monitor, Visual Ping, Distill.io, Page Crawl, Sken.io, Hexowatch
Revisit the dang website half a dozen times a day and then get sucked into the rabbithole of wasting half the day online instead of just a quick peek and go.
Good tip. I looked at that and it’s all TH results, and I’ve found it doesn’t show the newest ones. It does show some that are reviewing but many of the ones I see on “newest” with TH are missing. And there are others that are a month old. I will keep an eye on it though.
Didnt know about the site either, but unfortunately not up to date indeed. Did a test and first sit I saw was one that I applied for a few days ago, and which since has been filled (not by me) - thus no longer shown on THS.
It’s a bit like Pavlov’s dog… the alert goes off on your phone and you jump to see which of your favourites has just posted new dates. Heaven forbid someone or something gets in the way
@anon47943759 are these extensions anything that make your harward vulnerable?
Will they pass thru virus protection?
I’m usually very hesitant to do anything online that takes more than the lay person’s knowledge to know about what’s really going on in the background…
Nothing for you to worry about. And yes, they will pass thru virus protection
Generally, extensions undergo thorough testing before becoming public. Although very few may manage to bypass the initial checks, they are typically discovered later, with most being reported by users. It’s worth noting that the majority of flagged extensions are due to suspicious coding rather than being inherently malicious.
