How to launch an on-demand services app for Babysitting and unique Baby care services?

Hi there! Working women find it hard to balance between work and family as they are tied up with huge responsibilities. That too, women who have toddlers and kids find it even more difficult to draw a parallel between their work and babysitting. As a helping hand to the new mommies and working women, on-demand babysitting services have come into existence.

Through the babysitting app, users can book babysitters based on their location. The babysitter will look after the baby for a specified time and get paid. On the whole, the on-demand babysitting services are welcoming among mommies as they will get assistance in looking after their babies.

This blog will revolve around babysitting app development and how you can benefit from this business. Let us take a deeper look at the app development and working model.

The entire working of the babysitting app

By introducing the on-demand babysitting services, you can offer a break to mommies to look after their toddlers. Let us see how the babysitter app works in a step by step manner.

Step 1: Firstly, parents must register their details like name, contact number, email address, and house address. Similarly, babysitters, who are willing to register themselves on the app can submit their details.

Step 2: Once the parents register on the app, they can look out for nearby babysitters using the GPS feature.

Step 3: If the parents find a nearby babysitter, they can book the service by mentioning the date/time.

Step 4: Now, the babysitter will receive the booking request from the parent. If the babysitter is available, then he/she will accept the service. Otherwise, the babysitter can cancel the service request.

Step 5: Once the babysitter accepts the service, he/she will go to the address mentioned by the parent and take care of the children.

Step 6: After the babysitting service is completed, the parents will make the payment to the babysitter.

These are the simple steps involved in the working of the babysitting services app. Next, we shall have a look at the different features that are necessary in your babysitting app. 

Features of the parent app 

• Registration and profile 

Here, registration is a must for parents who are willing to join your babysitting app. Details like name, email ID, mobile number, and location are mandatory. Once the parents submit all these details, a profile will be created. You can view the entire profile details of the parents.

• Book babysitters

While booking the babysitters, parents have two options. The first option is to book the service and avail of it instantly. The second option is to book the service and avail of it at a later date.

• Track babysitters

Once the babysitter confirms the request, parents can track the arrival of the babysitter through the in-app tracking feature.

• Booking history

Every app has the history feature and the same is present in the babysitter app too. So, using the history feature, parents can view the previous babysitting services along with the other related data.

Features of the babysitter app

• Registration and profile

Similar to the parents, the babysitter will have to fill in their details and get registered on the app. Based on the details, their profile will be created.

• Availability

The babysitters can mark their availability on the app using the availability toggle button. If available, services will be mapped. Otherwise, the service will be directed to another babysitter.

• Navigation

Reaching out to the user’s location is easy with the navigation feature. Through the in-app navigation, babysitters can find the exact location and reach the location on time.

• Earnings

The babysitters can view their earnings for each service inside the app itself. Also, the babysitters will have a detailed report for every earning through the app.

That’s all with the features of the babysitting app. On the whole, all these features will be really beneficial for parents and babysitters to access the app effortlessly. Next, we shall analyze the steps involved before launching the babysitting services app.

Steps involved in shaping up your babysitting services

• Targeting your audience

Before launching your service, you must know the audience including the parents and the babysitters. You can visit job portals that list babysitters and get to know the number of people looking for babysitting jobs. From the number, you will get to know the scope of this business. In order to find the parents who are looking out for babysitters, you can circulate an online survey forum. So, based on the survey you can decide the target audience.

• Get to know your rivalries

First, it is mandatory to know the top players who are offering babysitting services. You must analyze the competitors babysitting services and find ways to offer better services. You must read the reviews of your competitors’ services with which you can find their strengths and weaknesses.

• Build your app

Once you have passed the steps of finding your target audience and competitor analysis, you can start developing the app. Your app is the front liner of your service. Therefore, you must carefully analyze the features and functionalities of the app.  Also, make sure to include all the above-said features in the parent app and the babysitter app for a better user experience. Now, let us quickly discuss the stages in babysitting app development.

Stages in babysitting app development

Stage 1: Before starting the app development, you need to make a statement of your requirements and discuss the same with the app development company you have chosen.

Stage 2: The development team will understand your requisites, document them, and develop a prototype that holds the basic features and functionalities.

Step 3: After prototyping, your specifications will be added so as to get a fully functional app. Following this, the front-end developers will design the user interface of the app, based on your choice.

Step 4: Once the back-end and front-end app development come to a close, the testing phase will commence. The app will be checked against a different set of test cases to check the functionality. The testing phase will be carried out in a loop until the app doesn’t throw any errors.

Step 5: And finally, they will launch the app on the platforms you have chosen.

This is the regular method of app development. If you go for ready-made app development, you can skip the lengthy process and launch the app immediately into the marketplace.

Since we are discussing the market analysis of the babysitting service, we shall see the top babysitting service providers.

Popular babysitting service providers

• Urbansitter
• Care.com
• Bambino
• SitterFriends

Monetization methods involved in the babysitting service

• Booking fees – Whenever a user avails of the babysitting service through your app, you can charge the booking fees.

• Commission charges – When a babysitter gets booked through your app, then that babysitter must pay the commission amount to you.

• Premium subscriptions – Incorporate your app with a set of advanced features so that you can impose an additional cost to access those features. This will come under the premium subscriptions.
• Show ads – One of the popular ways in which you can earn revenue is via showing ads. 

Let mommies take a break!

Launch your babysitter app that will let mommies take a break from looking after their babies. Also, babysitting services are currently becoming popular and this is the best time to indulge in this business.