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Re:Wag, the ‘Uber for Dog-Walking,’ Is Drawing Uber-Like Scr... by iskander on Monday October 16, 2017 @03:19PM (#15485888)
Dog boarding, on the other hand, is pretty irregular. So rather than Uber I think the correct analogy should be AirBnB.
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Re:Wag, the ‘Uber for Dog-Walking,’ Is Drawing Uber-Like Scr... by Bartweiss on Monday October 16, 2017 @04:32PM (#15486427)
Yep; it's a way better case for a coordination website. That site is Rover, which to my knowledge is doing just fine. (Wikipedia suggests they cleared $30 million in revenue last year.) They offer dog-walking too, but are probably a bit safer because the boarding offer is a good incentive to just stick around and use one site for everything.

(Rover also provides insurance on each deal, a very un-Uber approach that's actually more protective than most low-tech arrangements.)

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Re:Wag, the ‘Uber for Dog-Walking,’ Is Drawing Uber-Like Scr... by eli on Monday October 16, 2017 @03:24PM (#15485945)
Yes and I think you just described Rover.com
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Re:Wag, the ‘Uber for Dog-Walking,’ Is Drawing Uber-Like Scr... by jermaustin1 on Monday October 16, 2017 @03:39PM (#15486062)
At the place I board my dog, there are plenty of regulars the he gets to play with. Seems like a lot of people around me will board their dog(s) every other weekend or so.
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Re:Wag, the ‘Uber for Dog-Walking,’ Is Drawing Uber-Like Scr... by neaden on Monday October 16, 2017 @05:02PM (#15486631)
I'm not sure that that is true. I always board my dog with the some place or a friend.
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