Get paid to look after pets near you
Boarding from A$45 a night, plus daycare, drop-ins, and walks. Set your own rates, choose your services, and keep up to 90% of every booking with sitter cashback.
Petme is live across Australia. Build your sitter profile and start accepting bookings in your neighbourhood.
A flexible job you run around your life
Pet sitting is hands-on, but you run it like your own business: your services, your hours, your rates. It slots in around a day job, study, or family, and scales when you are ready.
Work around your life
Drop-ins between errands, daycare on your days off, boarding when you are home. No fixed shifts and no manager assigning you slots. Take the bookings that fit your week.
Self-employed, not a shift worker
You are your own boss on Petme. You pick every booking, set your own rates, and answer to the owner, not a dispatcher. The closest thing to running your own pet-care business.
Start small, scale when ready
Many Australian sitters start with a few drop-in visits a week, then add walks, daycare, and overnight boarding as their regular clients grow.
Pick your services, set your rates
No shift rosters, no platform-set pricing, no minimum hours. You control which services you offer, what you charge, and when you take bookings.
A$45 to 75 a night boarding
Overnight boarding rates across Australian metros, plus A$40 to 65 a day for daycare and A$25 to 40 per drop-in. You set every rate, and keep up to 90% with cashback.
Offer the services that suit you
Board from home, host daycare, do drop-in visits, walk dogs, or house sit at the owner's place. List as many or as few services as you like.
A$20,000 vet protection
Every confirmed booking on Petme automatically includes up to A$20,000 in emergency vet coverage for the pet in your care. Free for you and the owner, on every booking.
Built for pet sitters
You set your own rates, keep up to 90% with cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and every booking is protected with A$20,000 in vet coverage.
Rates you set yourself
No platform-dictated pricing. You set a rate for each service. Petme keeps a small service fee, and sitter cashback pushes your take-home toward 90% of every booking.
Recurring clients built in
Pet owners earn cashback on every Petme booking, which gives them a reason to rebook with you. Many active sitters build a steady base of regulars.
Protected on every booking
A$20,000 emergency vet coverage on every confirmed booking, across boarding, daycare, drop-ins, and house sitting. You never carry the liability alone.
Pet sitting jobs across Australia
Petme actively recruits sitters in every major Australian metro. Find the city closest to you for local rates and neighbourhoods, then build your sitter profile.
Pet sitting jobs in Australia
What new sitters ask before they start on Petme in Australia.
How much can I earn as a pet sitter in Australia?
Pet sitting earnings on Petme depend on the service: dog boarding runs roughly A$45 to A$75 a night, doggy daycare A$40 to A$65 a day, and drop-in visits A$25 to A$40 each. You set your own rates and keep up to 90% of every booking with sitter cashback. Most sitters mix services to fill their week.
What services can I offer as a Petme pet sitter?
On Petme you can offer overnight dog boarding from your home, doggy daycare, drop-in visits, dog walking, and house sitting at the owner's place. You choose which services to list, set a rate for each, and accept only the bookings that suit you.
Do I need a big house or yard to board dogs?
No. Plenty of successful Petme sitters board from apartments and townhouses. What matters is a safe, secure space and the time to give a dog proper attention. If boarding does not suit your home, you can focus on walks, drop-in visits, or house sitting instead.
Can I set my own rates and schedule?
Yes. You set a rate for each service and control your own availability. There are no assigned shifts and no minimum hours. You accept or decline every booking request, so pet sitting fits around a job, study, or family commitments.
How do payouts work for pet sitters?
Earnings land in your bank account within 2 business days of each completed booking. You set your own rates, Petme keeps a small service fee, and sitter cashback lifts your take-home toward 90% of every booking. There is no invoicing.
Are pets covered if something goes wrong?
Every confirmed Petme booking automatically includes up to A$20,000 in emergency vet coverage for the pet in your care. It is included at no extra cost to you or the owner, on every booking, across boarding, daycare, drop-ins, and house sitting.
Is pet sitting a good side income in Australia?
Yes. Because you choose your services, rates, and availability, pet sitting on Petme scales from a few drop-in visits a week to a full schedule of boarding and daycare. Many sitters start small alongside another job and grow a base of repeat clients.
Which Australian cities have pet sitting demand?
Petme recruits sitters across every major Australian metro, including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Canberra, Hobart, and Darwin, plus regional centres like Geelong, Wollongong, Ballarat, and the Sunshine Coast.
Start earning as a pet sitter in Australia
Set your own rates for boarding, daycare, drop-ins, and walks. A$20,000 vet protection on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and payouts within 2 business days.