Mad Paws in 10 slides
Australia largest pet sitting marketplace with tens of thousands of insured sitters offering boarding, daycare, and walks.
- Pet care marketplace
- Care platforms
- Based in Sydney, Australia
What you do on Mad Paws
How the money is made: local tasks and shifts
- Pass the checks
- Pick jobs near you
- Do the job
- Paid after it is done
Australia largest pet sitting marketplace with tens of thousands of insured sitters offering boarding, daycare, and walks.
Founded 2014 · next to 12 other care platforms
Work and topics
Good for
What Mad Paws takes
Guess first: how much of every $100 you earn does Mad Paws take?
20% service fee on bookings
From the published fees, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges. Work out your own amount →
How the money reaches you
From sign-up to payout
- Sign upFree
- Quick profile or ID reviewIncludes an ID check
- Do the work
- Earnings clearAfter the owner confirms the stay, you redeem and the money goes to your bank or…
- First payoutAfter the owner confirms the stay and you redeem it
1 way to withdraw
- Bank transfer
Can you join?
Yes, if you are 18 or older and live in Australia.
Your profile and ID are reviewed before you start. First payout: After the owner confirms the stay and you redeem it.
What you need
- 18 or olderMinimum age
- An ID checkBefore you can work or withdraw
- Free to joinSign-up cost
- Quick profile or ID reviewHow sign-up works
Open in 1 country
What people actually earn
Mad Paws told shareholders at its November 2021 AGM that it had over 27,000 pet sitters on the platform after FY21.
Source: madpaws.com.au ↗How it scores
Weaker on getting paid.
- Fees3.5
- Getting paid2.3
- Access2.8
- Track record3.5
- Proof of earnings3.0
- Verified earnings
- Free to join
- Clear fees
- 10 years running
Mad Paws against its peers
Guess: next to the 5 other care platforms that charge a percentage, is Mad Paws…
The cut of all 6 care platforms that charge a percentage
| Platform | Fee |
|---|---|
| Mable | 10% |
| Pawshake | 19% |
| Mad Paws | 20% |
| Rover | 20% |
| PetBacker | 20% |
| Wag | 40% |
- At 20%, Mad Paws sits near the middle — the median fee across the 6 care platforms we track that charge a percentage is 20%.
- Launched in 2014, Mad Paws is newer than most care platforms — 8 of the 13 we track were founded earlier.
How much we know
We have 9 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.
What we have
- What kind of platform it is
- Year founded
- Headquarters
- Fees
- How fast you get paid
- Withdrawal methods
- Join requirements
- Countries it accepts
- Real earnings figures
Still missing
- Plain-English overview
- Minimum payout
- Payment protection
- Review ratings
- Wikipedia or reference page
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts