Pet Business Software: Pet Sitter, Dog Walker, Kennel, Daycare, Trainer, and Groomer – Pet Professional, By Dependable Internet, LLC

Pet Professional Introduction

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How much time do you spend on customer scheduling, invoicing, collecting payments, and employee timesheets? Is the answer too much? Well, what can you do about it? The answer: let Pet Professional manage it all for you, and "spend more time working ON your business rather than getting bogged down IN your business!" - Michael E. Gerber

Introducing: Pet Professional

A powerful, affordable, and complete web-based management application for pet service businesses

With its flexibility, the system is perfect for all pet care businesses, including: pet sitters, dog walkers, doggie daycares, trainers, and groomers.
- Daily schedule organization: secure based access for you, your clients, and employees
- Customized service types: allows you to decide how each service you provide interacts with your Pet Professional system
- Automated invoicing/billing: let the system manage and automate all your billing using the integrated prepaid, or invoicing system
- Online payment capabilities: let your clients pay with convenience and peace of mind through their secure online account
- Convenient administrative tool: control and manage entire site (security, client/employee schedules, account info, news updates, and much more!
- Easily integrates into your current web site for convenient client login access, or use the dynamic page that's included

Pet Professional Description

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The Pet Professional application is designed to manage the administrative details, accounting (with our invoice and prepaid system), scheduling, and communication with a simple and intuitive, web based interface. The system gives your clients the ability to check and update their schedule, and pay bills within a secure environment. Employees can check their personal schedule at anytime, eliminating miscommunication and missed appointments. All access and features made available to your clients are established and controlled within the admin system.

The application and data are stored and hosted on our servers. There is no software to purchase, just a month to month service contract that's priced either on a fixed rate (bronze and silver), or on our variable rate plan (Gold), making your investment proportionate to your company size. With its feature rich capabilities, Pet Professional will appeal not only to the technology driven business owner, but the more mainstream user looking for a balance between functionality and ease of use.

With its flexibility, the system is perfect for all pet care businesses, including: pet sitters, dog walkers, doggie daycares, trainers, and groomers. To see how everything works, fill out the demo registration form and start using it today.

Pet Professional - Client Notes:

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"Being a small business owner, and still operating in the field as well as being administrator, greatly limits my time. Pet Professional gives me all the information I need quickly and efficiently."

"You will not find more supportive and outstanding customer service..."

"I look forward to growing my business now that I have "Pet Professional " to assist me in servicing my own client's needs..."

"Thank you to you and your staff for your extraordinary customer service and assistance, I am sincerely grateful."

Product Demo Information

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We offer a variety of ways to see/use a demo of the Pet Professional application. Please use the links below to see the product in the manner that suits you and your business needs best.

Quick Product View: offers a brief description and product views of a few of the features you will find in the system.

Demo Account Signup: allows you to signup for your own live demo account. You will be able to login and see/use the system through the eyes of an Admin, Client, and Employee. All data that you enter in the demo can be transferred over to a live account, so feel free to enter a few clients and test the product for a couple weeks. Please note: a few of the features are locked in the demo, but you will be able to navigate through them and see how they work (example: merchant system/online/purchasing.

Product Walk Through: this is a one on one walk through of a "live" test account (nothing is locked) with a member of our sales department. The account is setup with relevant data from your business (i.e. service types, pricing, etc). Although the demo gives you complete access to the Pet Professional application, it can be a lot to absorb at first glance. The alternative is to setup a time and go through the product with us; allowing us to illustrate the features that are most important to you and your business. You will only need a computer (with an internet connection) and a phone. Please allow 30 - 40 minutes to complete the demonstration. To Sign up, click the link above and submit a date/time request.

Quick Product View

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Note: for viewable product views, please visit our web site: http://petprosoftware.com

The application integrates directly into your current web site. With its flexibility, it allows you to manage many different service types with ease. It allows you to adapt its features and benefits to your pet services business rather than changing your business to meet the requirements of the system. Unlike many software applications, Pet Professional is designed by individuals with actual industry experience. This is most evident in the design and functionality, which is extremely flexible due to the fact that there is no one way to run a successful pet business.

We encourage you to sign up for our full free demo (http://petprosoftware.com). The demo allows you to setup and use an account based on your individual needs.

There are three access points into the system: Admin, Client and Employee. The following illustrates a few of the powerful features available:

1) Service Setup: The system allows you to setup and manage each service on an individual basis; providing the flexibility multiple service pet businesses need. The "Service Setup" screen is where/how you define each service you provide. Once setup, you're left with a system built around your business; not forcing you to change how you manage your services to meet the requirements of a software system.

2) Account Info & Schedule: Depending on the user (Admin, Employee, or Client) the schedule will show you the appropriate data. In the screen shot below we are looking at a client's account through the admin system. The rules defined in the service setup screen will determine the ability your clients will have to manipulate their schedule. You can set it up so that for one service type they can make changes directly to their schedule (add, cancel, etc), and for another have it be request only (i.e. read only).

3) Prepaid Packages & Invoice Builder: The system comes with two bill tracking/payment functions (Gold version) that can work independently or in parallel.

a) The prepaid system allows you to setup a service and have its billing managed by Pet Professional. The integrated merchant system will allow your clients to purchase "packages" (setup using the screen below). When they purchase one it's automatically added to their available prepaid balance for that service. Every time a service is marked completed (by the admin or employee) the system will subtract one from the available balance. Balance alert emails are setup to go out when it reaches 1, 0, and -1. Note: you can have a prepaid service, but manually turn it off for individual clients and have the invoicing system bill them instead.

b) The invoicing system can be setup to automatically run and bill on a set frequency. It will pickup all non-prepaid services as well as services for individuals that you've manually turned off the prepaid system for. The screen shot below shows an example of the manual invoice builder that you can use to generate miscellaneous invoices.

Pet Professional - Version/Pricing Information

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Available Features: client account information storage and scheduling (note: clients can only use request form, no direct scheduling)
Setup Fee: $125
Price: $40/month

Silver:
Available Features: client account information storage, scheduling (full usage), and invoice builder (manual)
Setup Fee: $125
Price: $55/month

Gold:
Available Features: client account information storage, scheduling (full usage), auto invoicing system, prepaid system, and auto scheduling (recurring rules)
Setup Fee: $125
Price: Variable - based on number of "active" users (clients). There is a minimum monthly fee of $35. The following scale describes the variable per client pricing model:

1-30 clients: $2.00/active client
31-100 clients: $1.30/active client
101+ clients: $1.00/active client

Example: 40 active clients

(30 * 2.00) + (10 + 1.30) = $71.30

Note: There is a maximum monthly price of $325
At the end of each month our Admin/Billing system runs a query against your Pet Professional system to determine how many "active" clients you have. "Active" clients are defined as any client with scheduled events for that month. This number is what's used to compute your next months licensing fee. An invoice breaking this down will be sent to you at least 2 business days before your credit card is processed.

(**)The initial setup charge of $125 (for all models), includes site/database setup and use of TFG Brands secure certificate (for online transactions within your Pet Professional system, i.e. client payments).

Domain name registration and obtaining a private secure certificate (not required) are available for additional fees. If you have a current web site, or choose not to host your separate company web site with us, links to your Pet Professional service will be provided to you so that you can integrate them into your current company site. If you wish to change hosting providers we offer a special rate of $5/month (which includes e-mail accounts; name(s)@yourdomain.com). This will be automatically added to your monthly service fee if you choose this option (available for all Pet Professional models).
If you do not currently have a company web site, a single page site will be provided at no additional charge. Content on this page (pricing, contact info, etc) can be edited through your Pet Professional account (admin view).

Please note that in order to accept online payments through your system, you will need to establish a Merchant Account and/or a PayPal account. Information will be provided to you for establishing these accounts during the setup of your new Pet Professional account. You may read about it in detail in our FAQ section.

Pet Care Business Owner Takes on Software Problem

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Developed by a pet industry professional, software application presents a powerful, affordable and complete management solution for pet services companies

By Nicole Amodeo CHICAGO, Illinois - April 6, 2006 - Previous owner of a dog walking/pet sitting company, Tim Flatland, was able to use his background in technology and his passion for pets to create a solution for dog walkers, pet sitters, groomers and trainers everywhere.

As his pet services company (Go Dog Go) continued to grow, Tim found himself buried in paperwork and desperately trying to keep the scheduling, invoices, and employee information organized. He began researching programs that could assist in the administrative side of running the business and discovered that software applications available to pet care professionals fell short of meeting his day-to-day administrative needs. He felt that software companies were designing systems without knowing the real workings of the pet services industry. Tim elaborates, "All of the programs were cookie-cutter packages that really didn't tackle the immediate needs that I was facing. In fact, besides the names of these programs, they really had nothing to do with running a pet care business."

With his background in software design, Tim found himself in a position to do something about this lack of appropriate technology. Drawing from his own experience and feedback from other pet service company owners, Tim developed and is now proudly marketing Pet Professional. "Pet Pro" is a web- based application (managed and developed by Dependable Internet, LLC) that plans to reach the masses by enabling its users to customize their system to their own business model. As Tim explains, "Each account is setup as a blank, feature-rich template. Users get to set up their service offerings within their accounts where they create access rules. This includes scheduling, payment, and package deals for their clients."

The application has been available since late 2004 and many industry professionals have benefited from using the application. Gretchen McGlensey, owner of Pennsylvania pet services company, Pampered Pooch Plus!, says that Pet Professional has streamlined her business and has given her the ability to grow. "Being a small business owner, and still operating in the field as well as being administrator, greatly limits my time. Pet Professional gives me all the information I need quickly and efficiently… I look forward to growing my business now that I have Pet Professional to assist me in servicing my own client's needs."

For more information about Pet Professional, please visit: www.tfgbrands.com or www.petprosoftware.com

Pet Professional Upgrade Alert

Fri, 15 Apr 2006 16:25:08 -0500

By Pet Professional Development Team

CHICAGO, Illinois - April 4, 2006 - Dependable Internet, LLC. is pleased to announce the completion of the Master Schedule Repot.

This will allow Administrators and Employees to view and print a detailed schedule within a specified date range.

For more information about Pet Professional, please visit: www.tfgbrands.com or www.petprosoftware.com