Dog Walking App
About the project
Challenge
A major challenge for any peer-to-peer dog walking service is ensuring safety, accountability and reliability between strangers. We needed to prioritize trust and transparency around walkers to give pet owners confidence.
Goal
Our primary goal was to seamlessly connect pet owners with trusted, local dog walkers in their neighborhood, thereby fostering convenience and making reliable pet care easily accessible for every pet owner and walker.
Solution
To build trust and accountability, our app solution utilized community reviews and ratings of walkers, real-time GPS tracking of walks, profile and payment verification, and instant booking of sessions.
Market research claim
The on-demand dog walking market size in the U.S. and Canada is expected to grow rapidly at 12.5% CAGR from 2022 to 2030 (Grand View Research), indicating major opportunity.
Market research problem
Relevant sources identified some significant problems in this type of service offering. They specifically revealed the consistent challenge of building trust between strangers, which is inherent in pet care services, as a significant barrier to mass adoption.
Why i made this project
This dog walking app was developed specifically to tap into the high growth in on-demand dog walking by prioritizing accountability, convenience, transparency, and security for both pet owners and independent walkers.