How AlpenSitter works
Four steps, and only one of them costs anything. Ten minutes from start to first message.
It takes 5 minutes.Four steps, and only one of them costs anything. Ten minutes from start to first message.
If you are looking for someone
Search by valley
Choose your valley and whether you need childcare or pet care. You see every profile without registering, without an app, without giving us your email.
Read everything
References are published in full, with the date. Certificates show which body confirmed them. The introduction video shows you how the person speaks.
Write first
This is the only paid step: a subscription if you live here, a Tourist Pass if you are on holiday, or a single contact unlocked on its own. Replying to someone who writes to you is always free.
Meet, then agree
Meet in person before the first engagement. You agree the rate and pay the sitter directly — we never touch that money and take no commission on it.
If you want to be a sitter
Sign up free
The form takes about ten minutes: who you are, what you can do, which valleys you can reach, when you are available and what you charge per hour.
Identity check
You send a photo of your ID and a confirmation selfie. We record the outcome and the date, not the document.
Ask two families for a written reference
First name, town, period, what you did. They sign it. It goes on your profile in full — this is what makes families write to you rather than to someone else.
Answer for free
Replying costs you nothing, ever. Sitters never pay to use AlpenSitter; the optional verification badges are the only thing you can buy.
The three things that confuse people most
We are not an agency
We do not choose the person for you and we do not employ them. We publish the profiles of whoever signs up, verify what can be verified, and tell you exactly that. The arrangement is between the two of you.
We keep no commission
What you pay AlpenSitter is for access to contacts and verifications. The fee for the work goes straight from the family to the sitter — we never touch it.
Verified is not guaranteed
A verification means a document was checked, or a reference was called, on that date. It does not mean the person is right for you. Always meet in person.
Start with the free part
Browsing profiles and signing up as a sitter cost nothing.
