Planning math for a Rover sitter. Official 20% service fee, take-home 80%. Default first paint: $100 booking → KEEP $80.00. The owner 11% booking fee is owner-side, not in sitter KEEP. California: sitter take-home equals the entered base rate (owners cover 25% marketplace) — optional CA preset KEEP = $100, not a 25% sitter cut. Repeat-client 30/15/10 are you-type. Tips default $0. Not gig-driver keep. Not affiliated. Planning only.
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Keep after 20% sitter service fee
$80.00
Official 20% sitter service feeYou type tips, CA/repeat presets
$100 booking − 20% sitter fee. Owner 11% not in KEEP. Planning only.
Service fee
$20.00
Tips
$0.00
Keep
$80.00
2 more plannersCA preset vs 20%. Tips default $0.
CA vs 20%
CA owners cover 25% marketplace — sitter KEEP equals the entered rate. Not a 25% sitter cut.
Official 20%
$80.00
CA preset
$100.00
With tips
Tips default $0. Added after the sitter fee.
$80.00
Tips $0 on first paint.
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Default $100 booking → $80.00 keep
Sitter KEEP only. Owner 11% booking fee is owner-side.
Booking = $100.00
Sitter service 20% = $20.00
Tips $0 · tax buffer $0
KEEP = 100 − 20 = $80.00
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The formula
KEEP = booking × 0.80 + tips − tax_buffer
Fee % is editable. CA preset sets fee to 0 so KEEP equals the entered rate.
support.rover.com hc articles 205385304; CA 12439190554132; pilot 49949645726228.
FAQ
How much does a sitter keep on a $100 booking?
Default first paint: KEEP $80.00. Official 20% sitter service fee, take-home 80%. Tips default $0. The owner 11% booking fee is owner-side and is not inside sitter KEEP. Planning only. Not affiliated with Rover.
What about California 25%?
CA: sitters take home the entered base rate because owners cover the 25% marketplace fee. This page does not ship 25% as a sitter cut. Optional CA preset sets KEEP = $100 on the entered rate.
Repeat-client 30 / 15 / 10?
You-type presets, not first paint. Tips default $0.