A babysitter who works for themselves runs a small business without calling it one. Inquiries come by text, church, school and Nextdoor. Rates have rules: extra children, late nights, holidays, a minimum. Families pay by cash and Venmo. Then, in April, there is a tax bill they did not save for.
The Babysitting Business Kit puts that in one place. It is built for any self-employed sitter.
Today, most urgent first. New inquiries, follow-ups on day 2 and day 7, sits that are not paid yet, references to chase, families to invite back after a month, and a reminder two weeks before each estimated-tax date. Each comes with a message to copy.
Leads scored against your own limits. Set your travel radius, how many children you take, the youngest age and your hours once. Each inquiry gets a score and the reasons: "+15 the times they want are all inside your availability", "-25 youngest is 4 months; you take 6 months and up". A good fit gets a reply with your rates. One that does not fit gets a kind no that says why, and no follow-ups after it.
What to save for taxes. On $10,000 of profit, self-employment tax is about $1,413 (15.3% on 92.35%). With a 12% bracket on top, setting aside about a quarter of each payment covers it, with room to spare. The app works this out from your own payments, mileage and expenses, splits it into the four 2026 payments (April 15, June 15, September 15, January 15), and flags any one family that pays you $3,000 or more. At that point the IRS may see you as their household employee, not self-employed. It also prints the year-end statement parents need for the child care credit. The tax guide explains each step.
References with consent. "May new families call you?" and "may your words go on my website?" are separate yeses. The website the app builds shows only the quotes marked yes, as first name and last initial.
Faith, on the sitter's terms. A sitter can add a faith statement to their site and offer Bible stories or bedtime prayers when parents ask. A family's beliefs are never part of a lead's score; asking for those activities only counts as a match.
It runs in the browser, and nothing is uploaded. An optional server, which the sitter runs on their own hosting account, turns the website's form into scored leads. It can email the reply straight away and send a phone alert and a morning to-do list, using the sitter's own keys and switched off by default.
Ten more agents start on it today: deeper taxes, an open-slots booking page, intake and safety checklists, reference links families fill in themselves, flyers, SMS and reminders, a blog for the sitter's site, deploy buttons and an installable phone app.