Pet Sitting & Dog Walking Pricing & Profit Planning System — Help & Setup

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This system is built for pet sitting and dog walking businesses that want to plan pricing from operating inputs rather than editing a rate list in isolation. Preserve the original files, learn the workflow in EXAMPLE, then configure CLEAN for the business.

CLEAN vs EXAMPLE

Keep an untouched copy of both delivered files before structural edits.

Recommended setup sequence

1. Open EXAMPLE and follow the workflow from current state to planned state and growth view.
2. Open CLEAN and save a working copy.
3. Configure business assumptions and editable list values before entering live service data.
4. Build the service catalog, up to the workbook’s preconfigured 30-service structure.
5. Record the current pricing position before modeling changes.
6. Enter cost, time and capacity assumptions only from evidence you can support.
7. Build planned pricing and compare the result before treating it as a live rate.
8. Review the growth view only after the current and planned layers are internally coherent.

Current → Planned → Growth

Current records the business as it operates now. Planned models a deliberate pricing change without erasing the current baseline. Growth uses the planning layer to test how pricing, capacity and operating assumptions interact. A model is a decision aid; it is not a guarantee of profit or demand.

The 10-sheet workflow

Pricing levels

These levels are planning structures, not recommendations that every business should use every fee type. Apply only the structures that match the actual offer and local commercial requirements.

Editable dropdown lists

Use the designated setup/list areas to change allowed values. Do not type over formula cells or replace validation structures simply to force a new label into an input. If a dropdown needs a new business-specific option, add it through the intended editable list source and then verify the downstream display.

CHECK messages

A CHECK message is a control signal, not decorative text. Resolve the missing or inconsistent input before relying on the affected pricing, profit or growth output. Do not hide a CHECK by typing over a formula or replacing the validation logic.

Compatibility

This is a Microsoft Excel product. The exact supported Excel-version statement for the final marketplace release will be kept aligned with the delivered workbook and guide. Do not assume Google Sheets or Apple Numbers compatibility merely because an XLSX file can be imported.

File and data safety

Keep dated backups before major changes. Pricing, cost and planning information can be commercially sensitive; store and share the workbook according to appropriate business-security practices. The workbook is an administrative planning tool and does not provide tax, accounting, legal or financial advice.

Product support

This URL is active now so it can be used permanently in the product guide and QR code. A video tutorial and order-specific Etsy support route can be added here after those assets are genuinely live; the support URL itself will not need to change.