When you receive a new enquiry or a new booking request, the status is
Reply required
This means that you need to respond to this thread as soon as possible. If it's a booking request (as opposed to an enquiry message), you need to accept or decline rather than only responding in writing.
Please do not delete this thread before responding, as a lack of response has negative consequences for the position of your profile in the search results.
Contact
This is an enquiry (no strings attached) for which you indicated your availability. The pet owner can book you through this thread once you have had a meet & greet. At this stage, you can offer the owner a discount.
Awaiting confirmation
The pet owner has made a booking and paid for it online. They are waiting for you to confirm.
Declined
You have declined this booking or enquiry. The thread is now closed.
Confirmed
This is a booking that the pet owner has booked and paid for. They are counting on you!
Booking in progress
This is the status you will see from the start date until the end date of the booking.
Booking ended
This status means that the booking has ended, but the payment has not yet been processed. It will be processed within 7 days after the end of the booking.
Payout in transit
The payment has been processed and sent to your bank account.
Paid out to sitter
Once we have received confirmation from Stripe that you have received the amount, the booking will be marked as paid.