What:Â NannyLane matches babysitters with one or more families at a time as a nanny or through a nanny sharing arrangement
Expected pay: $5-$25 per hour
Husl$core: $$$
Commissions & fees: NA
Where: Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Houston
Requirements: None listed on the site, however, each job may have it’s own
Review:
The concept behind NannyLane is both simple and attractive. You, the nanny, offer to watch children for one or more families — possibly trading off watching at the home of Family#1 on one week; the home of Family#2 the next. Both families pay you, but at a somewhat discounted rate. However, because you’re paid by both families and are watching more children, you should earn significantly more than if you were working for one family alone.
NannyLane allows nannies to post profiles and search for jobs for free. Parents pay when they hire a nanny through the site. Theoretically, it should be a great deal for the nanny and the hiring families. The problem is that some families are, well, cheap.
Instead of offering to pay, 60% to 70% of the normal hourly rate, they want to pay 50% (or less) of the normal rate — giving you no extra pay for the extra work. When I looked at jobs listed on NannyLane, six of the 20 Los Angeles area families listing positions were offering to pay less than $10 an hour.
One proposed to pay $4.60 an hour — less than half of minimum wage– and that was to watch their three children. Another offered $3 per hour. It’s worth mentioning that a few of the other child care sites also had below-minimum-wage offers. But the offers on this site — possibly because parents have unrealistic expectations about the economic benefits they should receive from nanny-sharing — hit a new low.
NannyLane suggests that parents pay better. But it does not demand minimum wage nor do any negotiating on behalf of the nannies. It’s essentially a job board. That said, it’s free, so there’s no downside to checking out the opportunities listed on the site. If, however, they ask you to pay for a premium membership, just say no.
There are plenty of other options for babysitters and there’s no reason to sign up at just one site. Other options you might like: Urban Sitter,  Care.com, and hybrid drive/babysit sites such as HopSkipDrive.Â
What their users say:
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The company has no working phone number. After promising to cancel my subscription, the company charged me a monthly fee of 55$ 4 days after the first one was charged. When I tried to reach them by email we used to communicate through, they blocked me. I suspect the company is scam.
I’m thinking they are a scam as well. After 3 months I was contacted by someone wanting a nanny. They asked a few questions about my job history then offered to pay me $200 to run some errands in the middle of the worst ice storm ever. I told them no that everything is closed because of the storm. The next day they texted me with a hi how are you message. The whole thing was just weird.