The problem? Existing matching-platforms feel like gated communities—paywalls, intermediaries taking a cut, and a sea of applicants for every listing. My theory: Platforms (be it dating, real estate or petsitting) are like icebergs: Many connections happen below the surface, outside these platforms—through serendipity, personal and extended networks. I found my apartment by dropping flyers in 30 mailboxes, my last relationship started abroad and most of my petsitting jobs emerged through friends and colleagues abroad.
So I thought about building something else: a "non-platform"-platform. A simple and interactive way for petsitters (or aspiring ones) to create a shareable old-school business card with prefered pets, locations, description, photos, suitable introduction text and hashtags. No logins, no data collection — just a Vue 3 app that runs locally in your browser and allows to export in WebP, JPG, PNG and JSON to save & restore. Post it where you already have trust—LinkedIn, Instagram, local Facebook groups or wherever your network lives—and let the right connections happen naturally.
It's an experiment - but who knows? You could be petsitting next week.
The tool itself is for free - but a donation gives access to a sheet of local petsitting communities, a LinkedIn group and the Telegram chat / saves some time to get starting :)
