Website Question?

[daycaremom88]

Hi, I'm trying to improve my website and have check out a lot of ideas from many other's sites I've looked at a liked. I was wondering for those that list their daycare fee on their site.. do you list it as a daily price, weekly, or monthly?? I currently have it as a weekly but I have noticed a lot have it listed monthly or not at all. Looking for some input of what will attract people to keep looking on my site. Thanks..

[Kiki]

I don't list mine. Nor do I put it in any other ad that I have put up. I don't want a parent to pick me based off of my fees alone, I want them to pick me because they read my site, and liked what my program offered.

[daycaremom88]

That's what I'm starting to think...I live in Nebraska and I'm pretty much just under the highest home daycare rates and so I know a lot of people make their decision without meeting me, the ones who meet me are always interested so I guess I'll be taking the rates down

[MarinaVanessa]

I list my fees on my website and I list it depending on how I want to charge. I charge a flat weekly rate for full and part-time families and I also have daily and hourly rates for drop-in clients so I list those as well. I am in the higher price range but not the highest and I'm also one of the few to offer drop-in.

I choose to list my prices because I don't want to waste another parent's time if they cannot afford me and I don't want to have my time wasted either. Interviewing is time-consuming and so I want to make sure that they really are interested in my daycare and can afford me. My website is very detailed and gives all of my info including photos and a downloadable contract and policy handbook.

My interviews are people that know my fees and have read the info on the website/contract/policies etc. They know what to expect when they come here which makes my interviews a breeze. I briefly go over the policies and contract with them, give them a tour and focus on talking about what they expect from me and what their needs are. It works for me very much and in the last year I havn't had an interview that didn't sign up.

I suppose I just don't want to have to go through an interview only to have gone through 30 minutes of describing my DC only to find out at the end that they can't afford it or having them try to negotiate the price. The price is firm, I don't even give sibling discounts ... so it's important for me to have it posted.

My clients have told me that me listing all of my information onto my website including my price is what helped make them interested in me. They knew where I was located, my price, what my space looked like and all of my policies before even calling to set up an interview. Everyone is different though, so do what you feel is best for you.

[Nickel]

I list my fees on my website and I list it depending on how I want to charge. I charge a flat weekly rate for full and part-time families and I also have daily and hourly rates for drop-in clients so I list those as well. I am in the higher price range but not the highest and I'm also one of the few to offer drop-in.

I choose to list my prices because I don't want to waste another parent's time if they cannot afford me and I don't want to have my time wasted either. Interviewing is time-consuming and so I want to make sure that they really are interested in my daycare and can afford me. My website is very detailed and gives all of my info including photos and a downloadable contract and policy handbook.

My interviews are people that know my fees and have read the info on the website/contract/policies etc. They know what to expect when they come here which makes my interviews a breeze. I briefly go over the policies and contract with them, give them a tour and focus on talking about what they expect from me and what their needs are. It works for me very much and in the last year I havn't had an interview that didn't sign up.

I suppose I just don't want to have to go through an interview only to have gone through 30 minutes of describing my DC only to find out at the end that they can't afford it or having them try to negotiate the price. The price is firm, I don't even give sibling discounts ... so it's important for me to have it posted.

My clients have told me that me listing all of my information onto my website including my price is what helped make them interested in me. They knew where I was located, my price, what my space looked like and all of my policies before even calling to set up an interview. Everyone is different though, so do what you feel is best for you.

This is what I would like to do when I build my site. Can you pm me your website, if you don't mind. I won't steal your info just would love an example! t i a

Also, to the op I personally hate when I go on a website that lists the very basicest of information. When I was looking for childcare for my daughter none of the centers had fees scheduled, few of them offered pictures of the rooms, and all of them had only one page, with a mission statement hours and location. Honestly, I called one who wouldn't give me their rates over the phone so I declined the tour. I always feel funny asking people how much they charge and then embarrased if I can't afford that. I'd rather know up front what I can and can't afford. I would love to put my daughter in the top preschool program in my area, but if I can't afford it, meeting with the teacher and seeing the center/home, isn't going to make me decide to eat roman noodles every day just to send my daughter there. And if it does, I could end up feeling worse down the road when I have to pull her out because I really CAN'T afford it.

Like it or not cost is always going to be a deciding factor for child care. While I am not going to look for the cheapest plan I am going to try to find the lowest rates for the best care. KWIM. But this is all from a mom's perspective. I haven't even open my home care yet... Hoping to have license by Aug