Is anyone experiencing owners contacting you and they wont get back to you at all??

I give the potential client 24 hours to respond to my initial request for a M&G. I then send a reminder message, saying I do not make reservations and cannot guarantee a spot until after a M&G. No response after 12 hours? I archive and move on, marking owner not a good fit (they are rude, in my opinion, by not responding).

Like Maureene said, many clients contact several sitters before making a decision.

Sounds like you're doing the right things. Most owners simply reach out to multiple people at the same time. It happens to all of us at times. Hang in there! :)

If a client doesn't respond at all within a day I message them, asking if they're still interested and I generally will only give them half a day before I archive the conversation. Generally speaking the people who don't respond in a timely fashion are more likely to be difficult so I err on the side of keeping my options open.

The thing here is that Rover tells potential client to copy and paste the same message and sends it to MANY (i'd say at least 20) people, if not more. So regular people just send this same message to 30 sitters and then don't bother responding. I've seen that many times.