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Also look at the Care.com model: I paid ~$100 for a THREE-MONTH access to care.com to find a babysitter in my area...

That process took ~2 hours, and we found a great sitter! She has been our go-to sitter and we never went back to care.com for anything...

So; one model could be ""pay for a summer subscription to all the info in your area for the period ~June through ~september"

Winter activity packages extra.

Get your friends to also sign up for service; to be able to register their kids to events/camps for a discount to yourself....

Etc.

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Good idea--we're trying to get more people to invite their friends. Create an account, we give you $25 and when your friends create an account, you get an extra $25...that works now, but really amping that up is a good idea. The care.com model is interesting--some other sites are toying with the subscription model...i would rather you book stuff on Camperoo ;) Any suggestions as to what you would WANT to see about a camp to make you want to register for it?

some other sites are toying with the subscription model...i would rather you book stuff on Camperoo ;)

Awesome; let me tell you what I would be willing to do as a parent of three kids:

I'll pay a subscription of X per month which includes a set (large)% of that monthly subscribe as a payment to the camps I want to sign up for.

This would amortize the camp cost over the year vs. lumpy charges for camp in summer....

Pre-signups for camps in [MONTH] might be easier for some people...

You handle registration, scheduling, blah blah blah...

Ratings, reviews, recommendations, etc. etc...

As a parent - with 3 kids and a NEED for this... this is so much higher value than care.com

"kids lists of who attended so my kid can keep in touch with that kid"

There are so many opportunities, and I believe that the core boils down to allowing a parent to say:

I live HERE, with kids of AGE/GENDER, and need to go to camp during DATE-RANGE, for budget of X. Once complete: campbook.com... to keep in touch with other campers...

@samStave--Want to come work with us? :).

Secondly, the pay-wall is interesting. What would you pay for--? more comprehensive reviews, more camp offerings?

I like the deposit thing. In the Fall, we'll start the 'buy credits now' and amortize over 9 months. For now, summer's only 4 months away.

The social aspect is HUGE--we definitely want to roll that stuff out sometime. I want Camperoo to be the hub of EVERYTHING related to your kids outside of school, and around here social network is sort of a 'dirty' word for investors, but there is definitely a HUGE social aspect to attending camp and talking to parents of kids who attended the same camp and year-round activities...

oh yeah--would you give me $20/mo for full concierge access, fully credit-able towards any camp on our site? venmo me the money ;)

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