Choose or change your service edition
Which of the four Pet Central plugins you should be running, how to change it without losing anything, and what to do when the business starts offering a second service.
1
Find out what you havePlugins, or Settings → Services you offer. It names the edition.
2
Match it to the work you sellGroomer, Walker, Sitter or Trainer. Pick the one you spend most of the week doing.
3
Swapping? Deactivate the old one firstThe site refuses two at once, because they are the same code under two names.
4
Install and activate the right editionYour clients, pets, bookings and invoices are already there waiting.
5
Walk the setup steps againGetting started reopens; most steps will already show as done.
6
Growing into a second service? Take StandardOne install, every service, on the records you have built up.
7
Tick the services you offerSettings → Services you offer. Untick anything you do not sell.
Example
A sitter who has been quietly doing dog walks for a year upgrades, ticks Walker, and the round planner and GPS tracking arrive on Monday morning without a single record being re-entered.
FAQ
Which edition should a mobile groomer install?
Groomer. Mobile or salon makes no difference to the edition — travel time, mileage and the round are set up on the Availability and Mileage screens either way.
I do a bit of everything. Which one?
Start with whichever earns most, and take Standard when the others stop being occasional. There is no penalty for starting on the wrong one.