From Emma · Contact form · Gmail
Hi, I'm looking for childcare for my daughter who is 6 months old. We're looking for 3 days, Mon–Wed, 8am–6pm. This will be 30 hours of government-funded childcare.
For registered UK childminders
The next parent email should fill a place — not fill your evening.
Dottie matches days and hours to a space you have listed, then drafts the reply in your voice. You send it. A visit is offered in your hours. Add invoicing if you want Dottie to handle this once the child is onboarded.
Dottie — live enquiry
Instant draft.
In Gmail. Four seconds.
Dottie
Draft ready · 4sThank you for your email, Emma. We have a place Monday to Wednesday, 8am to 6pm. Would Wednesday at 6pm suit you both for a visit? Kind regards Mary
Place offered
From the space you listed.
You send
Nothing goes to a parent until you say so.
Your voice
Drafted from Your answers, not a generic script.
UK / EU data
Kept in the UK/EU. You stay with the children.
What Dottie runs
One assistant. The whole business end.
The enquiry gets a reply in your voice — from the spaces you listed.
Visits
A visit is offered only in the hours you set. Works with Gmail.
Onboarding
Your forms and policies, as a download link in the starter email.
Invoicing
Once they are onboarded, add invoicing if you want Dottie to raise the invoices.
Process
From the email to a visit
01
Email arrives
A parent email arrives in Gmail — including contact-form messages from your own website. Dottie does not host the form.
02
Matched to a space
Dottie reads Your answers: the days you have, visiting hours, and how you work. If they mention funded hours, that is so you know you are set up for it — it is a payment method, not a hurdle.
03
You send the draft
A reply is prepared in your voice. You read it and send it when you choose.
04
Visit in your hours
A slot is offered only inside the hours you set. You confirm the time. Works with Gmail.
05
Pack ready
Your own sign-up forms and policies — a download link in the starter email, hosted by Dottie.
Invoicing
Once they are onboarded, invoices can follow.
Add invoicing if you want Dottie to handle this once the child is onboarded. Funded hours sit on the invoice as a payment method — separate from private hours and food. Nothing is sent until you approve.
Fit
Built for the childminder, not the agency.
For
Registered UK childminders filling a place while they stay with the children.
Not for
Not a parent portal, not a nursery suite, not a letter sent without you.
Pricing
Start with enquiries. Add invoicing if you want Dottie to handle this once the child is onboarded.
80 AI email drafts a month included. Extra drafts are £0.15 each. You approve before anything is sent to a parent.
Enquiries
Parent emails, visits, and your own starter pack — while you stay with the children.
£160/year
£13.33/month equivalent · save 30%
Your answers, vacancy matching, Gmail visits, forms parents can download.
Sign upEnquiries + invoicing
Enquiries, then invoicing once a child is onboarded — same login.
from £244/year
Enquiries plus invoicing from £84/year. Same login.
Everything in Enquiries. Add invoicing if you want Dottie to handle this once they start.
Sign upCompare
| Feature | Enquiries | Enquiries + invoicing |
|---|---|---|
| Parent emails and replies | ||
| Vacancy matching | ||
| Visit offered in your Gmail hours | ||
| Your forms, via a download link | ||
| Lead pipeline | ||
| Invoices generated for approval | — | |
| Funded and private hours | — | |
| Expenses and tax reports | — | |
| You approve before anything is sent |
The business end, handled.