Trust
A real person on our team reads every text that families and babysitters write about themselves. Only after that approval does it say “Text checked by our team on …”. We have done it this way since 1999.
How we checkAbout us
Connecting families and babysitters: with trust, transparency and heart.
And we’ve been at it since 1999, longer than most things on the internet.
- founded as Babysitternet
- 1999
- users since 1999
- 500,000+
- one idea
- 2 generations
What we believe in
Three words, one promise.
Transparency
Clear prices, no hidden costs, honest labelling. You always know what has been verified and what has not.
Heart
Founded by fathers who needed childcare themselves. We build what we would entrust to our own families.
Our story
From pioneer to the platform of today.
Over 27 years of childcare online, from the early days as Babysitternet to today.
1999
Founded as Babysitternet
Four fathers from Oldenburg and Berlin were looking for reliable babysitters for their own children. So they simply founded “Babysitternet”: one of the first platforms to bring parents and carers together online.
The four founding shareholders 2000–2006
Pioneer of the industry
babysitternet.de grew into one of the first paid childcare matchmaking platforms in Germany: with profiles, search by postcode and a growing community.
babysitternet.de around 2002 2007
Babysitternet becomes HalloBabysitter
The relaunch as hallobabysitter.de brought everything under one roof: babysitters and childminders, profiles with photos and certificates, and a partnership with the German Red Cross.
HalloBabysitter.de in 2007 2011–2016
Growth and verified quality
More and more profiles, verified carers and an award-winning service. HalloBabysitter became a reliable point of contact for childcare across Germany.
Home page around 2016 2017
Relaunch for the mobile age
Around two thirds of all visits now came from smartphones and tablets. HalloBabysitter.de got a completely new system architecture and a design for every device.
After the 2017 relaunch
Today · 2026
A generational handover.
After more than 27 years, the founders are passing on the baton: they are selling HalloBabysitter to wuselfabrik GmbH, led by Robert Söldner. The idea from 1999 remains: bringing families and reliable childcare together.
What the new generation builds
Become part of the story.
Whether as a family or a babysitter, the next generation starts with you.