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New York childcare booking sites that sell spots, schedules and tuition across the boroughs.

We build childcare booking website development New York operators use to fill classrooms and get paid without a stack of paper forms. Group child care programs, family and group family day care providers and after school operators in New York City get a site where parents request a spot, accept an offer, sign the agreement, pay the deposit and set up tuition autopay. Caregivers, grandparents and nannies who handle pickup can be added as authorized payers without sharing a parent's login.

A booking site for young children holds sensitive details, so we design the data layout before the screens. Billing records stay separate from medical notes, custody documents and pickup lists, access is granted by role, and every view of a child's file is logged for your director.

Built for
Group child care centers permitted by the NYC Health Department, family and group family day care providers and school age programs regulated by OCFS, and operators with sites in more than one borough.
Typical timeline
We set the release scope, processor and target launch together after discovery and confirm them in writing, usually timed ahead of the September intake when most New York families start.
What you own
The source code, booking database, processor account, domain and all family data, held in accounts your organization owns.
Rated
4.7 / 5 from 23 Google reviews

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What we build

Booking pieces that reflect how New York City buys childcare.

Childcare in New York City works differently from almost anywhere else. Families compare private tuition with free 3-K and Pre-K for All seats, some of which are run by community based centers under contract. Many households hold a child care voucher from ACS or another city program, others pay full tuition, and plenty of children are dropped off by a nanny or grandparent rather than a parent. Classrooms in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan often sit in buildings with tight capacity, so every spot counts. Parents speak Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Bengali, Haitian Creole and many other languages. Childcare online booking system development in New York needs to keep private, voucher and contracted seats apart while presenting one simple account to each family. These are the modules we build most often for New York City programs.

Explain your project
  • Seat types kept apart

    Each classroom can hold private pay spots, voucher spots and seats contracted for free public programs. The site sells only the private spots online, lists voucher openings for families who already hold one, and keeps contracted seats out of checkout entirely so nobody is charged for a free program.

    No family is billed for the wrong kind of seat.

  • Wraparound hours for free pre-K

    Families with a free school day seat often need paid care before and after it. Parents book early morning and late afternoon blocks, holiday weeks and summer weeks on top of the free hours, and the invoice shows only the paid portion. Capacity checks keep each block within your room limits.

    Paid extended day sold cleanly alongside a free seat.

  • Authorized payers and caregivers

    A parent can add a co-parent, grandparent or employer to pay part of the bill with their own card or bank account, each seeing only their share. Nannies who handle drop off can receive closure notices without seeing payment details. Every person linked to a child has a defined role.

    Split bills and shared care without shared passwords.

  • Voucher account tracking

    For families with an ACS or other city voucher, the account records the authorized care, the authorization dates and any family share. Parents pay only that share online. The admin area warns your office when an authorization is close to ending so the family can renew before care is disrupted.

    Fewer lapses and fewer surprise balances.

  • Deposits, registration and the September rush

    Most New York programs enroll for September, so the site handles a burst of offers, signatures and deposits in a short window. Offers expire after the time you set and roll to the next family on the list. Deposits are tracked until applied to tuition or refunded under your policy.

    Intake season managed from one screen.

  • Autopay that respects New York renewal rules

    Recurring tuition runs on autopay with the terms stated clearly before consent and an acknowledgment parents can keep, as New York's automatic renewal provisions in the General Obligations Law expect. Parents can stop autopay from their account, and your notice period for withdrawing a child remains in your enrollment agreement.

    Recurring billing parents understand and accept.

  • Snow day and closure notices

    When a storm, a building issue or a citywide closure shuts a site, a director posts it once and families get a text and email in their language. If your policy credits closure days, credits flow to the next invoice automatically. Partial closures, such as one floor or one classroom, can be targeted precisely.

    One message out, no phone tree needed.

  • Many languages on parent pages

    Parent pages, receipts and notices can be offered in Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Bengali, Haitian Creole or other languages your families use. Translations are done by people and checked by your staff. The parent's chosen language follows them through every message the system sends.

    Enrollment that works for the families you actually serve.

  • Breach ready security

    The New York SHIELD Act expects reasonable safeguards for private information and prompt notice if it is exposed. We encrypt data in transit and at rest, limit access by role, log access to children's files and keep backups in US regions, so your team can assess quickly if something goes wrong.

    Safeguards you can describe to parents and insurers.

  • Year end statements for tax and FSA

    Many New York parents claim the federal child and dependent care credit or use a dependent care FSA through an employer. The site produces a statement per child and year showing what each payer actually paid, with your provider tax ID, and parents download it from their account. Split payers each get their own statement.

    January paperwork handled before parents ask.

Who this is for

Who we build New York booking sites for.

Childcare booking website design in New York has to match the way your program is permitted and funded. A Health Department permitted center in Harlem, a group family day care in the Bronx, a cooperative preschool in Park Slope and an after school operator with sites in three boroughs each take money differently. We learn your enrollment agreement, fee schedule and seat mix first, then decide which screens families need. All builds aim for WCAG 2.2 AA, so parents who rely on screen readers or magnification can book on their own, which also matters under the ADA and the New York City Human Rights Law.

01

Centers mixing private, voucher and contracted seats

When one building holds families paying full tuition, families with vouchers and children in a free contracted program, billing mistakes are easy and costly. We model every seat type, sell only what should be sold, and give your finance team reports grouped by funding source. Directors see a single classroom roster while each family sees only what applies to them. That clarity is often the biggest win for New York operators.

One roster, three funding streams.

02

Multi borough operators

Running sites in Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan means different rates, calendars and sometimes different regulators for different programs. One platform carries location level fee schedules and settings, with a shared brand and checkout. Families who move across the city can transfer between your sites with their account, history and payment method intact. Area directors get a view of their own cluster.

03

Family and group family day care

Providers regulated by OCFS often run alone or with an assistant. They need a short inquiry form, a clear fee page, online agreements and weekly autopay that works from a phone. We keep the build lean and the admin screen simple, with reminders for overdue balances and year end statements parents can download for tax and FSA claims.

Small, quick to run, easy to grow.

04

After school and camp programs

School age programs sell term enrollments, single days for school holidays and weeks of summer camp, often with pickup from several nearby schools. The site handles capacity by school pickup route, day and week, adds trip and activity fees as separate items, and opens waitlists automatically when a week fills. Families who use several of your New York sites over a year keep one account and one payment method throughout.

The six steps to a New York booking site.

  1. 01Map seats and fundingWe list every seat type in every classroom, how each is funded and which can be sold online, together with your fees, deposits, refund rules and notice periods.
  2. 02Sketch family screensInquiry, offer, signature, deposit, schedule and autopay are drawn as simple screens and walked through with your directors and office staff by video call.
  3. 03Design and translateYour brand applied to quick, phone first pages, with plain fee wording. The first translation set is produced and reviewed by your bilingual staff before build begins.
  4. 04Build and connect paymentsThe booking engine, admin area and processor connection are built and tested, with your merchant account for cards, ACH and wallets, and test runs for every fee type.
  5. 05Import current familiesEnrolled children, voucher details, schedules and balances are moved from your current software or spreadsheets and reconciled against your books before invitations go out.
  6. 06Launch before intakeSites go live ahead of your busiest enrollment window, with recorded training and close support through the first billing cycle.

Technology

What we build this with.

Public pages usually run on WordPress or Next.js with a Laravel booking engine behind them. A US processor handles cards, ACH, Apple Pay and Google Pay, so card data never sits on your servers and PCI DSS scope stays small. Hosting and backups are kept in US regions.

01Web

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • Laravel
  • WordPress

02Commerce

  • Shopify Plus
  • WooCommerce
  • BigCommerce
  • Headless storefronts

03Data and cloud

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Docker

04Marketing and tracking

  • GA4
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Search Console
  • Meta Pixel
  • Looker Studio

What New York programs ask before they start.

It depends on seat types, sites, languages and integrations.

The main drivers are how many locations and classrooms you run, whether you mix private, voucher and contracted seats, how many languages launch together, split billing for co-parents or employers, after school and camp sales, data migration and links to your management or accounting software. Running costs come from hosting, processor fees charged by your provider and any support retainer. We quote after discovery against a written scope.

Tell us what the business needs. We will tell you what to build first.

Schedule a free consultation and get a written recommendation, with costs, before you commit to anything.

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