If you want to hire a maid, you can do that directly here: search verified profiles, filter by role and nationality, and message a matched maid or licensed agency yourself. There's no single sign-up desk and no fixed national rate — pay, hours, and contract length are agreed between you and whoever you choose to work with. This guide covers the real routes into hiring, what actually moves the cost, and what to expect from first message to start date.
How to Hire a Maid: The Real Routes
Two kinds of listings exist on the platform, and understanding the difference matters more than most guides admit.
A self-registered maid. She has created and manages her own profile. Before it goes live, the documents she uploads — passport, national ID, medical certificate, police clearance, experience letters — are checked on the platform. Anything past that point, such as an employment background check or a skills assessment, isn't done here; it's on the agency side for agency-managed profiles, or something a sponsor can arrange independently.
A maid managed by a licensed agency. The platform only partners with licensed agencies in Ethiopia and across the GCC, and agencies typically add their own vetting on top of the document check above. If you'd rather have an agency handle sourcing and pre-screening before you speak to a candidate, this is the route.
Both routes lead to the same next step: you contact the maid or agency directly through the app, and everything from there — pay, schedule, contract length — is between the two of you.
For a closer look at how agency placement specifically works, see the maid visa services page.
Types of Maids and Domestic Help You Can Hire
The platform lists more than general housekeeping. Roles available include housemaids, nannies, cooks, cleaners, caregivers for elderly or disabled family members, drivers, gardeners, general helpers, and babysitters.
Arrangements are flexible: hourly, daily, monthly, live-in or live-out, full-time or part-time, weekends only or weekdays only. Contracts range from temporary (one to six months) and short-term (six to twelve months) to long-term (one to two years), permanent, or renewable — and a trial period is available.
Workers are mainly Ethiopian, alongside Filipino, Indonesian, Sri Lankan, Indian, Bangladeshi, Nepalese, Kenyan, and Ugandan candidates. Experience is recorded in bands: no experience, 1–2 years, 3–5 years, 6–10 years, or 10+ years — a useful filter if you know what level of experience the role needs.
If you specifically want part-time or hourly help rather than a live-in arrangement, the part-time and hourly maid page covers that in more detail. For nanny or caregiver roles specifically, see the nanny and caregiver page.
What It Costs to Hire a Maid
There are two separate costs here, and conflating them is where most guides go wrong.
What you pay to use the platform. This is the one part of the equation that's fixed and published:
| Plan | What's included | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Free (Sponsor) | 1 job posting, 10 candidate searches/month, 3 saved candidates | Free |
| Professional (weekly) | Full search and messaging access | AED 99/week |
| Professional (monthly) | Full search and messaging access, discounted annually | AED 199/month |
What you pay the maid or agency. This is not set by the platform, and no single figure applies across roles, nationalities, experience levels, and arrangements. A live-in monthly contract, a part-time hourly booking, and an agency-placed long-term hire will land on very different numbers, and the only reliable way to know what a specific arrangement costs is to ask the maid or agency directly once you've found a match.
Visa and permit fees. Where a role requires a work visa or permit, that fee is set by the labour or immigration authority in the country where the work will take place, not by the platform or the agency. These amounts change, so check the relevant government's official guidance for the current figure before budgeting.
Note also that maids never pay to register, be listed, or apply on this platform — worth knowing if you're weighing this against a route that charges workers a fee.
Maid Visa and Legal Basics
Visas, work permits, medical certificates, and travel arrangements are handled by the agency or the sponsor, under the rules of the country where the work takes place. The platform introduces the two parties; it doesn't process paperwork.
In the UAE, contracts and minimum obligations for domestic workers fall under the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE). Other GCC countries have their own equivalent labour or immigration authority. Because these rules and any associated fees vary by country and change over time, treat this article as a starting point and confirm current requirements with the relevant government body before you commit to a hire.
Employment terms themselves — pay, hours, notice, and any guarantee — are agreed directly between sponsor and maid or agency, and are governed by the labour law of the country where the work happens. Settle these in writing before the contract starts, not after.
Step-by-Step: From Inquiry to Start Date
- Search and filter. Use role, nationality, experience band, and arrangement type to narrow candidates or agencies.
- Contact directly. Message the matched maid or agency through the app — there's no intermediary handling this conversation for you.
- Agree terms. Pay, schedule, contract length, and trial period are negotiated directly between you and the other party.
- Sort paperwork. Visa, permit, and medical requirements are arranged by the agency or sponsor, per the rules of the country involved.
- Set a start date. This is agreed between the two of you once terms and paperwork are settled.
How long the whole process takes depends on how quickly you and the other party reach agreement, and on what paperwork the specific arrangement requires — a live-out hourly booking with no visa involved moves differently than a live-in contract that needs a new work permit. There's no universal timeline to quote; ask for an estimate once you're talking to a specific maid or agency.
Hiring Across the GCC
Sponsors are served across all six GCC countries — the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman — through the same platform, with a regional office in Dubai and headquarters in Addis Ababa. The company has operated since 2019.
That means the routes, roles, and arrangement types described above apply whether you're hiring in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Riyadh, or Muscat — what changes by country is the labour law and visa process governing the contract, not how you search or contact a match. If you're specifically hiring within one emirate, the Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah pages have local detail.
What If It Doesn't Work Out
Replacement arrangements, guarantees, and how a contract is ended are agreed directly between the sponsor and the agency or worker, and are governed by the labour law of the country where the work takes place. The platform doesn't provide these guarantees itself — it introduces the two parties and steps back.
Practically, this means: raise replacement terms and what happens if the arrangement ends early before you sign anything, not after. If a trial period is part of the contract, agree in advance what happens if either side wants to end it during that window.
FAQs
How much does it cost to hire a maid? Platform access for sponsors is free at a limited level, or AED 99 a week / AED 199 a month on the Professional plan. What you pay the maid or agency is agreed directly and depends on role, experience, nationality, and arrangement type — there's no single figure. Any visa fee is set by the relevant government authority and should be checked at the source.
How long does it take to hire a maid? There's no fixed timeline. It depends on how quickly you and the maid or agency agree terms, and on what paperwork the arrangement requires.
Do I have to go through an agency? No. You can contact a self-registered maid directly, or choose one managed by a licensed agency if you'd rather have extra vetting handled upfront.
Is a trial period available? Yes, trial periods are available as part of the contract types offered — agree the specifics directly with the maid or agency.
Do maids pay any fees to be listed? No. Registration, listing, and applying are free for maids on this platform.
What happens if the maid doesn't work out? Replacement terms and any guarantee are set out in the agreement between you and the agency or worker, under the labour law of the country where the work takes place. Confirm this before the contract starts.
