Talk to Us About Your Shanghai Nanny Placement

The inquiry form is eight fields. None of them is marketing-driven; each one is something we will need to ask on the first call anyway, and answering them now saves the call for what matters.

• Name + family-side email — usually the parent who will manage the placement day-to-day.
• Arrival date in Shanghai — or "already here, starting [month]" if you're already on the ground.
• Family size + children's ages — drives the role spec more than anything else.
• Position type — live-in, live-out, part-time, bilingual immersion, yuesao, or "not sure yet." The last option is fine; we'll work it out on the call.
• Budget band — the closer you are to the actual 2026 Shanghai range, the faster we can scope. If you genuinely don't know, write "need guidance" and we'll send the salary-bands page before our call.
• Neighborhood preference — FFC, Jing'an, Pudong, Hongqiao, Minhang, Xintiandi, or "deciding."
• Start-by date — gives us the working backwards from the timeline.

There is also a free-text message field. We read every one.

Twenty minutes is the right length. Long enough to understand your situation, short enough that we can both pre-block it without rearranging the day. The booking link is on our booking page:

Book a 20-min Shanghai Nanny Chat

Pick a slot that works in your local time and we will confirm. Calls are by Zoom by default; phone is available on request.

Nothing is sold on the call. There is no "reserved candidate" mentioned, because there isn't one — candidate finding only starts after the role is scoped. If your situation is one where we shouldn't take it (e.g., you need a Beijing placement, or the budget is well below 2026 Shanghai market), we will say so and refer you to someone who can help.

For any inquiry that doesn't fit the form, email is fine.

hello@shanghainanny.com — routes via NameCrane to the operator inbox. Replies come from a working email address, not a no-reply.

For partner-agency outreach, journalists, or anyone else who isn't an expat family hiring a nanny: same address; just say so in the subject line and we'll route accordingly. We do not respond to bulk-sales outreach (SEO services, design services, payroll-SaaS demos, etc.) — those go to the spam folder and stay there.

Concrete, in order:

1. Within ~24 hours — you get a reply from Mike directly. The reply confirms we received the inquiry, names the placement pillar that best fits what you described, and proposes a call slot.
2. First call (20 minutes) — we walk through the role spec, the realistic salary band for your situation, the timeline, and the contract structure. We tell you honestly whether we should be involved or whether you should hire direct/through a single partner agency.
3. If we move forward — we draft a one-page engagement summary (scope, fee, timeline) and brief the partner agency. The clock starts on the 2–4-week placement timeline.
4. If we don't move forward — we send you the playbook PDF and any specific resource that fits, and that's the end. We do not put you on a drip campaign.

Three things you should know about how we handle the data on this form:

• What we collect. Only what's in the form, plus the IP address Cloudflare logs for security. We do not run third-party trackers that aggregate your data into ad audiences. Microsoft Clarity is enabled for session-replay (cursor movement, click heatmaps, anonymized) — you can opt out via the cookie banner.
• Where it's stored. Inquiry submissions land in mike@agileopsai.com via NameCrane SMTP and stay there. We do not load them into a CRM. We do not share them with the partner agency until you've agreed to the engagement.
• Your rights. Under EU GDPR and China's PIPL (个人信息保护法), you have the right to access, correct, or delete your data. Email hello@shanghainanny.com with the request and we'll action it within 30 days. We do not sell data to anyone. We do not have a data broker relationship with anyone.

If the privacy framing matters to you in detail, we are happy to walk through it on the first call. Most families care about the substance — that we don't share with partner agencies until you agree — more than the legal recitation.