Creating a sale event

Go to Dashboard > Events > Sale events and select Create your first event, or Create New Event once you have one. Fill in the form, then save a draft or publish it. You can also start from Create Event on the Marketplace Events tab.

Before you start

• A verified ID. If you haven't verified yet, Creatures shows a Verify ID step first. When it's done, select Create your event to come back. See Verifying your identity.
• An organization you own or co-own. A farm, club, or business hosts every event. Without one, the page says "Sale events are hosted by an organization." Select Create an organization, and Creatures brings you back to the form.

Describe the event

1. Add a Cover Image, an Event Name, a Short Description (Teaser) for event lists, and a Full Description. Help me write can draft the text.
2. Choose the Event Type: Auction (Bidding) or Fixed Price. Only listings of that type can join.
3. Under Accepted Listings, choose Live animals, Genetic materials, or both.
4. To narrow the event, pick Accepted Species, then Accepted Breeds if you like. Leave them empty to take everything.
5. Choose the Host Organization.

Set the dates and fees

1. Set the Start Time and End Time. Every approved lot (a listing in your event) uses these times.
2. If you want a cutoff, set an Application Deadline before the start time. Without one, sellers can apply until the event ends.
3. Under Commission Settings, set the Organizer Consignment Fee, from 0% to 25%. It comes out of each seller's proceeds and is paid to you.
4. Choose a Buyer Fee Policy. Seller's Choice lets each seller decide whether to cover the buyer's 5% fee. Mandatory Coverage makes every seller cover it, and buyers see "No Buyer Fees."
5. For an auction, choose Allow Reserve Prices or No Reserve Prices.

Choose these with care. Once sellers apply, you can't change the event type, the fee, or the buyer fee and reserve rules.

Set the activity rules

Under Activity feed, set what buyers see on every lot:

• Comments (questions and updates) and Bid activity (live bid-by-bid): choose Each seller chooses, On for every listing, or Off for every listing.
• Bidder identity: Each seller chooses, Show real names, or Anonymize bidders, which shows Bidder #1, Bidder #2, and so on. Sellers still see who is bidding.

An event-wide choice replaces each seller's own listing setting. The two bid rules only show for auctions that accept live animals.

Save or publish

Select Save as Draft to keep working, or Publish Event to open it. A draft is visible only to the organization's owners and co-owners, and any of them can manage the event. Creatures opens the event page. Select Manage Event to reach the management page, where a draft shows Edit Event and Publish Event.

When you publish, buyers can see the event and sellers can start applying. To change details later, select Edit Event, then Save Changes. You can remove a draft with Delete Event.

Run the event

To open the management page later, select Manage on the event's card under Dashboard > Events > Sale events. It has five tabs:

• Lots: approve or reject each application. When you reject, you can type an Optional reason. The seller sees it in their notice, their email, and their Applications page.
• Earnings: the fees you've earned.
• Sellers, Subscribers (people who tapped Remind Me), and Activity.

Related information

• What sale events are
• Applying your listing to an event
• Creating an organization and adding your team
• Verifying your identity

Updated on: 29/10/2026