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# Discover Creatures

# Discover Creatures


While there are other online marketplaces and auction platforms out there to buy and sell animals and related services, **Creatures is the only full-service, digital platform dedicated to helping animal people do business better.**



## Animal Sales Allowed and Encouraged

Most major online marketplaces (like Facebook, Etsy, eBay, Amazon, etc.) **prohibit animal sales**.  

Creatures was built to change that.  
We not only allow animal listings, we **support and encourage them** with the tools and protection you need.  



## Designed for Animal Sales

Unlike other platforms and general marketplaces, Creatures is designed to handle:  
* Live animal listings with **health, pedigree, and breeding information**  
* Buyer screening tools like **Applications**  
* **Auctions** with protection and verified bids  
* **Secure payments** that protect both buyers and sellers  



## Safe, Secure, and Transparent

Our platform keeps your personal information protected while enabling safe and efficient communication through:  
* Convenient built-in **messaging**  
* **Verified identities**  
* **Secure payment processing**  


Related resources:
* [7 Reasons Creatures is Unique](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/7-reasons-creatures-is-unique-cjdm01/)
* [Understanding Verification on Creatures](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/understanding-verification-on-creatures-107hbbd/)
* [How is Creatures Different than other marketplaces?](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/how-is-creatures-different-than-other-marketplaces-dlj248/)