How to Earn Creatures Credit
How to Earn Creatures Credit
Creatures Credit is store credit you can spend on future purchases. It applies to the item price at checkout and gives you a discount on your next animal. Here's how to earn it.
Buy through a referral link
The main way to earn Creatures Credit is by purchasing through someone else's referral link. When you click a referral link and complete a purchase, you get 1% of the sale price back as Creatures Credit.
So if a friend shares a $5,000 listing with you and you buy it through their link, you earn $50 in Creatures Credit. They earn 1% too, paid in withdrawable cash as a referral reward.
A referral link can come from anywhere: a text from a friend, a social media post, an email, or a Promote and Earn share. As long as you click it before checking out, the credit lands in your account. If you want to start earning rewards yourself by sharing links, see How to Promote a Listing on Creatures.
Creatures Credit vs. Referral Rewards
Creatures Credit and Referral Rewards both come from referral links, but they're not the same thing. Creatures Credit goes to the buyer. Referral Rewards go to the promoter who shared the link. Here's the full breakdown:
| Creatures Credit | Referral Rewards |
|---|---|---|
Who earns it | The buyer (clicking the link) | The promoter (sharing the link) |
Amount | 1% of sale price | 1% of sale price + any seller boost |
Form of payout | Store credit | Withdrawable cash |
Where it goes | Creatures Credit balance | Wallet (transferable to bank) |
Where you can use it | On-platform purchases only | Anywhere; withdraw to your bank |
Stacks with seller boost | No | Yes |
Holding period | 7 days after sale closes | 7 days after sale closes |
When your credit shows up
Creatures Credit is released to your account after a 7-day holding period that starts once the sale closes. You'll see it appear on your Dashboard under Rewards, where you can track your balance and see a log of credits earned and spent.
How to use it
At checkout, toggle Creatures Credit on to apply your balance to the purchase. A few things to know:
- Credit applies to the item price only, not shipping, fees, or tax.
- If your credit covers the full item price, you check out without paying anything else.
- If your credit covers only part of the price, the rest gets charged to your card or wallet balance.
Tips for earning more
- Ask the people sharing listings with you to send their referral link instead of a plain product URL. You both benefit.
- Check event pages for listings shared by promoters in your network. Any link with a referral attached gives you the 1% back. See How to Promote an Event on Creatures for how event sharing works.
- The 30-day window applies to buyers too. Once you've clicked someone's link, any purchase you make on Creatures within 30 days earns you credit, not only the first one.
Related articles
- How to Earn Referral Rewards on Creatures
- How to Promote a Listing on Creatures
- How to Promote an Event on Creatures
- How to Set a Promotional Boost As a Seller
Updated on: 09/04/2026
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