How to generate a Crestimate

To get a Crestimate, open the animal's profile, choose Crestimate from the down-arrow button next to Share, and select Generate Crestimate. You need to be on the animal's team as an owner, co-owner, or team member. Following an animal or seeing its public profile is not enough.

A Crestimate is Creatures' estimate of what an animal could sell for. What is a Crestimate? explains how to read one.

Before you start

The animal needs four details: Species, Breed, Sex, and Age or a date of birth. For ball pythons, corn snakes, and leopard geckos, Genetics (at least one recorded morph or gene) takes the place of Breed. If one is missing, the menu shows Unlock Crestimate instead of Crestimate.

Choose Unlock Crestimate to see what's missing. Select the missing item or Complete profile, fill it in, and save.

While you edit, a Crestimate readiness box near the top of the form counts the required details, for example "3/4 required fields". When all four are filled, it changes to Crestimate ready. Saving does not start an estimate by itself, so open the profile menu afterward and choose Crestimate.

Get the estimate

1. Open the animal's profile.
2. Select the down-arrow button next to Share (its full name is More animal actions).
3. Choose Crestimate.
4. Select Generate Crestimate.

You may already see a Team-only valuation tools card on the profile, with a free market range from auction sales. Its Generate full AI Crestimate button opens the same panel. That range is market context, not a Crestimate, and public visitors never see it. Private animals don't show this card. On a private animal, the menu item may read Show Crestimate, and it opens the same panel.

You can also start one while you list the animal for sale. The Pricing section of the listing form has its own Generate Crestimate button, and the estimate keeps running while you finish the listing. See Showing a Crestimate and using it for pricing.

While it runs

The panel steps through Gathering market data, Consulting valuation models, and Finalizing estimate. It usually takes under a minute.

You can leave the page. Creatures notifies you when the estimate is ready, or if it could not be made. To choose whether these notices also come by email, use Crestimate Updates in your notification settings.

Update it later

Once an estimate exists, select Update estimate at the top of the panel to ask for a new one. The earlier estimate is kept, so the panel can show how the number changed.

Under Tell us more about and the animal's name, the panel lists details worth adding, such as Add where she lives, Add her parents, or Describe her color. A fuller profile gives buyers more context, but it does not promise a higher value.

If something looks wrong

• "You've used your refreshes for today." Each animal can get 3 new estimates a day, and each person can ask for 10 a day. Try again tomorrow. Selecting Generate Crestimate again while one is still running does not count.
• There is no Crestimate in the menu. You may not be on the animal's team. Animals marked as deceased, animals held for a consignment sale, and animals owned by a rescue, sanctuary, or other care organization don't get a Crestimate.
• The panel or market card is gone. The animal may be private, since private animals keep these tools out of view. Or you may have hidden valuation tools for yourself. Choose Show Crestimate or Show valuation tools from the menu, or see Hide or show valuation tools on your animals.

Related information

• What is a Crestimate?
• Showing a Crestimate and using it for pricing
• Hide or show valuation tools on your animals
• Co-owners and team members: sharing access to an animal

Updated on: 29/10/2026