Offer a litter or group to buyers: applications and reservations

A litter or group tracked by number can have a public buyer page before every animal has an individual profile. Publish it from the group's Settings, review each application yourself, and open deposits only when your policy, amount, and verification are ready.


Publish the buyer page


Open the group's Settings tab and find Public profile.


  1. Turn on Visible to buyers.
  2. Set Public step to Applications open.
  3. Select Save changes.
  4. Open the public page and check the title, species, breed, count, availability, timing, and main action.


Public profile settings with Applications open selected


The readiness panel explains anything that blocks publication. The group must be active, track animals by number, have a supported species, belong to a publishable breeder profile, and have a title, species, and expected or current count.


Add a Deposit policy before asking accepted buyers to pay. Select Edit above the tabs to add a Location note, shown to buyers as the pickup location. A connected Stripe payout account is not required to collect a deposit; it is needed to withdraw money from your Creatures wallet.


Public litter profile with Apply action and availability


Understand the buyer's application


The buyer explains the home and care they can offer, then shares preferences for the future match.


Under Reservation interest, the buyer chooses:


  • Interest to express interest without a deposit.
  • Priority to ask for a place in the matching line, with a deposit required after acceptance when reservations open.
  • Specific match to request a particular animal by name or attribute, with a deposit required after acceptance when reservations open.


Interest, Priority, and Specific match choices


Submitting or accepting an application does not collect a reservation deposit or guarantee a specific animal. If you set an optional Application fee, the buyer pays that screening fee separately before you can accept them. It is not credited toward the deposit or final sale.


Review applications


Open the group's Applications tab. The summary separates pending, accepted, held, waitlisted, and rejected applications. Use Export answers CSV only when you need a copy outside Creatures.


Read the answers, add a private Review note when useful, then choose Accept application, Move to waitlist, or Reject. Add a clear Reason to share if rejecting when the buyer should receive an explanation. The final decision remains yours.


Application review note and decision actions


Open deposits


An accepted buyer can pay only when all of these are true:


  • The buyer chose Priority or Specific match.
  • The group's Public step is Reservations open.
  • An active deposit policy and a deposit amount above zero are set.
  • The seller has completed phone verification and identity verification.
  • Card payments are available on Creatures.


The buyer sees the amount and policy before paying. A confirmed deposit moves the reservation forward and is handled through the seller's Creatures wallet according to the selected release timing. Payout setup lets the seller withdraw wallet funds; it is not the permission to collect the deposit.


When individual animals are known, use Promote to individual profiles and choose the correct Buyer match. For the buyer's view of applying and paying, see Reserving from a breeder.



Updated on: 02/09/2026

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