Showing a Crestimate and using it for pricing
A Crestimate, Creatures' estimate of what an animal could sell for, stays private until an owner or co-owner chooses to show a short summary on the animal's public profile. A listing has its own separate switch, and showing a summary never shares the full report or changes your price.
To learn how to read the numbers, see What is a Crestimate?
Show it on the profile
- Open the animal's profile.
- Select the down-arrow button next to Share and choose Crestimate.
- Under Visibility, turn the switch on.
The status changes from Visibility: Private to Visibility: Public summary on. Turn the switch off to hide the summary again.
Team members who aren't owners see "Public profile display can be changed by an owner or co-owner." in place of the switch.
The switch does not make a private profile public. Hiding valuation tools for yourself does not turn the summary off either. See Hide or show valuation tools on your animals.
What visitors see
Visitors see the range and the confidence label:
- At High or Moderate confidence, they also see the Best estimate, with the note "Estimate only, not an appraisal."
- At Low or Insufficient confidence, they see the range only, with a stronger note: "Early estimate with limited data. Directional only, not an appraisal."
The reasoning and the similar sales stay private to the animal's team and Creatures admins.
Some older estimates were made before Creatures tightened its rules for similar sales. The panel then says "Our comparable-quality standard has improved since this Crestimate was generated." Visitors see that estimate as Insufficient, range only, until you select Update estimate.
Show it on a listing
In the Pricing section of the listing form, the Crestimate for panel has a Show Crestimate on this listing box. Tick it and save the listing to show buyers a short summary under the price. This is separate from the profile switch.
Buyers see the summary below the price and the buy buttons. You won't see it on your own listing page, because you get the full panel in the listing form instead.
A listing keeps the estimate that was current when you listed the animal. It moves to a newer one only when you select Update estimate yourself, or when you choose Show this on your active listing in Finance. Background refreshes never change a live listing.
Use it to help set a price
Treat the range as a starting point. Then weigh the animal's condition, training, pedigree, local demand, delivery terms, and how fast you want to sell.
For an auction, the panel in the listing form also shows a Suggested max starting bid (about half the low end of the range) and a Suggested reserve (the low end). These are only suggestions.
If the animal is already listed, its Crestimate panel shows Use this to help set your listing price. It opens the Pricing section of your listing, and nothing is saved for you. You see this link only if you can edit the listing and you own or co-own the animal.
When you're ready, follow Listing an animal at a fixed price or Listing an animal for auction.
How Finance uses it
In Finance, a Crestimate can stand in as the animal's Management value when you haven't entered your own. A value you enter always comes first, and an Insufficient estimate is never used. This does not change the animal's book value or tax basis.
Related information
- What is a Crestimate?
- How to generate a Crestimate
- Reviewing and updating your animal values
- Animal cost basis and starting values
Updated on: 29/10/2026
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