Events

• Creating a sale event

  Every field on the create-event form: name, event type, accepted animals and species, host organization, the start, end, and application deadline, the consignment fee, the buyer-fee policy, and the reserve policy.Popular

• Applying your listing to an event

  How a participating seller applies a listing into someone's sale event, the eligibility rules the listing must meet, the organizer's approval step, and the pending, approved, and rejected states.Some readers

• What sale events are

  Sale events explained: a hosted auction or fixed-price event that multiple sellers list into, run by an organizer who sets a consignment fee, the buyer-fee policy, and the reserve policy.Few readers

Listings

• Listing an animal for auction

  Every field on the auction create form: starting bid, reserve price (hidden), buy-now (before the first bid only), start and close times, plus exactly what locks once the first bid is placed.Popular

• Listing an animal at a fixed price

  Every field on the fixed-price create-listing form: animal, photos, description, price, buyer approval, boarding, fulfillment, delivery, location, and the Sale Incentives, plus keeping the listing fresh and cancelling it with a reason.Some readers

• Requiring buyer applications and building a form

  The require-approval toggle and the application form builder: the three question types (short text, multiple choice, checkboxes), marking questions required, and reusing forms across listings.Some readers

• Reviewing and approving buyer applications

  The applications inbox: reading a buyer's answers, approving or denying, what the buyer sees either way, and the fact that approval persists for that buyer across all of your listings.Few readers

• What you need to start selling

  The one-time setup before you can list an animal for sale: a verified phone number, identity verification, and a connected Stripe payout account with payouts enabled.Few readers

• Promoting your listing and seller bonuses

  The Sale Incentives on a listing: covering the buyer's 5% fee (your listing shows No Buyer Fees) and boosting your promoter's earnings, plus how Promote and Earn brings other members in to sell for you.Few readers

• Reviewing offers on your listing

  The offers view on a fixed-price listing: what a buyer sends, accept / decline / withdraw (there is no counter-offer), and how an accepted offer sends the buyer to checkout at the agreed price.Few readers

• Auction transparency: the activity feed and anonymous bidders

  The seller controls for an auction's public activity feed (show or hide comments, show or hide the live bid feed, and named versus anonymized bidders) and how a sale event's policy can override or delegate each of your per-listing choices.Few readers

• Offering a count group to buyers

  A short Selling-side pointer to count-group sales: selling a planned litter or crop by reservation with deposits and tiers, and where the full breeder setup lives.Few readers

• Volume discounts (package pricing for multi-animal buyers)

  Seller-funded package pricing: set an automatic discount for buyers who take several of your animals at once. Every field on the setup (scope, each-additional or quantity-tier mode, an optional cap and dates), how buyers see it, and how it comes out of your proceeds.Few readers

• Sold your animal? How to update Creatures

  After a sale, whether it happened through a Creatures listing or off the platform, here is how to update Creatures: what happens automatically for a listing sale, and how to end a listing and hand off the profile for an off-platform one.Few readers

• Opening your program to applications and running a waitlist

  Take buyer interest before a litter or group exists: the Program waitlist intake switch, the accept, waitlist, or pass decisions, the ranked queue with time-limited offers and auto-advance, and attaching accepted applicants to a Count Group.Few readers

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Payout

• How seller payout works

  The full payout path: connect Stripe with payouts enabled, the buyer pays and funds are held, the buyer confirms delivery and funds release to your Wallet immediately, then withdraw to your bank, plus the one-time 7-day first-sale hold and the fees.Popular

• Getting paid when transport is involved

  How payout works when you deliver the animal yourself versus when the buyer uses Creatures transport: in both cases the buyer's confirmation of delivery is what releases your funds.Some readers

• Seller fees and the Creatures Pro subscription

  The 5% seller fee, how Creatures Pro at $49.95 per month or $499 per year removes per-sale seller fees, and the other fees Pro waives: the caretaker stewardship fee and the off-platform transfer fee.Few readers

• What happens after I sell an animal?

  After a buyer checks out, the held payment releases to your Wallet the moment they confirm delivery; manage the sale from your Sales hub, mind the one-time 7-day first-sale withdrawal hold, and know how fees and disputes work.Few readers