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How It Works

What is Creatures? 

Creatures is an easy-to-use online marketplace and community that helps you manage, buy, sell, and adopt animals quickly, securely, and on your own terms. 

Don’t have a place to keep those animals? We’ll help with that, too. 

Our mission: To be a natural online home for animal people like us. A place for every known and loved animal around the world. 

All creatures great and small. 

What makes Creatures different?

Health Guarantee

All animal listings on Creatures are backed by a three day health guarantee provided by the seller. This unique guarantee:

Secure Payment System

We provide an easy & secure payment system for our buyers and sellers using CreatureShield:

This protects both parties and keeps the process secure and smooth.

Detailed & Transparent Listings

Sellers are encouraged to represent each animal thoroughly with:

Open Community Comment Threads

Each listing includes a public comment section where buyers and sellers:

Verified Ratings & Reviews

After a transaction, both buyers and sellers can leave a review. We also encourage reviews and ratings from other real-life transactions from:

This creates a system based on trust and transparency for everyone involved.

Referral & Influencer Rewards

Creatures rewards users who help grow the community:

Animal Management Tools:

Whether you’re a breeder, organization or an individual keeper, you get access to the tools we have to:

How our fees work

Creating a Creatures account is completely FREE for both buyers and sellers. There are no charges to join, manage your animals or post listings. We only charge for every successful transaction– so we only earn when you do. Our pricing is always transparent, with no hidden or surprise fees. 

Alternatively, sellers can choose an annual subscription which includes unlimited sales (fixed price and auctions) with no fees. This annual subscription plan can be paid monthly at $49.95/month or once upfront for $499.00 (a $100 discount.) There are no other seller fees on Creatures.

No processing charges on ANY payment method. It’s 2025, and we understand that most people use credit cards and don’t want to be charged extra for that. 

How do payments work?

We’ve created CreatureShield, a secure payment system which allows you to send and receive money safely while buying and selling on Creatures.

Buyers can pay using a variety of modern methods including credit card and direct bank transfer with no additional fees.

Sellers receive payouts directly to the connected bank account of their choice.

How our animal sales work

Sellers on Creatures can choose between fixed-priced listings or auctions, depending on what suits their needs best.

Every listing includes:

Sellers are encouraged to actively participate in the comments– answering questions and engaging with potential buyers, which builds trust, buyer confidence and increases the chance of a successful sale.

Buyers can also use the Contact Seller button to message privately, schedule a call, or even arrange an in-person visit.

How bidding works

To place a bid on Creatures, you must:

Bid Verification

All bids are backed by a 5% credit card hold to ensure commitment of potential buyers. 

Bidding Details

Before bidding, we encourage all potential buyers to:

It is important that bidders carry out their due diligence to understand all the animal’s details and insights offered by members of the community.

How selling works

Seller Verification Process

To ensure that every listing on Creatures represents real people, real animals and real services, all sellers must complete two layers of identity verification:

Before a seller can withdraw funds from Creatures to a seller’s bank account, they must also complete an additional security step:

What is the post-sale process?

Once a fixed-price purchase is made or an auction ends successfully, here’s how the post-sale process works:

  1. Buyer Checkout

The buyer is guided to a secure checkout page to pay via Credit card or ACH (bank transfer) payment.

  1. Transportation Coordination

After payment is confirmed, the buyer and seller connect via the Creatures messaging system to finalize the transportation or pick up arrangements.

  1. Shipping and Delivery Confirmation
  1. Three Day Health Guarantee
  1. Payout to Seller

Three days (72 hours) after the animal is delivered and no health guarantee claims have been made, funds are transferred to the seller’s own connected account.

  1. Verified Ratings and Reviews

Both parties are encouraged to leave reviews associated with every transaction. To promote honest feedback: