The Pets Market (www.thepetsmarket.co.uk) is the UK’s newest free online pet marketplace.
Founded in 2021, family-owned and run, The Pets Market prioritises responsible practices and works to ensure trust, safety, and convenience for buyers and sellers. Through its focus on safeguarding animal welfare (and ensuring a safe and efficient process for buyers and sellers), The Pets Market mission is to become the UK’s largest, safest, most reliable and totally FREE of charge pet marketplace website.
For those looking to buy or adopt a dog, cat, horse, rabbit, fish, bird or reptile, the The Pets Market community provides a safe environment in which to find their dream pet, alongside expert advice on animal health and veterinary care, tips on what to look for in a reputable breeder.
We manually approve ALL adverts that are placed on our website in addition to applying other tools and safeguards (see below). We are confident that we operate the most stringent safeguarding policies of any site in the UK, however we are not an enforcement agency and cannot visit any of the advertisers’ homes, therefore, it is ultimately a buyer’s responsibility to make any necessary checks on the advertisers before buying or adopting a pet. To help prospective pet owners we provide thorough checklists to help ensure a potential pet’s wellbeing and a successful rehoming, as well as advice on the responsibilities of each buyer. We also benefit from - and are grateful for - an extra level of vigilance provided by our users who raise concerns about adverts, or report back to us after a visit to a seller which has proved unsatisfactory in some way. In the event of any concerns, however small, report them!
Do you prevent puppy farmers or dodgy breeders abusing your site?
Yes, we do our utmost to prevent puppy farmers from trying to use our website. We do this by monitoring the number of adverts we allow each advertiser to place, and check an advertiser’s local authority breeders’ licenses to make sure they are valid. Just because a breeder has a valid council license to breed dogs, does not mean we will automatically allow them to use our service. If we believe someone to not be looking after their dogs in a proper way, we will prevent them from using our platform. We also work closely with local councils and animal welfare organisations to prevent known puppy farmers from using our website. Our www.ThePetsMarket.co.uk website was founded for pet owners, responsible hobby breeders and rescue centres, and we have zero tolerance approach to irresponsible individuals attempting to abuse our platform.
What kind of adverts do you not allow on the site?
We have a list of standards we have created that we stick to when approving or banning adverts. You can read them by clicking here. We also follow the Pet Advertising Advisory Groups (PAAGS's) minimum standards.
How can I can contact The Pets Market?
You can contact us via email using our 'Contact Us' form, or alternatively write to us at [email protected], and we will reply to you as soon as we can.
Regards,
ThePetsMarket Team
