Guides
Buying on ExoMarket
Find animals, start a conversation or purchase, then track the sale in Purchases.
ExoMarket is not a shopping cart checkout. Here is the typical buyer flow.
1. Browse & evaluate
Use country, category, and species pages to find animals. Save listings to compare later.
2. Message or Buy It Now
Chat to negotiate, or use Buy It Now when a seller enables instant orders. Sign in is required for both.
3. Pay the seller directly
ExoMarket tracks offers and fulfillment, but payment happens off-platform (bank transfer, PayPal, etc.) between you and the seller.
4. Track in Purchases
After acceptance, follow payment and shipping in Purchases, then leave a review when the animal arrives.
Ready to browse? Pick your country or open Purchases after you sign in, or read the full buying guide.
The steps above are the usual path. Below is more detail on the choices you will see on a listing and in Purchases.
You need an account
Browsing ads is public. To message a seller, send an offer, or use Buy It Now, sign in first. Your purchases and pending offers all live under Purchases.
Three ways to start a purchase
- Message — Open chat from the ad to ask questions. The seller may send you a formal offer from the thread. See Offers and negotiation.
- Offer — Propose price, quantity, and (when the listing shows female/male stock) how many of each sex you want. Delivery is agreed when someone accepts the offer, not when you first send it.
- Buy It Now — Available only when the seller enabled it on the listing. You confirm quantity, delivery, and shipping address in one step; the sale is accepted immediately. See Buy It Now.
While an offer is pending
A pending offer does not remove animals from the public listing. Stock is reserved when the other party accepts (or when you complete Buy It Now). You can revise terms while the offer is open; if the seller counters, they become the one who must accept or decline next.
In Purchases you will see labels like “Needs your response” or “Waiting for seller to respond” so you know whose turn it is.
After an offer is accepted
When you accept (or the seller accepts your offer), you choose pickup vs shipping if that was not set yet. For shipping you provide your delivery address and, when the listing has shipping options, pick one of the seller's templates.
Payment is recorded and coordinated off-platform — ExoMarket tracks status in Purchases (payment, shipped, received). Leave a review when the animal arrives.
Saved listings and searches
Star individual ads or save a filtered browse query to run again — see Saved listings & searches (limits depend on your plan).