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About Freeads Pets
The UK's Favourite Marketplace
for Responsible Pet Rehoming
Welcome to Freeads Pets, one of the UK's leading online pet marketplaces dedicated to pet rehoming. We help trusted breeders, pet owners and families safely buy, sell and rehome pets across the UK, with animal welfare at the heart of everything we do.
Since launching in 2001, we've helped millions of people connect through our marketplace. Today, our mission is focused entirely on helping puppies, dogs, kittens, cats and other pets find safe, loving forever homes.
Our Story
The Freeads journey began in 2001 with a simple mission: to make buying and selling online safe, easy and accessible for everyone in the UK.
What started as an independent online classifieds website quickly became one of the UK's most trusted marketplaces. By 2007, Freeads was recognised as one of the country's fastest-growing classifieds websites, and by 2011, it had become one of the UK's most popular online marketplaces, connecting millions of buyers and sellers across thousands of categories.
For more than two decades, we've helped people buy, sell and discover everything from cars and property to household items and local services. Throughout that journey, one category consistently stood out above all the others: pets.
Why We Became Freeads Pets
As our Pets section continued to grow, it became much more than just another classifieds category. It evolved into a community of responsible, trusted breeders, caring owners and families looking to welcome a new companion into their lives.
We recognised that rehoming a pet is fundamentally different from selling everyday items. It requires trust, transparency and a genuine commitment to animal welfare. Finding the right home is one of the most important decisions a breeder or owner can make, and every pet deserves the best possible start in life.
General classifieds websites aren't designed to meet the unique responsibilities that come with pet rehoming. Pets deserve higher standards, better protection and stronger safeguards.
That's why, in 2026, we made the decision to transform Freeads into Freeads Pets, a marketplace dedicated exclusively to responsible pet rehoming across the UK.
Whether you're buying your first puppy, adopting a rescue pet or choosing a responsible breeder, our advice centre is designed to help you make informed decisions every step of the way.
See our guides to buying & rehoming >Pet Welfare Comes First
Everything we do is designed around one simple principle: pet welfare always comes first.
Whether you're looking for puppies, kittens, dogs, cats, rabbits, birds or other pets, our goal is to help every animal find a safe, loving and responsible forever home.
To help achieve this, we invest heavily in protecting both animals and our community through:
Enhanced Verification
Additional verification measures help protect buyers, responsible breeders, sellers and their pets while promoting a safer and more trusted marketplace.
Responsible Advertising Standards
Our policies are designed around responsible pet rehoming and follow guidance from trusted organisations, including the Pet Advertising Advisory Group (PAAG), helping promote higher animal welfare standards and responsible pet ownership across the UK.
Animal Welfare First
We continually improve Freeads Pets to promote responsible breeding, ethical rehoming and informed pet ownership.
We proudly support responsible UK breeders who prioritise health, welfare and lifelong care, while helping families make informed decisions when welcoming a new pet into their home.
We continually review and improve our moderation, safety features and welfare policies to help make Freeads Pets one of the UK's most trusted environments for responsible pet rehoming.
