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The End of Selling Horses Via Facebook

Facebook have started to enforce their community standards policy which does not allow the sale of animals on Facebook. They updated their policy in April 2019 and many individuals, group admins and companies that have previously been able to post horses for sale have found that their adverts have been removed and in some cases pages have been completely closed down.

This will come as a shock to some people and even more so to unscrupulous individuals who have used this ‘free’ advertising platform to advertise horses without any form of regulation. It can be a very dangerous place for the novice first time buyer to acquire a horse and even the experienced horse owner has had their fingers burned buying horses in this way.  It can be hard to search for horses via Facebook; to know where the horse is located, if it is still available and prices are also often left off.  That said there are some fantastic communities on Facebook that house likeminded enthusiasts for particular breeds and disciplines which I think will be much missed if we also lose these groups. I myself love the Connemara Facebook group, it holds some 25k+ members and if people are no longer allowed to sell horses on the group will it lose momentum and interest? 

Many people will now need to use alternative advertising platforms and choosing the right environment to advertise your horse and reach the right buyer is important, opting for the cheap or free advertising space can often be counter productive and risky.   If an owner cannot afford to or chooses not to pay for advertising, how much do they value the welfare of their horse, will they sell to the first person who comes along or do they genuinely want to find the  most suitable person for their horse?  Our experience suggests that people who pay for advertising, on the whole, are more responsible about who they sell to and how honest they are when describing their horse. They are also more respectful and courteous to the individual buyers who take an interest in their horse as it is an advert they have paid for and want good value from as it will expire at which point if the horse is not sold they would need to pay once more. 

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Those who are seriously interested in your horse will apply via the website, supplying you, as the owner, with a wealth of information about the home they have to offer and the horse they are seeking.  Thus enabling you as the owner to more easily assess the potential suitability of your horse for the applicant safe in the knowledge that their interest is very genuine as they have gone to the lengths of paying to join in order to apply for your horse and completing the detailed form.  Applicants are eligible to apply for as many suitable horses as they wish during the term of their membership.

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When listing your horse with us not only will we assist you in writing your advert if you need us to but you can also upload unlimited images and video at no further cost to help maximise the attractiveness of your advert.

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Our website receives in excess of 250,000 page views every month so your advert will be broadly viewed and automatically sent to our wanted advert authors whose search criteria match your horse.  However, choose our Premier Membership and your horse will be promoted extensively to help reach the widest possible audience, and therefore greatly increase their chance of finding the right home sooner. These adverts are marketed to our  1000’s of Wanted Adverts from all over the UK, as well as via our E Newsletter sent to tens of thousands of people and via our social media outlets.

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