Pets Connected

Pets Connected is a community app designed for pet owners, breeders, rescues, and animal lovers.
It provides a safe place to browse pets, learn, connect, share experiences, and communicate — without buying, selling, or making payments inside the app.

🐾 Key Features
📍 Browse Pets & Listings (Information Only)

• Explore pets listed by community members
• View detailed profiles, photos, and videos
• Learn about breeds, backgrounds, health information, microchipping, vaccinations, and temperament
• Advanced filters for breed, category, gender, location, and age
• Location lookup using postcode or address
• Listing views, favourites, and saved searches
No purchases take place in the app. No checkout or transactions.

💬 Secure Messaging

• Private chat between members
• Share photos and information
• Edit and delete messages
• Safe communication environment with reporting tools
• Membership unlocks extended chat access

🔍 Advanced Search + Saved Alerts

• Search pets by breed, type, size, gender, and location
• Save your search and get notified when new pets are listed
• Map and list views

⭐ Membership Features

Unlock additional functionality:
• More images & videos on your profile
• Ability to contact more people
• Access to forums
• Profile enhancements
• Priority visibility for your listings

Membership improves features, not transactions.

📢 Promote Your Content (Ad Slots)

Pets Connected includes a flexible advertising system for promoting:
• Services
• Pet-related businesses
• Events
• Educational content
• Rescue centres

Target by:
• Page position
• Category
• Country
• Radius-based local area
• Multiple days and placements

All promotions link to your own external website/social media — no sales occur inside the app.

📚 Pet Advice & Blog

• Articles written by professionals and experienced owners
• Training, behaviour, health, enrichment, feeding, and welfare
• Category-based browsing
• Educational information for new and experienced pet owners

🎉 Pet Events

• Discover local and national pet events
• Add your own community events
• Include photos, descriptions, dates, and locations
• Explore events on the map

👥 Community Forum

• Ask questions
• Share experiences
• Discuss breeding, training, behaviour, health, and more
• Reply, like, and follow threads
• Moderated for safety

📝 User Reviews & Profiles

• Leave feedback on interactions
• View public profiles
• See ratings and community reputation
• Report suspicious or inappropriate content

❤️ Safe & Respectful Community

Pets Connected maintains:
• Strict anti-bullying rules
• A respectful environment
• Verified accounts
• Admin moderation
• User reporting tools
• Welfare-ready listing fields (microchip, vet checks, temperament, etc.)

📌 Summary

Pets Connected is a full community platform for animal lovers, offering:
✔ Browsing pet listings (information only)
✔ Real-time messaging
✔ Forums & discussions
✔ Educational blog
✔ Pet events
✔ Advanced search tools
✔ Profile customisation
✔ Membership features for enhanced interaction
✔ Ad Slots to promote your services externally

It is a safe, friendly, and knowledge-driven environment where people connect over a shared love of animals — with no selling of animals or transactions inside the app.