+1 million
Monthly
visitors
2013
Year
Founded
4.8
Avg. Customer
Satisfaction
35%
Of dogs find a home
through PuppyPlaats
The background
PuppyPlaats was founded by Erwin in 2013 as he wanted to provide an alternative and more safe place for dog lovers and breeders to meet.
Erwin worked alone on the site for more than 8 years – handling everything from site development to customer support. Despite not being an easy task, Erwin did a phenomenal job!
Over time, both breeders and consumers appreciated the various safety features that Erwin built to keep the platform safe from bad guys. It was slowly becoming what he envisioned PuppyPlaats to be.
In 2021, PetMediaGroup acquired Puppyplaats, which meant that our mission to turn it into the safest online dog marketplace in the Netherlands had begun!
Our transformation
Launched multiple safety functionalities in order to make the platform safer – IDV and created a dedicated Trust & Safety Team.
Built native apps for PuppyPlaats, and an improved search experience. Suddenly mobile users started growing significantly!
Since the Netherlands has quite loose regulations when it comes to animal welfare, we took a clear stance to make PuppyPlaats far more strict than the legal requirements in the country – pet safety is always our highest priority!
Press Coverage
Do you run a pet marketplace today?
We would love to get in touch with you and tell you more about how we potentially can partner together. Our acquisition process is very simple and straightforward, as we probably both have more important things to do than to read through page after page of legal documents!
