For animal shelters and rescue organizations

Adopivo connects reputable animal shelters and rescue organizations from the DACH region and the rest of Europe with adopters — as a pure contact platform. No marketplace, no animal transport, no commercial animal trade. The shelter keeps full control over its animals and its adoption decisions.

Why Adopivo for shelters?

Adopivo makes it easier for shelters and animal welfare organizations to give animals more visibility, bundle enquiries and reach the right people — free of charge, permanently.

• Maintain once, visible everywhere: animal profiles only need to be maintained in one place. With the Adopivo widget the same animals can additionally be shown on the shelter's own website — no duplicate data entry, visually matched to the shelter's site.
• Professional animal profiles: animals can be presented clearly with photos, description, character, adoption requirements and current status.
• Better findability: interested adopters find animals specifically by location, postal code, radius, species, age, size and other criteria.
• Map view for regional visibility: shelters are also discovered by people specifically looking for a new family member nearby.
• Listed-breed check: for dogs with specific legal requirements, Adopivo can notify interested adopters early about possible obligations — depending on country, region or federal state.
• Central inbox: enquiries arrive bundled in the shelter account instead of scattered across various mailboxes. A short email notification can be sent for each new message.
• Multilingual reach: animal profiles and content can become visible internationally — currently in German, English, Spanish, French and Italian.
• More visibility across borders: one animal profile can reach interested adopters in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
• Transparent adoption status: for every animal it is clear whether it is available, reserved, adopted or paused.
• Teamwork in the shelter: multiple staff members can be invited and jointly manage animals, messages and the shelter profile.
• Easy start without technical expertise: shelters can register, get verified and then put their first animals online directly.

What Adopivo explicitly is not

• Not a marketplace — no prices, no listings, no paid promotion.
• Not an importer of animals from abroad — animals do not enter the country through Adopivo.
• Not a legal intermediary — no protection contracts, no protection fees, no transport.
• Self-disclosure, pre-checks, protection contract and transport stay with the organizations, off the platform.

Trust and data protection

• Verification of every organization against country-specific mandatory documents — registration alone is not enough.
• Verification documents are not public and only visible to the responsible Adopivo review.
• Whitelist principle: commercial breeders and commercial animal traders are excluded.
• EU-hosted, GDPR-native — data protection is the foundation of the data model.

Costs

• Free basic use for shelters and adopters.
• No success commission per adoption — and it stays that way.
• No paid preference for individual animals.

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