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This information applies to both the Petfinder and Petfinder and Adopt-a-Pet.com updates.   They They are the only two adoption listing websites that use the location of the organization (organization's account) as the location used when searching for adoptable pets and not the location of the pet.

Adding an export account

An "export account" Export Account must be added to your account in order to send pet listings to Petfinder and Adopt-a-Pet.com.   They are the only two adoption listing websites that have not decided to use the RescueGroups.org API to receive adoptable pet information and therefore still require an FTP data file upload.

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Each of your animals will then have an Export Accounts section when you view or edit the information.  For each animal, select the appropriate export account based on location.

Note

When you add a new FTP export account, all existing animal records will have that account selected by default. Be sure to check the appropriate export accounts for all animal records in order to share only the animals you want to each FTP account. If you need assistance with this, please contact our support team.

Only your Adopt-a-Pet.com and Petfinder exports appear on the animal pages records -- all other adoption listing websites receive your animal's actual individual location and do not depend on the organization's account zip/postal code for animal searches.