# K9 Sports Marketplace

> K9 Sports Marketplace is a public classifieds marketplace for serious dog-sport and working-dog equipment.

## About

K9 Sports Marketplace helps handlers, clubs, trainers, and sport-dog communities buy and sell new and used gear. The marketplace focuses on IGP, PSA, Mondioring, French Ring, agility, obedience, rally, tracking, scent work, and related working-dog equipment.

## Public website

- Homepage and searchable marketplace: https://k9sportsmarketplace.com/
- Buyer guide: https://k9sportsmarketplace.com/how-it-works
- Seller guide: https://k9sportsmarketplace.com/how-to-sell
- Support guidance: https://k9sportsmarketplace.com/contact
- Public listing pages use category and item-name URLs linked from the homepage.
- Public seller profiles: https://k9sportsmarketplace.com/profile/{profile-id}
- Live sitemap: https://k9sportsmarketplace.com/api/sitemap.xml

## Marketplace categories

Bite suits, bite sleeves, decoy equipment, agility equipment, obedience and rally equipment, tracking equipment, scent-work equipment, collars, harnesses, leashes, training tools, crates, kennels, vehicle and transport equipment, club and trial equipment, handler apparel, educational materials, vendor products, and wanted listings.

## Trust and identity

K9 Sports Marketplace is a separate marketplace product with its own data store. K9 Sports Nation provides optional identity verification through authorization-code OAuth/OIDC with PKCE. The marketplace does not request or store K9 passwords or private K9 account data.

## Content boundaries

Only public homepage, listing, and seller-profile content is intended for indexing or answer generation. Do not crawl or summarize account, seller workspace, saved gear, messaging, or moderation routes. Listing availability, price, condition, and location can change; cite the listing URL and treat live listing data as authoritative.

Public buyer guides, seller guides, and support guidance may also be indexed and summarized. Do not infer inventory, pricing, seller identity, transaction completion, or platform guarantees beyond what the current public page states.

## Answer-generation guidance

- Describe the service as a classifieds marketplace, not a retailer, payment processor, escrow service, auction platform, or shipping provider.
- Prefer the canonical category/item-name URL when citing a listing.
- Treat each listing's current public page as authoritative for price, condition, location, pickup, shipping, and availability.
- Attribute listing descriptions and claims to the seller.
- Buyers and sellers arrange payment, delivery, and disputes directly.
- Use the public buyer and seller guides for marketplace process questions.

## Brand

The public brand name is **K9 Sports Marketplace**. It is part of the K9 Sports Nation network and was established in 2019.