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The colour of the message bubbles, in this chat and during calls. Applies on this device. Night is the gentlest on the eyes in a dark room.
▭ Bubble style
How the colour is used. Outline and Rail keep the bubble dark, which is far easier on the eyes at night than a filled one.
◢ Bubble corners
Clipped squares off the corner on the sending side, which marks which way a message went without relying on colour. The others drop that hint — left/right position still tells the two apart either way.
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Message text only. This scales on top of your phone's own text-size setting, so turning that up makes these bigger too.
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Compresses photos more, and stops auto-downloading others' photos/videos (you tap to load). Every media shows its size.
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If a call you missed or a direct message stays unseen for an hour, you get one reminder — never the message itself, and never about a chat you muted.
One note per order, a few days after it arrives. Your ratings are what other buyers go on.
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Whoever you hide it from, you won't see theirs either.
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Anyone who can't see it sees your initial instead.
When off, people aren't told when you've read their messages — and you won't see when they've read yours. You'll still see when a message is delivered.
Lock after
Asks for your lock code — the same one as Locked chats — whenever you come back to Whinchat. A call still rings and you can answer it.
Nobody can browse a list of users either way. When off, an exact username or email search won't find you at all — the only way to connect is your invite link.
Sends how long the app took to load, which screens you opened and which buttons you pressed, so we can find what's slow or broken. It never includes anything you type — not a message, a search or a listing. Nothing is shared with anyone else.
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Made a song? Add it to the Whinchat music library and anyone can put it on their updates, credited to you. Our team listens to every song before it goes in. You keep your copyright and can take a song back at any time.
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See our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, or all legal documents. You can export a copy of your data, or permanently delete your account and content.
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🗑️ Deleting your account is permanent. Your profile, messages, listings and orders will be removed and this cannot be undone. Export your data first if you might want it.
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Sell an item
Your unfinished listing is back, as you left it.
  1. 1Photos
  2. 2Details
  3. 3Price
  4. 4Review

Add photos

Up to 12 photos and a short video (30 seconds at most). The first photo is the main one: drag to reorder, or use ‹ › and Main. Clear photos on a plain background sell best. You can also upload a product-details file (PDF or spec) to fill in the rest.

What are you selling?

Price and delivery

A service is booked and paid here, and done in person or online. You agree a time with the buyer in the chat. They get a 6-digit code and give it to you when the job is done: that is when you are paid. Say where you work and what's included in the description.
Buyers see it struck through only once this item has been listed at that price or more for 28 of the last 90 days. Until then it isn't shown.
How long you take to send it after an order. Buyers see this, and if an order isn't sent in time they're told they can cancel for a full refund.
Sold in more than one size or colour? List them and buyers choose: one listing, not one per size. Separate the choices with commas.
Only the buyer sees this, after they pay. Digital items can't be returned; the payment is released to you 3 days after delivery unless the buyer reports a problem.

Check and submit

Our team reviews each listing before it goes live, usually quickly. Describe the item honestly — brand, model, condition, and how long you've had it if it's used.
Not allowed: alcohol, tobacco, drugs, weapons, firearms and ammunition, and anything restricted by state or federal law. Such listings are blocked and removed.
Buyers contact you with “Message seller” in Whinchat — your email and phone number are never shown on a listing.
Open a shop
Buying needs nothing extra — you already have an account. A shop is shown to people who don't know you, so it carries a bit more.
A wide photo works best (about 3 : 1) — your workshop, your products, your street.
Counted from the day the buyer receives it. An order keeps the terms you had when it was placed, and an item that isn't as described can always be sent back for at least 14 days.
You can list items straight away. You'll need payout details before anyone can actually buy — we'll ask then.
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New sale
Put one item on sale for a while. Buyers see the sale price, the old price crossed out and a Sale badge. You pay for it out of your price — our fee is on what the buyer actually pays.
A code buyers type at checkout. You decide what it takes off, until when, and how many times it can be used.
Business profile
Shown on your shop to everyone who visits it. Leave anything blank that you'd rather not publish.
Opening hours
Automatic replies
Sent from your account, once, and labelled "Automatic reply" so nobody mistakes it for you typing. Never in a private chat.
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Seller details
US law (the INFORM Consumers Act) requires marketplaces to hold verified details for sellers past a certain volume. We collect them here and a verification provider checks them — filling this in is not the same as being verified.
Who is selling
How you can be reached
Tax & payout
We store only the last four digits. The full number is never written to our database.
Annual confirmation
Once a year you need to confirm these details are still correct.
Your address and phone are shown to buyers only if your sales pass the threshold the law sets for public disclosure. Your tax ID and payout account are never shown to anyone.
Selling to buyers in the EU
EU law (the Digital Services Act) lets us show your items to buyers in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway only once we know who is selling. Buyers there will see what you choose here.
Report this listing
Reports go to our review team. Nobody is told who reported them.
For a report that something is illegal, the law (the EU Digital Services Act) asks who is sending it. We do not show your name to the seller.
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You'll get a 6-digit collection code. Give it to the seller when you have the item in your hands — that is what releases their payment, so don't share it before then. Arrange where and when in your chat with them.
A service: no address and nothing is posted. Agree a time in your chat with them. You'll get a 6-digit code - give it to them when the job is done. That is what releases their payment, so don't share it before then.
No US sales tax is charged on a delivery outside the US. Your country may charge import duty or VAT when it arrives — that is between you and your country's customs. Agree delivery cost and time with the seller in your chat before paying.

2 Payment

Add a phone and card to pay We check every buyer once, to keep the marketplace safe. Your card is kept by our payment provider; we only keep its last 4 digits.
Your payment is held securely and only released to the seller once you confirm the item arrived. Full refund if you cancel before it ships.
Verify to buy
To keep the marketplace safe, only verified buyers can place orders. Add a phone number and a payment card. Your card is stored by our payment provider — we only keep the last 4 digits.
🔒 Handled by Stripe. Your card details never touch our servers.
A card ending in 0000 simulates a decline.
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