Your Network profile

Every seller on Haubot has two profile surfaces. They share the same name, slug and verification, but they're built for different jobs.

This article describes the Network profile. The full seller profile gets its own coverage under For sellers and Listings.

Anatomy of a Network profile

The page has a single header strip on top and a posts grid below.

The header carries:

• Avatar — your seller logo, or a coloured initial circle if you haven't uploaded one.
• Display name — same as on your seller profile.
• Verified badge — small purple-blue chip if your seller profile is in VERIFIED state.
• View seller profile chip — sits next to the verified badge. Takes the visitor to the full /seller/{handle} for listings, contact and the rest of the commercial surface.
• @handle — your seller slug, prefixed with @.
• Metrics — number of posts and number of followers.
• Network bio — a short, free-form line about the profile (see below).
• Follow / Following / Requested button — for visitors who aren't you.

The grid below is your posts: a photo-first wall, newest first, with the same post layout used in the feed. Click any tile to open the post in full at /network/post/{publicId}.

The network bio — a line that's only on Network

Your full seller profile has an About section — the long-form description of who you are as a dealership. The Network profile uses something different: a separate field called network bio, capped at 280 characters, that you only see on /network/u/{handle}.

We split this on purpose. The "About" on /seller/{handle} is a brochure paragraph aimed at a buyer who's already deciding whether to deal with you. The network bio is a one-liner aimed at a Network visitor who's deciding whether to follow you: a tagline, a focus, an inside joke, a single useful sentence.

To set it: open your own Network profile, find the bio area below the metrics. If it's empty you'll see a small Add a bio pill; click it. If you've already written one, hover the line and use the small pencil icon next to it. A textarea appears with a live character counter; Save stores it, Cancel drops the draft. The change is visible immediately to everyone who visits your Network profile.

To clear the bio, open the editor, empty the field and save — that resets it back to the empty state.

Only the seller profile owner sees these editing controls; visitors see only the rendered text.

Posts on the profile vs posts in the feed

The grid on your Network profile shows all your posts — the same content that gets surfaced in followers' feeds and on /explore, just gathered in one place and ordered newest-first.

If you've pinned a post (see Creating posts), it will appear at the top of the grid with a pin marker. Pinned posts are a good fit for an introduction, a "what we sell" overview, or a current promotion — anything you want a first-time visitor to see before scrolling.

Posts you've hidden stay in the grid for you (the owner) but disappear from everyone else's view. Use this when you want to take a post out of circulation without losing the comment thread or the like history.

What a non-follower sees

A Network profile is public by default — anyone, signed in or not, can land on /network/u/{handle}, read your bio, see your post count, and view your posts.

If you've set your seller profile to private (see Following and the feed), the public view changes:

• Bio, follower count and post count are still visible.
• The posts grid is locked — visitors see a "this profile is private" message and a Request to follow button instead of the tiles.
• Once you accept their follow request, the grid unlocks.

Search engines and /explore only index posts from public profiles.

How buyers reach your Network profile

There are five common entry points — worth knowing because each one shapes what the buyer is expecting:

1. From a comment or like in their feed — they tap your name and land on your profile.
2. From the suggested-dealers rail on the right of the feed.
3. From the inline profile search in the left nav (covered in Discovery and search).
4. From a post in /explore — they tap the author header.
5. Direct link — /network/u/{handle} shared in chat, email or another platform.

In every case, your avatar + name + bio + first three rows of the grid are the visible "above the fold" — that's the impression that decides whether they hit Follow. Treat the network bio and your most recent three posts as your real shop window on Network.

Next steps

• Following and the feed — what happens after someone hits Follow.
• Creating posts — how to keep the grid alive.
• Discovery and search — how new buyers find you.