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Setting the permissions of a Showroom paint

There are three privacy settings available when uploading a paint to the Showroom.

Public: (default) anyone on Trading Paints can view and race your listing. Your paint will be displayed in search results and on Showroom listing screens. Your followers will receive a notification on the Trading Paints website.

Unlisted: only people with the link can view and race your listing. Your paint will not appear in search results and other Showroom listings. Your followers are not notified. This is a good option if you want to share a Showroom paint with someone privately. (Note: all community guidelines still apply.)

Approval: anyone on Trading Paints can view your listing, but you’ll need to approve any requests to race the paint in your messages inbox under Requests. Your followers will receive a notification when you post a listing as if it’s a Public paint, but anyone wishing to race the paint will require your manual approval. When you approve someone who requests to race a paint, they have the option to race it if they choose.

Showroom permissions are set at the individual paint level; in other words, you currently can’t change all of your paints to use one permission level.

Unlisted and Approval options are only available for Trading Paints Pro members.

Updated on Jan 12, 2026