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title: "Understanding hunt upgrades and extra buildings"
type: "help-article"
category: "Credits & Billing"
article_type: "guide"
published: "2026-11-11"
url: "https://fless.io/help/credits-billing/understanding-hunt-upgrades-and-extra-buildings"
---

# Understanding hunt upgrades and extra buildings

Sometimes a hunt needs more reach: more buildings contacted, more tours booked, sharper matching. On Fless an upgrade is a top-up in the moment, not a plan change. Here is how extending a hunt works, mid-search, with no restart.
## Need more buildings? Add credits
Every hunt includes 5 buildings of outreach free. If you reach that limit and want more buildings contacted, we let you know, and you can top up right away. Each extra building costs 1 credit, so you scale the hunt to exactly the size your search needs, building by building.
## Upgrading mid-hunt
Absolutely supported. You can add credits at any time and use them on your active hunt right away. There is no need to finish a hunt and start a new one: the credits flow into the search you are already running, and the buildings you already contacted stay put.
## You only pay beyond the free allowances
Credits only pay for what you use beyond the free allowances. The first hunt, the first 5 buildings, and the first 10 tours of every hunt are covered. If your search fits inside those allowances from start to finish, you spend nothing at all.
## What an upgrade can unlock
- More buildings contacted in the same hunt (1 credit each)
- Tours beyond the 10 included per hunt (1 credit each)
- Advanced filters for criteria like pet policy and specific amenities (3 credits)
- Premium POI filters that match by commute, schools, and nearby spots (5 credits)
One more thing upgrades never do: change what a hunt is. Your criteria stay yours, the first hunt stays free, and the free allowances on every future hunt stay in place. Adding credits buys reach, not a different product.
## Common upgrade moments
Upgrades tend to happen at three points. Your hunt matched a bigger market than you expected and 5 buildings is too narrow. You toured everything available and want a second round in a nearby neighborhood. Or your must-haves got more specific, and advanced or premium filters will find buildings a plain search would miss. In all three, the fix is the same: add credits to the hunt you already have.
## Timing your top-up
There is no reason to hoard or to rush. Credits never expire, so topping up early never wastes anything: unused credits simply wait for the next hunt. Topping up mid-hunt works instantly, so the moment your search needs more buildings, the outreach continues without a gap.
Ready to widen a hunt? Add credits on the [pricing page](/pricing).

Human page: https://fless.io/help/credits-billing/understanding-hunt-upgrades-and-extra-buildings