Hello again from the Second Life Grid and to all you Amaretto Breedable Pet owners ! I am writing to everyone as Lil Bad Bigbear Jr this month and I am glad to see that more people have seen and read my blog. Lately I have been concentrating on the K9 Market because well who does not love puppies and dogs, but these blog posts pertain to all Amaretto Breedable Pets for the most part. the last few posts I have explained markets and tools as well places to get and idea about the markets for these animals. Lately in second life there has been many different breedable markets that suffer from market values and manipulations to the point that some breeds and breedables just do not hold value. It can be expected that after a new coat or breed is released eventually value will fall, and well this can be expected in almost all markets in rl and in sl due to supply and demand. But there as well has been more reasons in some of these markets than in others. Some of the breedable makers and creators are just not prepared for the work involved but the creators of Amaretto's take care and pride in new special editions and limited editions to help the markets stay strong. Yet still without the cooperation of breeders, buyers and sellers nothing is guaranteed. One of the first steps to preserving a fair market is education of the breeders and introduction to new breeders without alienating anyone.
( I would like to point out that not all breedable animals / pets , plants, bugs, fairies, dragons, WK Cats, Kittycats etc ... do not work the same. Different companies have different ways that there pets work. For example biobreeds have far less traits and trait slots than the WK Cats, Battle Beast Dragons and Amaretto Dogs, Chickens or Horses. Some pets can fight for example the Battle Beast Dragons or the WK Dire Wolfs and as well the Amaretto and ABC horses can race if they are of the racing breed varieties and these racing horses have trait spots for this. Trait slots and traits are a large part of the breeding and what makes your pets and animals unique. I will go more in depth about the traits soon but if you read through my other posts you can get and idea of what I am talking about. Also I will add some permanent pages on this blog covering these types of differences in animals of different companies and breed etc..)
Yes no matter what market you will have people that just don't care and are trying to make a fast buck not understanding that well second life is not about money but rather being able to do things you cannot in real life. For example I no longer can run , jump or well participate in many activities that physically taxing to our bodies so that is why I am often seen running around as kid again and posing as Lil Bada Bigbear Jr.
So that being said and back to the markets of breedables and retaining fair market values. I have pointed out the value of Petrades and how it works, as well how it can be a market tool to help you with pricing. There are other things that are important as well to understand, one is that each animal can be from 11 to 18 prims or well 22 to 30 something for a breeding pair so well if you are breeding you have to remember to include this in pricing of animals. Also if you have say 50 breeding pairs of dogs that is almost 2000 prims in order to breed them per week meaning if you are way over your head and now have to start selling dogs, horses, cats or even birds just to make your tiers fees at a dirt cheap price than you are a hoarder and hurting the market for everyone else because you still need to feed these animals and provide salt, toys and other breeding helpers to get them to mate and make more. Just as and example again 50 breeding pairs will consume one breeder food per animal a month to keep them from getting sick ... this in lindens will cost over 11,000 lindens per month as well and I have seen many people just not grasp this concept when it comes to breedables because you will also need the mating aids also that in turn will cost over 6000 lindens also. So just to start getting a rough estimate 50 breeding pairs we have at the least about 2000 lindens a week for land and that is a very rough estimate depending on the breed so for a month consider on the land around 8 to 10 K plus the 6K for breeding aids and another 10 K plus to feed them and you at close to 25 K which is $100 or more in real US dollars ... and this is where the problem starts .... People tend to look at the minimum you can sell the animals for making there lindens and not paying back in with real money ... but they do not have the money for a few months breeding already set aside nor do they pay there tier 3 or 4 weeks in advance and well so now they have to sell cheap in order to pay for what they have amassed .... ( or hoarded as well ... )
So you may ask if there is a solution to retaining a strong market you may ask ? Many would like to blame everything but the problem itself. For example saying that breedable company should have had less drops and made these animals traits more rare. Well that will not help because some people will just continue to breed more animals than they can afford and still sell even cheaper to try and keep this never ending cycle going and thus ruining it for all because of there own selfish and greedy excuses. Not paying huge money for traits breeding the animal a few times and than dumping the animal cheap and using its offspring to crash the market is just another reasoning. If you have offspring and do not need the parent anymore than send it to breedables heaven and get the haven points as it is a better solution, seeing they can be used to get special edition paradise puppy or a haven horse or pet food or even sick animal vaccinations ...
Every animal that your breeding pet gives you bundle, kennel or egg is not going to be a special animal with great traits ... and in that case birthing it and getting the haven points is not just a better way to go, it also preserves the market values. would you not rather have less animals that sell for more than selling a bunch of your stuff cheap and than flood the market? Because a direct offspring can again pass the traits of the parents depending on what sort of animal it is and whether it came from a limited or special edition etc. If you are being greedy and selling your direct offspring cheap ... well its not much different than selling a offspring with the hidden traits in view ... Sure you may give a friend a DOS or OS ( Direct Offspring) to be nice and well share the wealth but selling 5 DOS at 1/3rd the value kills the market .... one bundle at a time. It may not seem like much but get 20 breeders doing so and all of a sudden you have flood of traits and the people that make these breedable animals can only spend so much time on new traits and breeds. I have to thank Amaretto for being so on top with bringing us new breeds traits and coats in the first place. Mrs Ava, Ms Cheescake , and Mrs Boss Lady which are the faces we see ... as well the others behind the scenes doing the scripting and also the beta testers are all here for us and work hard every day just to keep the market going and to bring us new amazingly cool things.
I know at this point it looks like I have went on about this for quite a bit but I have not even scratched the surface of this yet because I want to make sure to help and educate new and old breeders as well give ideas to help keep this great breed-able community going and not alienating new breeders. If you are new in the community and need help with pricing I as well others will help all you need to do is ask. I do not just talk to the community and breeders but also auctioneers and auction houses, ranches and the people that run the breedable pets companies too. If you do not want to send your breedable to get haven points and would rather keep it than put it on pet food or get a forever fold or perpetual puppy box for it ... and if it is a special edition collectors later will pay more for these types of animals but again you must find the right markets for these buyers. So well I have just touched on the tip of the iceberg here but this is only part one of the posts for the blog this month. Please follow this blog and help me to help others, feel free message me and contact me in world, on Facebook in the Breedable's of second life group or
https://www.facebook.com/groups/secondlife.breedable.pets/
As well post right here via comments on the blog posts and if you breed other animals than Amaretto's than I would love your feedback as well. If you have pets and breeding animal ranch auction house or company that makes them than I would like to trade links with you and I will give you support and we have more than just this blog as a way to get word out to patrons.
( I would like to point out that not all breedable animals / pets , plants, bugs, fairies, dragons, WK Cats, Kittycats etc ... do not work the same. Different companies have different ways that there pets work. For example biobreeds have far less traits and trait slots than the WK Cats, Battle Beast Dragons and Amaretto Dogs, Chickens or Horses. Some pets can fight for example the Battle Beast Dragons or the WK Dire Wolfs and as well the Amaretto and ABC horses can race if they are of the racing breed varieties and these racing horses have trait spots for this. Trait slots and traits are a large part of the breeding and what makes your pets and animals unique. I will go more in depth about the traits soon but if you read through my other posts you can get and idea of what I am talking about. Also I will add some permanent pages on this blog covering these types of differences in animals of different companies and breed etc..)
Yes no matter what market you will have people that just don't care and are trying to make a fast buck not understanding that well second life is not about money but rather being able to do things you cannot in real life. For example I no longer can run , jump or well participate in many activities that physically taxing to our bodies so that is why I am often seen running around as kid again and posing as Lil Bada Bigbear Jr.
So that being said and back to the markets of breedables and retaining fair market values. I have pointed out the value of Petrades and how it works, as well how it can be a market tool to help you with pricing. There are other things that are important as well to understand, one is that each animal can be from 11 to 18 prims or well 22 to 30 something for a breeding pair so well if you are breeding you have to remember to include this in pricing of animals. Also if you have say 50 breeding pairs of dogs that is almost 2000 prims in order to breed them per week meaning if you are way over your head and now have to start selling dogs, horses, cats or even birds just to make your tiers fees at a dirt cheap price than you are a hoarder and hurting the market for everyone else because you still need to feed these animals and provide salt, toys and other breeding helpers to get them to mate and make more. Just as and example again 50 breeding pairs will consume one breeder food per animal a month to keep them from getting sick ... this in lindens will cost over 11,000 lindens per month as well and I have seen many people just not grasp this concept when it comes to breedables because you will also need the mating aids also that in turn will cost over 6000 lindens also. So just to start getting a rough estimate 50 breeding pairs we have at the least about 2000 lindens a week for land and that is a very rough estimate depending on the breed so for a month consider on the land around 8 to 10 K plus the 6K for breeding aids and another 10 K plus to feed them and you at close to 25 K which is $100 or more in real US dollars ... and this is where the problem starts .... People tend to look at the minimum you can sell the animals for making there lindens and not paying back in with real money ... but they do not have the money for a few months breeding already set aside nor do they pay there tier 3 or 4 weeks in advance and well so now they have to sell cheap in order to pay for what they have amassed .... ( or hoarded as well ... )
So you may ask if there is a solution to retaining a strong market you may ask ? Many would like to blame everything but the problem itself. For example saying that breedable company should have had less drops and made these animals traits more rare. Well that will not help because some people will just continue to breed more animals than they can afford and still sell even cheaper to try and keep this never ending cycle going and thus ruining it for all because of there own selfish and greedy excuses. Not paying huge money for traits breeding the animal a few times and than dumping the animal cheap and using its offspring to crash the market is just another reasoning. If you have offspring and do not need the parent anymore than send it to breedables heaven and get the haven points as it is a better solution, seeing they can be used to get special edition paradise puppy or a haven horse or pet food or even sick animal vaccinations ...
Every animal that your breeding pet gives you bundle, kennel or egg is not going to be a special animal with great traits ... and in that case birthing it and getting the haven points is not just a better way to go, it also preserves the market values. would you not rather have less animals that sell for more than selling a bunch of your stuff cheap and than flood the market? Because a direct offspring can again pass the traits of the parents depending on what sort of animal it is and whether it came from a limited or special edition etc. If you are being greedy and selling your direct offspring cheap ... well its not much different than selling a offspring with the hidden traits in view ... Sure you may give a friend a DOS or OS ( Direct Offspring) to be nice and well share the wealth but selling 5 DOS at 1/3rd the value kills the market .... one bundle at a time. It may not seem like much but get 20 breeders doing so and all of a sudden you have flood of traits and the people that make these breedable animals can only spend so much time on new traits and breeds. I have to thank Amaretto for being so on top with bringing us new breeds traits and coats in the first place. Mrs Ava, Ms Cheescake , and Mrs Boss Lady which are the faces we see ... as well the others behind the scenes doing the scripting and also the beta testers are all here for us and work hard every day just to keep the market going and to bring us new amazingly cool things.
I know at this point it looks like I have went on about this for quite a bit but I have not even scratched the surface of this yet because I want to make sure to help and educate new and old breeders as well give ideas to help keep this great breed-able community going and not alienating new breeders. If you are new in the community and need help with pricing I as well others will help all you need to do is ask. I do not just talk to the community and breeders but also auctioneers and auction houses, ranches and the people that run the breedable pets companies too. If you do not want to send your breedable to get haven points and would rather keep it than put it on pet food or get a forever fold or perpetual puppy box for it ... and if it is a special edition collectors later will pay more for these types of animals but again you must find the right markets for these buyers. So well I have just touched on the tip of the iceberg here but this is only part one of the posts for the blog this month. Please follow this blog and help me to help others, feel free message me and contact me in world, on Facebook in the Breedable's of second life group or
https://www.facebook.com/groups/secondlife.breedable.pets/
As well post right here via comments on the blog posts and if you breed other animals than Amaretto's than I would love your feedback as well. If you have pets and breeding animal ranch auction house or company that makes them than I would like to trade links with you and I will give you support and we have more than just this blog as a way to get word out to patrons.
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