Are websites worth the hassle?

I just finished with a free trial website. What a pain! I don't know if it's worth the trouble for me. I'll only have about three clutches a year, and I'd rather sell them quickly to good homes at a good price rather that to hold out for top dollar. Is it possible to get by without a website? Can a person build a reputation as a good breeder without one?

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Originally Posted by piedplus

I just finished with a free trial website. What a pain! I don't know if it's worth the trouble for me. I'll only have about three clutches a year, and I'd rather sell them quickly to good homes at a good price rather that to hold out for top dollar. Is it possible to get by without a website? Can a person build a reputation as a good breeder without one?

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It will be harder just make sure you ask people if you can use them as a reference, when buying if you tell me you have no references I wont buy from you. Craigslist is the best for pets, although in some forums you get flagged a lot. you can also use kijiji.com. id say you wont need a website as long as you have good references. In the long run if your a bigger breeder I do reccomend one.

If you don't plan on having more than a few clutches, I don't think you need more than a good Facebook page to sell well. Assuming you produce high quality animals, and can take good pics, Facebook has a tremendous reach.

I can't believe the kind of garbage dipped reptiles offered on Craigslist, I wouldn't consider animals from there.

Present yourself professionally on FB, and you should be fine without a specific website of your own.

Best of luck.

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Originally Posted by Robyn@SYR

If you don't plan on having more than a few clutches, I don't think you need more than a good Facebook page to sell well.

Assuming you produce high quality animals, and can take good pics, Facebook has a tremendous reach.
Present yourself professionally on FB, and you should be fine without a specific website of your own.

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Ahhhhh.... excellent idea! :gj:

Sent you a PM.

You could always get a tumblr or blogger or something to post updates and have pages linked to contact info, available, terms etc - both those sites (and more) let you have multiple pages to at least function as a website - but free. Free websites that take of the coding and layouts and such will save you a lot of time! But definitely facebook is a good way to network, people can't "like" and get feed updates from your independent website as easily.

Good luck!

I never sold a snake that I produced until I made a website. After I made one, I sold nine clutches within a couple months on the net. In my opinion, free websites are not professional. If you are going to make one, buy some space and a good domain.

Some times the problems associated with classified markets like Craigslist is simply not worth it. The conservation people in my region tend to lerk on them and also in my area they have been know to come and inspect and impound animals that they have mis-identified and then there is a fight to return them. Red slider mistaken for a painted turtle, a royal python mistaken for a baby burm, that is in the last year. :weirdface

It also depends on the classifieds sites you use. I dont have a website and I built a good rep simply by buying memberships to kingsnake and fauna. Building a trader rating and good BOI threads is a plus. I found that only a very small percentage of buyers will ever actually leave good ratings or BOI posts so it takes many sales to get to that point, but it's worth it in the end.

A website is useful but so many people search the big reptile classifieds now that once you already have a good rep established, I think that's a good way to go. Even the big breeders advertise there as well as their own web pages so they get the most views.

Local sites like craigslist and eBay classifieds (kijiji) are really only useful for rehoming normals or morphs you simply don't want or can't afford anymore but are not looking for any real profit or income from.

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Originally Posted by Sugarbone

You could always get a tumblr or blogger or something to post updates and have pages linked to contact info, available, terms etc - both those sites (and more) let you have multiple pages to at least function as a website - but free. Free websites that take of the coding and layouts and such will save you a lot of time! But definitely facebook is a good way to network, people can't "like" and get feed updates from your independent website as easily.

Good luck!

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Yes, I'm thinking about using Wordpress because it's very easy to use. I'm also learning about Facebooks business section where they just click "like" & then they get your updates on their Facebook page.