Breeder Website Input!

When visiting a breeders website do you like to see a complete collection page that shows everything they are working with, from combo's to base morphs? Does it help you choose who your going to be buying what from next? Is it that you enjoy seeing who has what..

Please weigh in, let me know Yes you like to see a complete Collection page or it doesn't matter and why..

When I go to a breeder's website the first thing I look at is how clean and neat the layout is. My second move is straight to the Collection page. I really like to go through each and every morph the breeder is working with and view their comments on that particular morph/animal. I don't know why, but it just seems like this way the breeder puts more effort into letting his/her potential customers know what kind of animals they may be getting.

Just my personal opinion. :)

I chose second option.


At the end of the day...if Big Breeder A is hiding Morph B in his collection NOT on his site....you probably couldnt buy it anyways. LOL

Doesn't bother me either way. I sometimes take a quick look but odds are if I'm looking at your page I already know what kind of quality you have to offer. Its important for me to be able to see a picture of the parents when I'm considering buying an animal though.

Anyone can put up the best of the best on their collection page and keep sub par breeding stock behind closed doors.

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

I chose second option.


At the end of the day...if Big Breeder A is hiding Morph B in his collection NOT on his site....you probably couldnt buy it anyways. LOL

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I'm with Pat on this one.

Doesn't matter either way to me, I look for quality in the animals they have forsale/produce, then the payment plan options they offer.

I personally like seeing pictures of the breeder's collection and the prices that are listed as well. I like seeing pictures of the projects that different breeders have going too.

Well, the thing with snakes or any sort of live animal is that you don't have a constant 'for sale' supply all the time. I hate when I go on a breeder's website, and they have 1 or 2 animals for sale and no updated collection page. I don't think it's neccessary for the collection page to contain each and every animal, but it should at least give the customer a scope at what type of animals and morphs they can expect from you, that way they know whether it's worth coming back for another look again or not if you have the type of animals they're looking for.
Internet marketing, there's tons of sites out there, so if they look on yours and don't see what they want, chances are they'll just carry on and not come back.

Plus, I love them when they're informative, they can be alot of fun to read!

I like when they show at least the snakes that have produced what they have on their 'available' page. If I'm looking at a baby, I want to see the parents too. I don't have to know exactly which ones produced which, but I would like to see at least an example of each type of morph that is being produced at least.

For more of a 'for fun' basis, I like to see everything :P I enjoy seeing the range of the snakes that the breeders keep.

However, my biggest pet peeve.... no pictures on the 'available' page. I'll skim a list of names and morphs and prices, but if there aren't pictures, I'm more than likely not going to spend much time on that site. I know you can email the breeder for pics, but I like to be able to skim and see if there is anything that I would want to see more of, instead of "can I see the pics of (however many snakes)?" If I see something I'm interested in, I'll ask for more pictures, but I'm not likely to ask for pictures to see if I'm interested...

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Originally Posted by Aeries

Well, the thing with snakes or any sort of live animal is that you don't have a constant 'for sale' supply all the time. I hate when I go on a breeder's website, and they have 1 or 2 animals for sale and no updated collection page. I don't think it's neccessary for the collection page to contain each and every animal, but it should at least give the customer a scope at what type of animals and morphs they can expect from you, that way they know whether it's worth coming back for another look again or not if you have the type of animals they're looking for.
Internet marketing, there's tons of sites out there, so if they look on yours and don't see what they want, chances are they'll just carry on and not come back.

Plus, I love them when they're informative, they can be alot of fun to read!

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100% Agree.

I chose 2 because I like to see 'ALMOST' everything. I like that breeders keep some secrets in their pocket. I think it helps the BP Market.

At the same time if I want a sugar, for instance, I am going to bug the guy who has one on their collection page.

As a businessman, I would not put anything on my web page that I'm not selling. What difference would it make if I'm working on a new morph? If it's not for sale, then don't put it on the page. If you want to beat your chest and say you have this or that and you're going to be working on the next big morph, go ahead, but I don't know what purpose this serves.

If you want to increase your page visitor count, then post a bunch of pictures. If you want to sell your stock, then post what's available.

Just my opinion,
Jim Smith

I like to see the parents of the animals I'm buying--it's always a selling point for me, when I'm given that opportunity.
So, I put my collection up on my site, and give others the opportunity to see the parents of animals they're considering buying.

Even if an individual snake is gorgeous, if the parents are butt-ugly, you know it could be a fluke that won't be passed on to offspring in the future, so it's really quite important.

To other points, I also like to see the collection. Especially this time of year when nothing is really hatching yet, I like to see which breeders are potentially going to produce what I have on that year's shopping list. And I've always liked Ralph Davis's birthing records but it looks like he's kind of phased that out :mad:

I like the complete collection. Even if they don't have many available, you can get a feel for their effort and results.

I get very nervous when someone doesn't have a professional looking storefront with contact info and everything. I have been calling the breeders I am going through accept one who's phone number I don't have from a kingsnake classified.


I gotta say classifieds and the like make me nervous!! I much prefer a professional storefront website.

I personally like seeing the entire collection. When large breeders only put a select few breeders on their collection page it makes me think they aren't proud of all their other snakes. If you want to save space, do smaller pictures.

Ok so paly devils advocate here.. Lets say I have a "One eyed one horned flying purple people eater Bee" and I'm working with it for a few seasons. Its a proven combo and in 2012 (before the world ends) I just start showing pics of all the crazy combos that never mad it to my collection page. Would you as a customer feel cheated by not knowing that I was working with that in case you were looking for one..I didn't have any for sale but you had money to burn and for the right price I would have let one go.

From a business standpoint, I personally don't share everything I have or have in the works (it's like giving others the idea to shoot for the samething), if theres a chance I had something I was willing to part with for "the right price" the animal would be on my available page. Eventually when I get around to ever building a site, I will not have my entire collection on it because I dont like the idea of the possibility of a potential burglary.

I'm ok with putting all of my animals up, because we're going to have the surveillance system from hell--my husband is a tech geek, and he's already making plans. lol

All I care about is whether the animals are healthy and whether the breeder is honest. I would have a problem if the breeder put up pictures of animals that were not his/hers, but other than that...

I have a relatively small collection, so I don't know if my opinion counts, but I love all of my babies to death. I'll show them off to anyone who will listen. Lol I guess if I had a website, I'd have a page with pictures and full-length biographies on each of my animals. :P So, in other words, no it doesn't bug me if a breeder wants to show off each of their animals--I sure would!