MorphMarket Launches Today

[se7en]

will check out at home

[h00blah]

Gotta look at this a bit more. So far it's beautiful and easy to navigate. I'll have some more feedback later .

[Marissa@MKmorphs]

I messed around on it for a little bit and I love the concept! Especially browsing by morph and the color coordination that goes with it!

[lpaulgib]

Nicely laid out website. My only issue is that people seem to think too highly about their morphs. Some of these morphs are way too expensive. When your morph looks just like a $25 normal and you're charging $750 for some tiny alteration, I almost choke. No way those things are worth that much. I don't see why anyone would ever pay that much.

[OhhWatALoser]

Nicely laid out website. My only issue is that people seem to think too highly about their morphs. Some of these morphs are way too expensive. When your morph looks just like a $25 normal and you're charging $750 for some tiny alteration, I almost choke. No way those things are worth that much. I don't see why anyone would ever pay that much.

Chances are you are being short sighted, some of those almost normals combo up with things like look like nothing else. Which morph are you looking at? I'm sure id be able to show you why people might pay for it.

[wolfy-hound]

Nicely laid out website. My only issue is that people seem to think too highly about their morphs. Some of these morphs are way too expensive. When your morph looks just like a $25 normal and you're charging $750 for some tiny alteration, I almost choke. No way those things are worth that much. I don't see why anyone would ever pay that much.

Perhaps you haven't seen what the "nearly normal" looking morph does when combined with other morphs? A good example is the crystal gene. Look up a "special" morph then look up a "super special" or "crystal". The almost completely normal looking "special" turns into a completely different animal in combination. A mojave and special makes a crystal.

Or take yellowbellies or enchis. They also look close to normal but when combined with others or even with themselves to make a super(yellowbellies super form = ivory) they make incredible animals.

The newer the gene, the higher the price. When the gene can make incredible combos, the price will be higher. When people discover something awesome that the gene can do, the demand can go up also.

I still have trouble seeing a yellowbelly, it looks like a regular normal. But I know what yellowbelly can do in combinations. So yellowbelly is a desirable gene and worth a lot more money.

[lpaulgib]

Perhaps you haven't seen what the "nearly normal" looking morph does when combined with other morphs? A good example is the crystal gene. Look up a "special" morph then look up a "super special" or "crystal". The almost completely normal looking "special" turns into a completely different animal in combination. A mojave and special makes a crystal.

Or take yellowbellies or enchis. They also look close to normal but when combined with others or even with themselves to make a super(yellowbellies super form = ivory) they make incredible animals.

The newer the gene, the higher the price. When the gene can make incredible combos, the price will be higher. When people discover something awesome that the gene can do, the demand can go up also.

I still have trouble seeing a yellowbelly, it looks like a regular normal. But I know what yellowbelly can do in combinations. So yellowbelly is a desirable gene and worth a lot more money.

That makes a lot more sense. It's still shocking seeing a $750 BP that is only marginally different than a normal. For example I see a pastel puzzle that I honestly can't tell a difference between that and my normal, except theirs is $850. Then the Huffman Het Ghost looks exactly light a slighty lighter shade normal. Maybe my eyes are dumb. I can see why Super Chocolate is expensive ( beautiful snake by the way), but it's still high.

[Galaxygirl]

That makes a lot more sense. It's still shocking seeing a $750 BP that is only marginally different than a normal. For example I see a pastel puzzle that I honestly can't tell a difference between that and my normal, except theirs is $850. Then the Huffman Het Ghost looks exactly light a slighty lighter shade normal. Maybe my eyes are dumb. I can see why Super Chocolate is expensive ( beautiful snake by the way), but it's still high.

To a pet owner, buying an expensive BP that looks minimally different than a normal probably wouldn't be worth it. To breeders, though, it is. Breeders know how to utilize that morph.

[h00blah]

What does it take to get added to the "Breeders" page?

Somewhat minor, but this helps me when looking around on Fauna > maybe there should be a sort on the BPs for sale for "Location". Sometimes you can get a good price by negotiating a pick-up rather than a fedex delivery.

I LOVE the breeders page! This is a crazy feature request - but having some way to customize your page's colors, layout, or font would be awesome! Even having an avatar to go with your name, or a breeder page profile photo to show off your logo would be cool. I don't know, I just fantasize about decking out my breeder page, as there's no other place to do this than to make your own website. I imagine people who make something really cool linking their MorphMarket page to their signatures. Just a thought .

Do you also plan on having a rating/review system for breeder pages? I'm not confident that it's such a good idea to do that, as flame wars are almost guaranteed to grow .

If I think of anything else, I'll reply . It's awesome having a platform to discuss this with the creator! You did a great job!

[jplehmann]

What does it take to get added to the "Breeders" page?

Somewhat minor, but this helps me when looking around on Fauna > maybe there should be a sort on the BPs for sale for "Location". Sometimes you can get a good price by negotiating a pick-up rather than a fedex delivery.

I LOVE the breeders page! This is a crazy feature request - but having some way to customize your page's colors, layout, or font would be awesome! Even having an avatar to go with your name, or a breeder page profile photo to show off your logo would be cool. I don't know, I just fantasize about decking out my breeder page, as there's no other place to do this than to make your own website. I imagine people who make something really cool linking their MorphMarket page to their signatures. Just a thought .

Do you also plan on having a rating/review system for breeder pages? I'm not confident that it's such a good idea to do that, as flame wars are almost guaranteed to grow .

If I think of anything else, I'll reply . It's awesome having a platform to discuss this with the creator! You did a great job!

Hi h00blah,

> What does it take to get added to the "Breeders" page?

http://www.morphmarket.com/faq#breeders-page

> maybe there should be a sort on the BPs for sale for "Location".

Is medium-high priority.

> Customizing breeders's page

Great ideas. The logo in particular is very likely. I would like breeders to be able to use this as their page. In fact here's a button you can use to point to your store if you like. Update the link obviously.

<a href="http://www.morphmarket.com/stores/XXXYOURSTOREHEREXXX"><img src="https://morphmarket-media.s3.amazona...g/MMButton.png" alt="MorphMarket ball pythons for sale" title="MorphMarket link" style="height:40px; display:block;"></a>

> Rating system

Maybe one day. As you said, it's tricky to do this right.

> It's awesome having a platform to discuss this with the creator!

Glad to be available. It's exciting to be building a platform that unlocks the awesomeness of what you guys are doing!

thanks,

John