MorphMarket Launches Today

[hanzo_baseball]

Question: does a website such as this serve to drive down prices?

I don't breed, but I do like seeing what's available and for what it's selling for. In a site such as this, when two or three breeders are selling essentially the same/similar snake, wouldn't the logical thing for the breeder to do be to offer theirs for less than the competition, driving down prices ultimately?

Case in point: there is a beautiful little vanilla on there; it's selling for less than normals. Seems to me that vanilla could sell for more. If I was selling a vanilla, I think I'd be a little ticked that I am selling it for whatever the price should be (certainly at least more than a normal), but it's unlikely mine will sell when the one out there already is less (maybe a lot less).

I love free market, but the benefit is for the buyer, not the seller. I would think the largest breeder would just step in, undercut the market for pastels or cinnamons or mojaves or whatever. I can't see how something like this helps sellers.

I don't know, maybe the profit margins are made up on the shipping charges, which practically no one publishes?

[OhhWatALoser]

Question: does a website such as this serve to drive down prices?

I don't breed, but I do like seeing what's available and for what it's selling for. In a site such as this, when two or three breeders are selling essentially the same/similar snake, wouldn't the logical thing for the breeder to do be to offer theirs for less than the competition, driving down prices ultimately?

Case in point: there is a beautiful little vanilla on there; it's selling for less than normals. Seems to me that vanilla could sell for more. If I was selling a vanilla, I think I'd be a little ticked that I am selling it for whatever the price should be (certainly at least more than a normal), but it's unlikely mine will sell when the one out there already is less (maybe a lot less).

I love free market, but the benefit is for the buyer, not the seller. I would think the largest breeder would just step in, undercut the market for pastels or cinnamons or mojaves or whatever. I can't see how something like this helps sellers.

I don't know, maybe the profit margins are made up on the shipping charges, which practically no one publishes?

This could be discussed to quite lengths, but undercutting does not maximize profits in this hobby. These animals are not iPads, they aren't all the same and they can also reproduce themselves, you can't compare a typical market to this one. In the case of most markets, I get the same item no matter what I pay so of course I shop the price. Sure there will be people who shop the lowest price, but this hobby thrives more on shopping the animal and not the price. Then factor in animals can also reproduce themselves, so supply grows without regulation, so naturally prices will drop. Simple supply and demand.

but a simpler answer would be, classified sites have been around for years, this one in a nut shell just makes you spend less time looking for what you want and less time posting. This is game changing tech wise, same snakes are still for sale, just on a different site.

http://www.kingsnake.com/
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/index.php
http://www.thereptilereportmarketplace.com/

[jplehmann]

Question: does a website such as this serve to drive down prices?

I don't breed, but I do like seeing what's available and for what it's selling for. In a site such as this, when two or three breeders are selling essentially the same/similar snake, wouldn't the logical thing for the breeder to do be to offer theirs for less than the competition, driving down prices ultimately?

Case in point: there is a beautiful little vanilla on there; it's selling for less than normals. Seems to me that vanilla could sell for more. If I was selling a vanilla, I think I'd be a little ticked that I am selling it for whatever the price should be (certainly at least more than a normal), but it's unlikely mine will sell when the one out there already is less (maybe a lot less).

I love free market, but the benefit is for the buyer, not the seller. I would think the largest breeder would just step in, undercut the market for pastels or cinnamons or mojaves or whatever. I can't see how something like this helps sellers.

I don't know, maybe the profit margins are made up on the shipping charges, which practically no one publishes?

@hanzo, it's an interesting question. I agree with the guys said and I'd add: Our belief is that a smart search engine for snakes does not dumb down the process [to price only comparison]. On the contrary, we believe it saves buyers time by quickly locating their options within certain parameters, which allows them to spend more time to be more discriminating about their purchase based on a variety of factors.
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thanks,
John