Here's my take on the whole ball python morph market- the point of view of a business admin major with economic classes fresh in my head. As far as I'm concerned, the ball pythons morph market right now is mainly a breeders market. Ball python morphs have really only been around for what, 10-15 years? This is only the beginning. People are buying these animals as an investment. The more people who get involved in this will continue to keep prices up, and once those people begin producing those animals in large enough numbers to bring the price down, it comes to a point where additional possible customers would say, "I love how that animal looks and even though i don't plan on breeding it, I think it's worth the price tag. There are WAYYYY more people out there like that than those people like us who don't mind unloading a couple grand on an investment animal that will give us a much higher return. So its like Adam said, when prices come down low enough to be grasped by the average joe, the total number of customers will increase exponentially, driving the demand. In this environment, relative prices can only get but so low.

With this in mind- if you plan on breeding for the sole purpose of making a return, choose the morphs you get into wisely. If a certain morph lowers in price so that the average person can afford it, will you be able to produce such a quantity to make a return on your initial investment? I don't see that happening with any ball pythons morphs right now (for example the pastel market remaining strong), but it is a reality that is inevitable as more and more people begin producing them. The smart people are going to be those that position themselves ahead of the curve, producing a quantity of lower priced animals to sell at higher volumes, and using that return to have a hand in the "next" big thing.