Web Market sortable by price!

[Theodore Nacht]

(01-28-2017 05:56 PM)Certified Lunasea Wrote:  To be completely honest, this kind of thing will not throw the market out of balance in the least. It won't keep breeders from pricing lower, or others from pricing higher for the same kinds of cats. Nor does it force anyone to price things, much less pricing them in a way they are not comfortable doing. What it will do is allow for the market to balance itself according to supply and demand while allowing all different kinds of markets and breeders to coexist, as a free market should do. It will also provide a potential source of learning for those newer to selling cats in that they can see what the average fair market price is for a cat with similar traits to their own.

You are free to set your price and I am free to set my price, You are free to buy low and sell high and I am free to pay what I feel is fair for a cat I like, in this regard nothing changes. And as far as customer service goes, KittyCatS! is THE source for customer service with any cat issues. Any other services or products not offered by KittyCatS! are supported by the people offering those services or products. This too has not changed just by the introduction of this feature.

This is not going to hurt any relationships we have or anyone else has with breeders they know and trust, but it will allow consumers to obtain cats with similar (or even identical) traits at a price that they may consider a good deal, even if they wish to pay a higher price than what is lowest to support the breeders they like, they are free to do that after all.

Getting upset by having the ability to sort cats by price is no different really than sorting by trait count, location, or any other criteria. This just allows customers an added convenience while allowing the rest of us a new learning opportunity. Nobody has been undermined, or lost freedoms to conduct business as they see fit, or been damaged by this change to an optional third-party product.

TL;DR - It will be business as usual in the KittyCatS! Secondary Market.

This is largely accurate. I fret about possible impacts of things on the market because I love KittyCatS, but I don't wish anyone to interpret what I said as alarmist. I'll simply be more careful about impulse buys and make certain pedigree and seller's name match up to ensure customer support should I have questions about a cat.

@JenniferShelby & Arella Ohmai, I would never suggest your cats are worth less because you price them lower. While not all traits have an equal chance of appearing (rare traits are rare for a reason), I've often found "common" cats to be the cutest and will pay more for them. (It's well known among my friends that Bengal Sorell and Snowshoe Red are the way to my heart; that boo boo whiskers and porcelain shade are the best; changing leaf eye is bae, but light wash is pretty amazing too. Put them all together, and I will pay good money.) I wouldn't in any way tell you how to breed or how to price your cats, and people with the most expensive new traits are not necessarily better breeders... Often they're just IRL wealthy or very lucky. I simply want to encourage every breeder who's here for the fun of it to dare to value their hard work and price their cats in a way that feels good to them and isn't simply about pricing as low as you can go.

Although, it's completely valid if you just want people to enjoy your breeding and you're sharing your cats at cost to encourage more people to buy your kitties.

As for everyone getting along, I love this community and the people who belong to it. Hopefully anyone analyzing my words will understand them from that perspective.