Suggestion:24h 50% discount for PERMAPET! What u think? Or drop the price of PERMAPET

[Ivy Norsk]

When I first got my Firestorm kitty and started taking breeding classes, I was struck by how other people immediately described me as a “breeder” of Kittycats even though I had just begun and did not think of me as just someone who had gotten a pet. I think this is an expression of how once you take up this hobby you join a circle of people who are, by and large, producing cats for the use and enjoyment of other breeders.

The market is very saturated; people already have a lot of cats. The next natural expansion of the Kittycats market would be to regular SL residents who aren’t really looking to breed - they just want a pet. And what they would rather have, because it’s hassle free, is an SL pet that doesn’t need to be fed - a permapet.

This is not something that KittyCats! HQ would want to encourage since their cash flow comes from cat food. It is only natural that they would rather that “pet-owners” be assimilated into the pay-for-catfood model even if an individual only owns 2 cats.

I am sure that HQ knows that most people permapet for sentimental reasons and that the great bulk of permapetted cats would never be sold (much as the diamond cartel pushes the use of diamonds in engagement rings so that the gems are never resold which would drive the price down on what is a very common rock). However, I am sure that they also are aware of the possibility of the secondary market seeking to expand to a “pet” audience. And a permapet never dies, so the supply would keep going up, and ever so slowly the proportion of cats who do not rely on pet food, for which they would still have to provide customer service, would grow.

Keeping the price of permapet potion high ensures a minimum price for which a Perma-Kitty could be sold. It would be at least 1500L plus the market value of the cat itself. And so it becomes an item the the casual SL pet-owner might not purchase…. unless they really wanted it. I think KittyCats! HQ has just decided that 1500L is the number where they’re willing to to let a cat pass into no-more-funds-from-that-cat land.