Flight Rising Discussion

http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=mb&board=baz&id=431501

I'm only asking for feedback here since the dragons for sale part of the forums moves way too fast to get anyone to actually look at my thread to give price feedback. I'm not asking to look at my thread because I want you to buy stuff or advertise, I purely just want feedback on the prices that I and my friend KaitouCat have set for our reservation thread. If you don't wanna follow the link, here are the prices and other information:


:Prices:

80t = 1g

Down payments must be a minimum of 50k.
Currently all money will be going towards gene and breed change scrolls.
Full payment is due at the date of the desired clutch.
We cannot refund down payments at this time, so please take this into consideration.

-230k FOR SHARED PAIRS-

CUSTOM PAIRS
*Custom pairs, which are defined by choosing two of our dragons to breed together, can be requested for an additional 75k to your down payment!
*If you request a custom pair, your name will be placed under the waiting lists that contain the dragon you are requesting.
*When you reach the first slot in each waiting list, the dragons will be bred on their next available date.

*For Unshared Pairs*

-Pearlcatchers-
To be Announced

-Ridgebacks-
Two Genes - 200k
Three Genes - 250k

-Spirals-
Two Genes - 250k
Three Genes - 300k

-Wildclaws-
To be Announced

-Imperials-
To be Announced


Are our prices too high? Should they be readjusted? We have very good colors on our dragons. What else should be change?

Taking a look at your sales thread, I noticed a lot of dragons are starter dragons with basic genes. A while ago, I noticed a thread (can't quite remember what the subject was) in which quite a few posters expressed hesitancy to place reservations on pairs that have not received most of the changes that were promised them. It was okay if they were nearly complete, but if both parents hadn't received the breed change scroll or were missing most of their planned genes, it was a no go.

Your prices seem reasonable. I see no issue with it. Maybe lower the reservation fee a little bit, as I know that some are apprehensive about reservation fees going above a certain point, myself included amongst them. You might lure in more buyers that way.

Hahnu x AuranSol produce the very popular white + colorful wings combo and they're both complete, so I expect them to receive the majority of attention from potential buyers. People also like dark primaries with bright secondaries, so Void x Volun may be popular, but they only produce a very limited range of buyers, potentially limiting the amount of interested buyers because there aren't a lot of options. Toorvith x Pruzah have a good secondary color range, so they will probably receive plenty of interest when they're changed. You may want to invest in more pairs with the popular dark/light body plus bright wings combo, but if that's not your thing, you could ask around to see what people's favorite color combos are and then invest in pairings which many people seem to like (other than the dark/light-bodied and bright-winged dragons).

Cat's got a link to your buying thread in her signature, but you could probably use one as well, @Fatalis. It would probably also be a good idea to list some of what you breed in your signature to catch people's attention. As an example, one could put "double gene white primary purple secondary spiral breeding" as something that you breed and sell which could catch people's attention.

I would post around in other people's buying threads a bit as well. Not only do the original posters see your offers, but other people see them as well. Several of the people I have interested in my imperials found out I was selling them through posts I made offering others imperials. Posting just about anywhere can be helpful to spread the word, too, so long as you've got a link to your sales thread in your signature. Think of every single post you make as an advertisement.

I would also post a set of rules and disclaimers at the top of your thread. That way, people know what to expect and what's acceptable and if a situation relating to your reservations arises, you can point them towards your rules. Plus it just looks nicer when you set down some guidelines. For instance, I didn't notice anything in your thread relating to what happens if someone doesn't pick from a clutch. Do they get to pick from the next clutch? Do they have to pay another fee to be able to pick again? If they get to pick again, are they first pick or last pick? I tried to account for as many situations as I could possibly think of in my rules and disclaimers.

If there are any breeding hubs and organizations that you qualify for, get involved in them as well. I told Cat through Steam that Hahnu x AuranSol qualified for the Neon Wings. If you intend to give Void the shimmer gene, your Void x Vulon pairing will also qualify as an advance breed pairing for the Neon Wings.

Lastly, with so many people vying to sell their dragons and with how fast the dragon sales forum moves, it's simply difficult to get much attention unless you've got something in extremely high demand (like imperials), so bump often. For tidiness' sake, delete your own bump posts.