Was just reading through the posts and saw the comment that that Ball Python market will crash ... while I know this is the Milksnake forum (I'm just visiting) thought I would reply... so not wanting to repeat many of the comments already made, there are some big differences between the Ball morph market and most others at the moment ... yes, most everyone in the Ball morph market expects continued downward pricing pressure as supply increases ...but at each price point there are hundreds of new buyers (Spiders this year were a good example, many of us Ball python breeders sold out months ago) ... but not a crash ... its new morphs which drive the markets and the Ball python market keeps expanding ... there are currently nearly 50 PROVEN basic Ball python color and pattern mutations ... and another 50 plus Designer morphs and counting ...this year we saw several totally new Ball mutations (real ones not the BS, some fools try to sell on KS) ...so the greatest threat to the Ball python morph market is its own success ... there is almost too much to choose from !! ... many Ball python breeders are starting to diversify into CA Boa morphs, Carpet Python morphs, Rainbow boa morphs and Blood/STP python morphs ... all markets with lots of new mutations and all in different stages of development .....its really all about knowing where the market is and then deciding if you are happy to play there .... at some stage the basic Ball morphs (Pastels, Albinos, Spiders, etc) will be produced in such huge numbers they will be seem cheap (compared to today) but others will still have a long way to come down and still have plenty of room to make some good profits .... well, at least thats my take ...



cheers, John
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