Comments on: Are Alpacas a Craze or Fad??? http://profitingwithalpacas.com/are-alpacas-a-craze-or-fad-like-emus-were-in-the-80s/ Discover What You Really Need To Know... Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:37:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Julie Roy http://profitingwithalpacas.com/are-alpacas-a-craze-or-fad-like-emus-were-in-the-80s/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Julie Roy Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:59:52 +0000 http://profitingwithalpacas.com/?p=111#comment-36 Hema you ask a good question. Here's my point of view about getting into the alpaca market right now. 1. There is a fluctuation in the prices of alpacas now more than in past years. Farmers who are desperate - have reduced their prices drastically. However, those of us who are not desperate have been selling to each other, new breeders and at auctions for the standard prices. 2. Now is a great time to invest in alpacas and negotiate with sellers for value added benefits. 3. I still receive an average of 20 new sign-ups to my free newsletter every day. That tells me that there is still the interest in owning alpacas. 4. Since it takes about 3 - 5 years for your initial herd to reach a size where you could sell offspring, I feel that anybody who has an interest would be very smart to take advantage of the tax incentives and start now. The alpaca market will continue and the economic woes should be behind us by then. Check with your personal accountant to see what other advantages there may be for your economic situation. Hope that helped. Julie Hema you ask a good question. Here’s my point of view about getting into the alpaca market right now. 1. There is a fluctuation in the prices of alpacas now more than in past years. Farmers who are desperate – have reduced their prices drastically. However, those of us who are not desperate have been selling to each other, new breeders and at auctions for the standard prices. 2. Now is a great time to invest in alpacas and negotiate with sellers for value added benefits. 3. I still receive an average of 20 new sign-ups to my free newsletter every day. That tells me that there is still the interest in owning alpacas. 4. Since it takes about 3 – 5 years for your initial herd to reach a size where you could sell offspring, I feel that anybody who has an interest would be very smart to take advantage of the tax incentives and start now. The alpaca market will continue and the economic woes should be behind us by then.

Check with your personal accountant to see what other advantages there may be for your economic situation.

Hope that helped.

Julie

]]> By: Hema http://profitingwithalpacas.com/are-alpacas-a-craze-or-fad-like-emus-were-in-the-80s/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Hema Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:17:58 +0000 http://profitingwithalpacas.com/?p=111#comment-33 I enjoy getting your e-mails. I am concerned as I am researching this industry that with the economic woes our country is facing, that there aren't going to be more people wanting to enter the alpaca ranching business. If fewer people start their own herds, then who will the established or new breeder/owner sell too? I have also heard of people in the midwest going bankrupt and giving away their herds or selling them for 2,000 to 5,000 dollars each. I am considering becoming an alpaca owner/breeder but wonder if this isn't the wrong time to take the market risk. Please give me your thoughts. I enjoy getting your e-mails. I am concerned as I am researching this industry that with the economic woes our country is facing, that there aren’t going to be more people wanting to enter the alpaca ranching business. If fewer people start their own herds, then who will the established or new breeder/owner sell too? I have also heard of people in the midwest going bankrupt and giving away their herds or selling them for 2,000 to 5,000 dollars each.

I am considering becoming an alpaca owner/breeder but wonder if this isn’t the wrong time to take the market risk.

Please give me your thoughts.

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