I list
horses on this site as consignments. That means that we enter into an
agreement where I advertise your horse on this site and talk to potential buyers
about your horse. If the potential buyer is interested enough, then I will
pass that person on to you, the horse owner. You set up appointments to
show the horse and actually make the sale. I am available to you as a
facilitator or broker. I can help in negotiations, contracts, etc, to make the sale easier.
If your
horse sells to the buyer that I have sent, or any other horse on your property
that is not listed on the site sells to this buyer, then I collect a 10% sales
commission based on the final purchase price of the horse that actually
sells. If the buyer brings a friend with him and the friend buys any horse
on your property, then you still owe me a the commission. If you send the
client to another farm, you are still responsible for the commission if that
horse sells. The sales commission is your responsibility, not the Buyer's.
It cannot be added on to the price that you have advertised on the site.
If you accept a trade, you are still responsible for the full sales commission
to me. If you collect a non-refundable deposit, and the sale falls
through, you still owe me 10% of that deposit as those are monies collected on
the sale of the horse.
If,
however, you enter into a trade with another horse that is listed on my site,
then, I total the sales commissions from both horses and divide it in
half. The commission can then be paid by either party to the
trade.
There is
a $25 fee to list the horse on the site. There is an additional $25 fee if
you want video on the site. This is to cover my time to list
the horse. You can pay using the button at the bottom of this page.
When you
actually list the horse with me, you are entering into a contract to sell the
horse. You must be the legitimate owner of the horse and be willing to
sell it for the price that you have stated on the site. You agree not to
advertise it at a different price on any other site or medium. This
promotes trust with the buyer. If he or she sees a horse advertised in one
place for one price, and another place for higher or lower, it sends the wrong
message to that buyer. Honesty is a very big deal to me, and everything
has to be on the up and up. You can withdraw the horse at any time,
however, if it sells to a buyer that I have sent at a later time, then you still
owe me the commission. I reserve the right to remove a listing from the site
for any reason.
If this
is agreeable to you, then fill in the following form, and follow the five steps
listed below. I know it looks like a lot, but it really isn't. It
won't take much time to fill in and do what needs to be done to list your horse.
The more you tell, the more interest there will be.
Step One: Fill in ALL
form fields.
Step Two:
Talk & Pay
Call me and let's chat about
things.
678-592-8206
(Call me after noon EST, as I work
all night and sleep in the morning.)
This one is critical, as I
won't list a horse on the site without talking to you
directly. If you are ready to list your horse, you can pay by Paypal
below without having a Paypal account. Paypal accepts all major
credit cards.
You must pay for each horse
individually to allow me to keep records for each horse. Fill in the name
of the horse in the blank space.
If you want
a short 1 to 2 minute video available from the site then pay below on the
Add a Video button. More people look at horses that have online
video.
Step Three: Scan and
email a copy
of PFHA papers to me.
Step Four: Email
several GOOD photos of the horse and/or tack items to fiesta@netscape.com
A good photo is one that
you can actually see the horse. Remember you are selling the horse,
not the rider! So don't cut the feet off the horse in order to get
the person in the frame. Try to get one or two from each side
and then from a 3/4 angle off the shoulder.
It is a good idea to get
some under saddle, in gait and then without a saddle. If this horse
is great with kids, then by all means put children on it for the
photos. If he goes through water... put him in the water. Remember, this is what a buyer is going to look at first
before he ever reads anything about your horse.
If the photo is dark
or doesn't look good, then guess what.... no one is going to look at your
horse. This step is critical to a good sale.
Make sure you
groom your horse and clip him before you take the photos. Make him
look as good as you can for the photos. So take your time
on this one and do the best you can. If you email, send them in .jpg
format. If you are on aol, then send them one photo per
email, as aol compresses photos into a file that I can't open.
If
you are computer challenged, you can mail them to the address
below. I do not return photos, so make sure you are sending
copies of ones you want to keep. You can also put all the photos on a CD in .jpg format,
and send the CD to me. Wal-Mart and others do great downloads to
CDs.
Step Five: Video of
this horse
The first
thing a potential buyer off the internet is going to ask for if he or she
is really interested in seeing your horse is a video tape of him. If
your buyer is not local, then they need to see the horse in action before
they will commit to coming so far to buy the horse.
As critical as good
photos are to catch the first interest, this is the place to show off the
best points of your horse. Shoot
several short videos... no more than 2 minutes each!!
Tape one for ground manners, grooming,
tacking up. Tape one of mounting and dismounting, walk, corto, largo, backing up,
reversing. Tape one going through water if you can or putting children on
your horse. If you have a
trailer, and he loads well, then tape a short video of him loading. A good video can sell a horse without a visit from
the buyer. They just like the video, buy the horse, and ship
it. It has happened.
So if you don't own a
video camera, borrow or rent one for an afternoon. Take the time to
groom your horse and get him looking as good as you can.
I can list the horse
without this immediately, but remember, no video, no potential buyer that
lives more than 50 miles away from you, so if you want that national
market, videos are critical.
Please do not send original papers or photos
that you need returned. Make copies of everything as I cannot return
anything.
Mail video and any other
copy of papers and photos that you can't send electronically to:
Jennie Williams
P.O.
Box 830784
Stone
Mountain, GA 30083