Rare Genetics has been hard at work and has recently produced three new Ball Python tests:

• Genetic Stripe
• Black Pastel
• Enchi

Run any single gene test for $65 or the whole panel of all 14 mutation tests for $120.

The full list of Ball Python tests currently includes: Albino, Asphalt, Black Pastel, Candy/Toffee, Clown, Enchi, Genetic Stripe, Gravel, Hypo, Lavender Albino, Piebald, Spark, Specter, and Yellowbelly.

Don't spend years trying to prove out your animals when you can find out within a few weeks.

Learn more here.

In a recent episode of the Trap Talk Podcast, MorphMarket's new Owner & CEO, Darien Drollinger, sat down with hosts Michael Juarez (MJ) and David Levinson to discuss the current and future state of the platform. Darien highlighted MorphMarket's growth and his ambitious plans for the future while addressing some “hot-takes.” The interview emphasized the importance of collaboration and community engagement in driving ethical reptile trade practices.

Exciting developments lie ahead as MorphMarket continues to reshape the reptile industry.

In this episode of the Animals at Home podcast, host Dillon interviews the new MorphMarket owner, Darien Drollinger. This interview takes us on a journey through Darien’s entrepreneurial endeavors, beginning with the establishment and remarkable growth of Dubia.com, a leading feeder insect supplier in the USA. Darien discusses his recent acquisition of MorphMarket, shedding light on existing challenges, his strategic plans for improvement, and the exciting future that awaits the platform. This conversation unveils the vision of a dynamic and evolving MorphMarket under Darien's leadership.

Custom Store Banner feature is now available for Standard plans and higher. This allows you to customize a cover photo image across your store page like on Facebook, YT, etc.

Find this in your Store Settings below the logo field, where we provide recommended dimensions.

Waitlists help find the perfect home for your animals without even listing them.

They provide a way for buyers to request future animals from a breeder. Sellers can accept and manage these requests to quickly match animals to buyers when they are produced.

Waitlists can be found using the menu or sidebar. Requests can be created from several places:

• Waitlists Sent Tab
• Store Page
• Not for Sale Animals pages
• Projects: Pairing and Offspring Group pages

Breeders can accept waitlist requests on the Waitlists/Received page and communicate with buyers using the Messenger.

Learn all about waitlists in our help article.

Note: Buyers can also monitor animals for sale or in upcoming projects using Saved Searches and Alerts. But the waitlists are different in that they send a message to the seller and get on their list.

The beautify of these animals is one of the best parts of our hobby. MorphMarket breeders have uploaded more than a million photos of these spectacular specimens over the past few years.

We've just made a big improvement that will help you showcase your animals predictably. We are now using the same aspect ratio (or width-to-height ratio) for photos of animals across the site.

Great photography requires great composition. Fundamentally, that's where you place the animal within the photo. You don't normally want to show buyers a photo with part of the animal missing from the image, unless you're providing multiple photos. In order to make your photos look great on our site, you want to understand how MorphMarket prepares and displays those images.

For consistency and versatility we have chosen to CONTINUE using the same aspect ratio which has been in use on our site since the beginning in the search results thumbnails. This ratio is roughly 6:5 (specifically 45:38). However, various other parts of the site were not respecting that rule.

You don't need to crop your photos to this size because our site will continue to do that for you. But you should be aware that this is a narrower photo than what your phone will take by default (which is typically 4:3).

Here are different places you'll see animal photos:

• When you upload your photos in the Edit Animal page, it'll show you exactly how it's going to look.
• This is the way it'll appear in search results as well as on the new animal ad pages.
• Note that users can still tap to zoom and see the full uncut photos on the animal pages.
• This aspect ratio is also being used on all the other parts of the site including Offspring, Collection, and Morphpedia images.
• This work was one of the important things for us to address before retiring the old search and old ad pages. Almost there!

We recommend animal photos which are at least 1500px wide, but more than 10mb in size.

Store logos are a different matter. We recommend a square format, but it will still show the original format of your logo on your store page.

Let us know if you have any questions!

MorphMarket users can now get email & mobile notifications when animals they have been looking for hit the market. This is also known as "In Search Of" alerts.

But it gets better for Breeders. You can preconfigure ANY search alert and share it with others. With only a couple of clicks, your fans can start receiving notifications of your newly listed animals.

Use Case: Create Sharable Alert for Your New Listings (shown in the video)

1. Visit the new search.
2. Under the “Seller” filters, choose your own store (on mobile, filters are under the sliders icon).
3. Hit the "Save Search" button (on mobile, it's the heart icon). Optionally set a name like "JDC Listings" and enable an alert.
4. Click "Share" to copy the link.
5. Paste that link into an email or share it on Facebook with your followers.

All they have to do is follow the link and click "Save", and they'll start getting alerts every time you post a new listing! This will really keep your fans engaged.

NFS Collections is a new animal management feature on MorphMarket which enables you to showcase your Not For Sale (NFS) animals. This is a great way to show off the breeding stock you are working with.

Previously, a few examples from your collection were shown on the Store page. Now, prospective buyers can browse your ENTIRE collection by clicking on the "View Collection" link in the Collection section of the Store page.

The Collection page provides some basic filtering and sorting options with more to come. You can also restrict which animals show up here by adjusting their visibility to Private or Unlisted. Unlisted animals can be seen but only by a direct link. Private animals can only be accessed by the seller.

NFS Animal visibility also depends on your Membership level. Basic members can showcase adults. Standard members can also showcase subadults. Higher memberships includes babies. These limits help to prevent the use of this feature to sell these animals.

However, this limitation did not sit well with us because we wanted all members to be able to share their entire collection with friends, including holdbacks. To allow this, we created a special link which you can obtain by using the Share button on this page. When you post this link into social media, anyone who clicks it will see all of your public animals.

Now let's see those beautiful breeders! Check out Ken Simpson's collection.

Custom Tags is a new feature for MorphMarket's Animal Manager. These are also known as Labels by some other tools like Gmail.

What are tags for?

• Create tags according to your own needs.
• Group & organize animals in your collection.
• Assign them to one or more animals at once with bulk assignment.
• Filter/Search your animals by tags.
• Tags are private so no one else sees them.

To access tags, click on the "Tag" column in your Animal Manager. It's probably near the far right. If that is not displayed, click the button to change your column preferences. From the tag modal, you can click "manage tags" to see all of the ones you've created and rename or delete them.

We love this feature because it's flexible and can be customized to your own needs and tastes.

How would you use this to organize your collection?

We've generated a unique QR Code for your Store Page. You can download your QR code at the bottom of your store profile page (menu -> Seller Profile). This will take someone directly to your page without them having to fumble with URLs or searching.

In case you've been living under a rock, a QR code is a 2-dimensional barcode which users can scan with their phone to take them to a page. They've become especially popular in the post-Covid world for contactless interfaces for things like restaurant menus.

A neat feature about our QR codes is that you can customize where the QR code goes. So far there are two options: It can go to your store page OR directly to your listings.

Where would you use these? Anywhere you want to promote your brand and products.

Some ideas:

• Stickers: imagine your customers slapping these on their tub, incubators or water bottles, and being able to immediately access your animals for sale whenever they are reminded of you. Here's a QR sticker printing service.
• At your expo booth setup, on a banner or just a sheet of paper on the table.
• Shirts, and other merch.

As a bonus we have now provided easy access to high resolution MorphMarket logos in case you want to use these in your materials. We have had users put these on business cards, shirts, expo setups and even vehicle wraps!

We are committed to providing you as a breeder the full range of products and services for your business or hobby.