The RFL Breedable Fair starts today.  There is a lot going on with this event so will try to highlight them here so that you don’t miss out on them.

The first up is the animal for donation, which has come to be known as the RFL Cat the first in the series was a Tiger those of you that were with us in late May early June will remember. This one goes back to our beginnings and is a Jaguar.

Species ~ Jaguar
Breed ~ RFL 2013
Scale ~ Large
Fur ~ ChristmasMagic
Fur Level ~ Limited Edition
Right Eye ~ Christmas Star
Left Eye ~ Christmas Star
Right Ear ~ Worn Big
Left Ear ~ Tweaked Big
Tail ~ Natural
Teeth ~ Prehistoric
Whisker ~ Short
Glow ~ None
Shine ~ None

This cat is introducing the short whiskers. Yes, this is a new trait that we have made up just for this cat, it will pass to your other cats like all the other traits minus the fur. The fur is the only thing that will not pass. The donation price on this cat will be 2,000L’s.

The Second Cat that we have donated to the RFL is a ONE OF A KIND or a OOAK is the very first Liger. The liger comes with a full background of cats lions and tigers that were birthed and bred to be able to bring this very first one too you.

Full stats on the liger are;

ID ~ 217551
Name ~ Spirit
Gender ~ Male
Species ~ Liger
Breed ~ One of A Kind
Scale ~ Natural
Fur ~ Magic of Christmas
Fur Level ~ Limited Edition
Right Eye ~ Magic of Xmas
Left Eye ~ Magic of Xmas
Right Ear ~ Pinched
Left Ear ~ Floppy
Tail ~ Natural
Teeth ~ Fangs
Whisker ~ Natural
Glow ~ None
Shine ~ None

The way this OOAK is working is there is a silent auction part that will bid the item up to a starting bid for a live auction. It will start on Tuesday Tuesday, December 3, and ending on Midnight, Saturday, Dec 7. LIVE portion of the auction on Sunday, Dec 8.  We are panel 18 you will be sure to want to check this one out, he is currently 1 day old right now but will grow up while he waits for his new owner.  We have named him Spirt he is very pretty if i do say so myself and features a Santa and his reindeer flying on a trail of stars on a red background.

We hope you all enjoy the fair.

Two days ago we let the lions out of the bag. What a world wind of a few days. The repots are coming in that they are well loved.

The much anticipated release went off with very few issues.  The lions are the 5th of a line of breedable big cat. With the release of this cat the team has finally been able to take a step back and really look at them as a whole, and WOW what can we say the cats are pretty amazing.

When we started out to make them we never dreamed we could make them so life like and real. It was our goal but to reach that goal with the reality of it is a wonderful feeling.  Testing new toys they seem to get excited and happy and want to play with the new toy that they have.  That for them it is something more to investigate.  We do still have more toys coming to add to your own Big Cat experience.

Taking this opportunity to go over how our Sales Signs work here at the WK.

When you click a sign it gives you a menu. Simple enough you make your choice from the menu and then you right click and pay the unit.  Sometimes there are many choices and you have to make sure the id of the number you want is selected.

We have run in to issues where a buyer thinks to them self ~~ I want two of this item and just clicks the Pay part twice because it has not timed out yet. This will just cause the unit to eat your money and won’t give you anything.  It is annoying we know but you really have to do all the steps each time.

What to do if the unit eats your money.  Go to the s transaction page and copy your transactions showing that you tried to pay twice for something and only got the one. Place this information on a NOTE CARD with your name and it ATE my money, send this card to Queenfelinea. We will confirm it and contact you.

The unit will also print out a nice little transaction id and receipt this is only a little confusing when you have tons of people around you because your not sure if it is yours or not.  We will be trying to add the owners name on to this message.

We know we just went through updating the Magic Map. However just after we did this one of you requested a Hud that would call all cats home or turn all cats motions on or off.  Well we don’t like hud’s and we really thought that this could be a feature of the Map.  The only way to get this all together to work right however is an UPDATE to both the Magic Map and the Cats.  Now the Cat update which is coming and these new features sort of work with the older cat versions. The motion off some of the cats are very independent and don’t want to so they ignore the command. Just like real cats they will sometimes do what they want to regardless of what you would like them to do. Those we have had test it though LOVE the new features. Huge THANK YOU goes out to whom ever it was that asked for it and the many of you that said great idea.

To update the map simple rezz a block object and place your map inside the object with your name in the line where it default will say object and pass it over to Queenfelinea.

These will be off sale at the end of Halloween Night so don’t delay get yours today.  They can be found at either of the main  WK Wild Kajaera Store sims.

You know you want to take me home!

This is the latest in the line of the cats that will be available from the sanctuary.

Whats the Sanctuary ??

If you are still in the dark about the Sanctuary. It is the tool we have given to the breeders of our big cats to send off the cats that they feel are not selling at the price they should.  They can save there points for the cats that come out or for boosters and toys.

By using sanctuary you end up keeping the demand for the cats and there sacks at high demand.

Gender ~ Male
Species ~ Cheetah
Breed ~ Sanctuary
Scale ~ Large
Fur ~ KwaZulu
Fur Level ~ Limited Edition
Right Eye ~ ElectricPurple
Left Eye ~ ElectricPurple
Right Ear ~ Worn
Left Ear ~ Worn Little
Tail ~ Short
Teeth ~ Crooked Tooth
Whisker ~ Super Long
Glow ~ None
Shine ~ None

The Avi Choice Awards are open for nominating/voting.

We have heard all your wonderful feed back of the last 10 months and we are so jazzed and excited about how well you all love our Wild Kajaera Cats.  It has come to our attention that you can Vote for your favorite things in sl.  What better way for you to spread the word than to vote for WK Wild Kajaera as Best Breedable in Second Life.  Lets tell all of sl just how much you have enjoyed the cats and build our breedable community to the largest we can.

The voting or nomination form can be found here

http://avichoiceawards.wordpress.com/enter-your-nominations-here/

You do NOT need to vote in ever catagory but if you have some favorites go ahead and let sl know.

They will Love it too creators work hard to make your sl as amazing as they can.

Everyone at WK gets asked often, “what should I price this cat at?” In the marketing class this was answered many times, without actually telling a breeder an exact amount to price their cats at.

You’ve had a wonderful cat and are so excited about it, but what’s it worth?

A few hints for pricing.
The Rarity calculator is a tool for you to use to count your traits and compare how rare your cat is to other cats on the grid. I know you’re asking how much is a trait valued at? Good question. This is not a simple answer. Fur levels, traits and rarity all go into the price of the cat. But also an important factor only revealed by going out to markets and auctions, and that is, desire. Some furs, traits, species and eyes are always more desirable than others. How these are chosen is by popular demand. Sometimes it’s a name given to a pairing of furs and traits.
We have heard people say they are 500 – 1000 even 2000 a trait is there method of pricing. Again many things go into pricing, rule of thumb is each trait and fur level does have a value attached to it, and the calculator on your dashboard is one terrific way to see how great the cat is.
Crated cats are sold in fur levels 1 – 2 or 3 and the very odd chance of a 4 in Cheetahs.
Crated cats cost 1500L’s for 1, 2500L’s for 2 and 3000L’s for 3. This is what the company feels is the minimum that cats can sell for. Since we get it, why shouldn’t you. Your cats are higher generations and have new traits and furs opened up to them by breeding.

Marketing is extremly important to sell anything. You cannot sell what you do not advertise. No one is just going to drop into your home and ask to buy your cats. You need to advertise and be seen. Rent a few stalls at different location and use those slurl for each add you put out. Advertise in a LOT of groups, not just one or two. If you don’t have time to advertise, hire a company. We use an advertising company to bring new people into our main stores to excite them and get them going. They will not just buy our cats. they instantly want a particular kind. The CSR’s inform them of the classified and web pages.
We also cannot express enough how valuable a good auction or two a week are. Also a great way to meet people and have fun. Take the best you own to them. Let the auctioneers get the crowd fired up and buying the cats and don’t forget the first rule of marketing, you have to buy and sell, not just sell. You cannot keep breeding the same animals if you are not getting what you want. Puff up your stock with one or two great ones, it is well worth the money.  Also please take the breeding class, you may think you know all there is to know but maybe need to keep an open mind and see if you learn something.

Bottom line, the market is what you all make it. We all know what it is like when the tier is due we think, slash the prices just this once. But try to remember it is better to sell one cat at the price it is worth then to try to sell 10 cats to at lower prices. This is also hurting other people who have the same expenses you do, but want the cats to thrive and not have such drastic pricing from rental space to rental space.

OK last little bit and this directed to those that have 100 ‘s of sacks

SANCTUARY!
Really the sacks that sit for days weeks and even months on end, don’t you think it would be a good idea to take some of them off to sanctuary? This would decrease the supply making the demand higher and then prices would rise and everyone will be happier. We offer boosters in sanctuary so you can can use them on the cats you are breeding.
And remember the more sacks you have the easier it is to overlook a terrific cat.

RECAP:
Advertise, be seen, go to auctions, the auctions are a party with benefits, price better, learn more, and Sanctuary!

The Magic Map has another update for those that want to update  their map please make a box name it map update and your name and put your map inside. Send it on to Queenfelinea and will get you the updated version out to you.

Whats new in the map well a few things. We have made a fix to the image that when the SL map server is down it will now show you this image.

I am too cute to get mad at

We have also add the ability to use your own picture. This is really nice for those of you with sim surrounds that black the image gathering capabilities of the sl map.

In preparation for the Lions, Ligers and Tigons we have added the smarts to the map to recognize them when they come along.

We were asked by one of our breeders to bring out some Seasonal Food Items that could be used to decorate the sim.  Well as many of you know we listen to our breeders and if do able we make it happen.

There are now on sale at both of the main sims Canadian Country Lane and Crystal River.

For those of you with a sense of humor.  We have 2 witches legs and a witches hat with a extra prim as a cape which you can use or not use. Now J Jaed of course has a great sense of humor and has some interesting display ideas for you on how best to get a laugh out of these.

For those that love balloons we have a spider and bat and pumpkin stalk for you.  These can be used to ad a bit of festivity to your sim and be practical too they are food for your cats.  They like the other foods are refillable.

Stop by the sim today.