Alpaca Marketplaces is a new industry-wide program from AlpacaNation designed to serve and
empower alpaca associations, individual breeders, and alpaca web-site owners.
Let's face it, the alpaca industry is bigger than any one web site... and it should be! in fact, for
the industry to thrive as a whole, we believe there needs to be many additional alpaca related marketplaces throughout
the internet, mobile apps, and other media. Alpaca Marketplaces will enable this expansion to happen, while at the
same time, keeping it simple to update and manage for the breeder, vendor and farm store owner.
For Alpaca Associations
The free Alpaca Marketplaces program provides an instant, complete on-line marketplace on the
association's current web site, thereby enabling the association to provide a powerful, new marketing
benefit to it's members. We've even provided a way for your members who don't belong to AlpacaNation to
participage for free! Add a market-place (or convert your existing marketplace) on your association
web site and your members will thank you!
For the Individual Alpaca Breeder
The Alpaca Marketplaces program allows them to expand their sales reach to many new webs sites, while at the same
time providing the ability to instantly update them all from one central location. This will greatly
increase the breeder's exposure while also ensuring consistency and accuracy of listings across
multiple sites. Ask your regional or local alpaca association to add a FREE marketplace to it's web-site today!
For the Alpaca Website Owner
Add an Alpaca Marketplace (or convert your existing sales lists) on your web-site. Your members will
thank you for automatically keeping their listings in-sync with their other sites. Plus, you can use the Alpaca
Marketplaces to provide common sales listing and search services, and save time and resources for the unique services
you want to offer the Alpaca community.
Key Features and Benefits For Alpaca Associations 
- Add a complete Alpaca Marketplace to your Association web-site in minutes!
- Available Modules
- Farm Search & Farm Page
- Alpaca Search & For Sale Listings
- Herdsire Search & Herdsire Listings
- Farm Stores & Products
- Paypal Shopping Carts for E-Commerce
- There is no cost to the association or the individual breeder.
- No programming or major web-site changes required
- No maintenance or on-going resources necessary.
- Add a new, zero cost benefit for your members...they will thank you!
Key Features and Benefits for Individual Breeders
- Sell your alpacas, products and services on MANY websites, not just one or two.
- Update all your sales information in one central location, keeping it all in sync, up to date, and accurate!
- We've added a FREE "marketplace" membership level so you can participate at no cost!
- No need to re-enter listings if they are already on-line, they will automatically transfer in.
- Existing AlpacaNation members will be added to the Alpaca Marketplace program automatically.
Want to Learn More?
We are available to speak at your association's next Board meeting to answer any question
or explain more details.
For more information or to sign up, call 800-893-2695 or email customerservice@alpacanation.com
Frequently Asked Questions
What does an Alpaca Marketplace look like on an association web site?
Each alpaca marketplace looks and feels just like it is part of the association's current web site. No major changes or re-designing is required for the association's web site. The Alpaca Marketplace will provide detailed search tools and sales listings offered from only the association's current members. The available Alpaca Marketplace modules that each association can add to their site includes:
- Farm Search and Listings
- Alpacas for Sale Search and Listings
- Herdsire Search and Listings
- Fiber, Products and Services Search and Listings
- Paypal Shopping Carts for e-Commerce Transactions
What about other web sites that are not an official "Association" can they participate?
Yes! If you own an alpaca web site, or would like to start one, and want to offer great search and sales tools, then this program is for you too! An Alpaca Marketplace can be added to any alpaca related web site that wants to provide a marketplace and sales tools to its customers or browsers.
How much does it cost the Alpaca Association to participate?
The Alpaca Marketplace program is a FREE service provided to the industry by AlpacaNation. We hope to empower the associations and drive industry growth by expanding the reach of alpacas to all corners of the Internet, mobile devices and other media.
How much does it cost the Association member to participate?
There is no cost for the association member or individual breeders to participate in this program. Each individual alpaca association may reserve the right to charge a fee to it's members, however, there are no fees charged by AlpacaNation.
Are Association members required to pay for an AlpacaNation membership to participate?
No. Beginning in June 2011, AlpacaNation will offer a FREE "Marketplace" membership level, which breeders can sign-up for and will allow them to publish their farm information, alpacas for sale, herdsires and products, on any participating association web sites with which they are a member of. Current members will automatically be added to the Alpaca Marketplace program and will be able to specify, which marketplace web sites they wish to participate on.
How long does it take to setup?
For many associations, the installation of the Alpaca Marketplace on it's web site will be complete in just a few minutes. For more complicated web sites, setup may take up to 48 hours for our staff to complete. We've done all the hard work for you!
Does this replace the Alpaca association's current web site?
No, the Alpaca Marketplace program adds new marketplace functionality to the association's existing web site. In fact it will look as if your association built it and will match your other web site pages perfectly!
Will visitors to the association's web site be drawn back to AlpacaNation?
No, we are not trying to "poach" your association's web site visitors. We are simply providing a new benefit to our members and to help further the growth of the industry. There is no requirement to have any AlpacaNation branding or links back to AlpacaNation on content or pages provided through this program (although we would appreciate it!).
Will only current members of my association be included when this is added to my association's web site?
Yes, we have developed a simple, but highly effective model for staying current with your membership roster(s). Therefore, only members in good standing with your association will be able to participate on your association's web site marketplace.
Will individual breeders have to re-enter all of their listings and sales information to participate?
No. Any of your association members who already belong to, or have belonged to AlpacaNation in the past, can simply login and check a box to join your association's web site marketplace. We will verify that the breeder is eligible to join your marketplace and, wallah!... all of their current sales listings will be instantly published on your Association's web site marketplace. If your assocation member's have sales listings published on websites other than AlpacaNation, we offer a "Data Transfer" service to help them get their listings converted and published in the Alpaca Marketplace program quickly.
When a breeder makes a change to their listing, how long will it take to change on the association web site?
Changes made to a listing will be instantly updated on all Alpaca Marketplace web sites that the breeder participates on.
Does this require web programming or other costly resources to implement and maintain?
Not at all! We literally need only a few minutes of your web master's time and we can handle all the rest. Once it is installed, there is little to no maintenance required for the association. Even though we've done all the hard work to make this easy to implement, you will be acquiring a very robust, complete marketplace solution that your members will thank you for!
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