January E-Newsletter 2006

Happy New Year and welcome to the first E-Newsletter of 2006! The next couple issues will concentrate on the upcoming March Madness sale, March 1-5, 2006, online here at LlamaSalesList.Com. We are excited to be hosting another sale, and we hope you can join us online from time to time, and especially towards the end.

We are expecting around 30 llamas in the sale. We are seeing a little more suri in this sale and also more Top Ten placing males from Celebrity, LFA, or Nationals. Whichever males we accept, know that the competition was very tough in deciding which males to select. This is usually the case. We have sold some of the best males in North America in the past, and this sale will be no exception. The females are also well conformed and appealing.

Sale Format: We are not going to have the sale end one lot at a time every two minutes like we did in the past. Instead, they will be staggered in groups. One group will end, followed by the second and third groups. This will allow more time to bid on another llama if you do not get your first choice. For those sellers that elect to use it, there will be a BUY IT NOW option for buyers. If that option is taken by a bidder, the sale is over for that lot immediately. Sellers may also choose to reveal/hide reserve information. Commission is due on all llamas selling after the sale ends as a result of being in the sale.

Bidding Incentive: We'll pay $200/llama for transportation for each llama that sells at or over $7000.

March Madness 2006 Deadline is 1/29/06

TIME IS RUNNING OUT! There is still time to consign to March Madness, but you will probably have to do this online since it is so close to the deadline (1/29), and we'll give you a few extra days to get us some photos if you submit the paperwork online. Consigning online is the easiest way to consign anyway. All of your information is automatically placed into the database and you only have to register once at LlamaSalesList.Com to bid or sell in the present and future auctions. You might already be registeted. We are especially interested in female llamas you have for sale, so please send them in!

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The Breeder's directory is underway. We are currently working on the following states: Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The cost is just $60/year. If you live in one of these states and would like to be included, just contact us. You will be billed later. You will get one FREE listing in the Herd Sire directory. The Breeders' Directory will list participating farms by state, including name, city, state, phone number, and email address. Herd size and specialty may also be listed. This directory will be available on LlamaSalesList.Com, as well as a new website being created exclusively for this directory, called LlamaBreeder.Com. In addition, the directory will also be made available on CD at events that LlamaSalesList.Com attends. If you would like some referrals, then you want to take part in this with minimum financial investment. The Virginia spotlight is nearly complete, but still has some incomplete areas. You can see this page as an example: www.llamasaleslist.com/va/va.html.

More events may be added during 2006, but here are the current events planned:

March Madness 2006 - Online Llama Auction 3/1/06 - 3/5/06
LSL Online Futurity - June 3, 2006, entries displayed, June 4, winners announced
Herd Sire Mania - Online Sire Auction June 8 - July 2 (open to LSL Futurity 1st/2nd place male winners only)
Fall/Winter Sale '06- TBA

There may be a couple of farms having online sales consisting of just their llamas. Contact us for date availability if you are also interested in having us host a sale for you. Also note that we are not planning to run the Sizzlin' Summer Sale in 2006. It seems that there are a lot of sales during that time, and we would rather offer our sale at a different time. If something changes, we will announce it months in advance. Instead, we will have a Winter Sale in 2006.

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Private Sales

Do you have a group of quality llamas you would like to sell? If so, you should consider having your own private sale at LlamaSalesList.Com. In order to qualify for this, you must have at least a minimum of 5 llamas in the sale (there is no maximum number). There are no additional fees on the llamas not selling. We will quote you a flat rate and our fees will be either that flat rate or 10% commission, whichever is higher. Our fees include promotion of the sale on our website and newsletters. Llamas must be of acceptable quality. Now booking - please inquire for more information.