Market Research (Chameleon Mounts)

Some time ago chameleon mounts appeared in sellrooms and it became easier to observe the trends in this segment. Of course, my information is not complete, but at least we got some guidelines, and I’m intended to watch all prices fluctuations in order to get a better picture.

Level	Level 100	Level 100	Level 100	Level 1-5	Level 1-5	Level 1-5
Condition	Unneutered (full mating capacity)	Unneutered (less than 10 mating left)	Sterile/ Neutered	Unneutered (full mating capacity)	Unneutered (less than 10 mating left)	Sterile/ Neutered
Ginger†	n/a	n/a	~ 1 mk**	0.3 − 0.6 mk	0.2 − 0.7 mk	0.17 − 0.3 mk
Almond†	n/a	n/a	n/a	1 − 1.5 mk**	0.8 − 1 mk**	0.8 mk
Orchid†	n/a	n/a	n/a	1 − 1.5 mk**	1 − 1.5 mk**	1 − 1.5 mk
Indigo†	n/a	n/a	0.8 mk	0.6 − 0.8 mk	0.5 – 0.8 mk**	0.5 − 0.7 mk
Ebony†	2 mk	n/a	~ 1.5 mk**	n/a	n/a	0.7 − 0.8 mk
Crimson†	n/a	~ 2.5 mk	~ 2 mk	n/a	n/a	0.5 − 1 mk
Almond and Orchid†	n/a	n/a	n/a	1 − 1.5 mk	n/a	n/a
Almond and Crimson†	n/a	n/a	5 mk	n/a	n/a	n/a
Almond and Golden†	n/a	n/a	n/a	2 mk	n/a	n/a
Almond and Indigo†	6.5 mk (overpriced?)	6.6 mk (overpriced?)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Almond and Ebony†	5 mk	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Crimson and Ginger†	n/a	n/a	n/a	2 − 2.5  mk	n/a	n/a
Indigo and Crimson†	n/a	n/a	n/a	8 mk (overpriced!)	n/a	n/a
Ebony and Crimson†	n/a	n/a	5.5 mk	n/a	n/a	~ 5 mk
Golden and Ebony†	n/a	n/a	8 mk	n/a	n/a	~ 5 mk
Ivory†	n/a	n/a	2.5 mk **	1.75 mk	n/a	1 – 1.5 mk
Turquoise†	4 mk	n/a	4 mk	2.5 – 3 mk	n/a	2 – 3 mk
Indigo and Ivory†	n/a	n/a	n/a	4.5 mk**	n/a	n/a
Ivory and Orchid†	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6 mk
Emerald†	1.5 − 2 mk	1 − 1.5 mk	1 − 1.5 mk	0.7 – 1.5 mk	0.6 – 1.5 mk	0.5 − 1 mk
Plum†	n/a	n/a	1.5 − 2.5 mk	0.9 − 2 mk	0.9 − 1.5 mk	0.7 − 1.5 mk
Solid colour mounts, III and V generations†	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0.5 − 2 mk**
Striped mounts, IV and VI generations†	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1 − 6 mk** (depends on breed)
Striped mounts, VIII generation†	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3 – 10 mk** (depends on breed)
Striped mounts, X generation†	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6+ mk** (depends on breed)
Plum and Orchid†	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4 − 6.5 mk
Plum and Crimson†	n/a	n/a	15 mk	8 − 12 mk	n/a	9.5 mk
Plum and Ebony†	n/a	n/a	7  mk	n/a	n/a	n/a
Plum and Emerald†	8.5 mk	n/a	n/a	7 − 7.5 mk	n/a	6.5 − 7 mk
Plum and Ginger†	n/a	n/a	n/a	2.5 − 4.5  mk	n/a	2 – 2.5 mk
Plum and Indigo†	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10 − 12 mk
Plum and Ivory†	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10 mk	6 mk
Emerald and Ginger†	8 − 8.5 mk	n/a	6 − 7** mk	~ 5.5 mk	6.5 mk	~ 5 mk
Almond and Emerald†	n/a	7.5 mk	4 − 5.5 mk	5.5 mk	n/a	4.5 − 6 mk**
Ebony and Emerald†	7 mk	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Emerald and Orchid†	10 mk	n/a	n/a	4.5 mk	n/a	n/a
Emerald and Ivory†	n/a	n/a	n/a	30 mk (pure)	n/a	n/a

^† — prices estimates are based on prices in sellrooms and private shops

* — only one seller and the one known for overpricing

** — estimated price

UPDATED: 15 April 2011

Lucky Day

No matter how often I rant about the mounts I’m always happy to know that we got new chameleons. Of course, I’m a bit selfish here, as the more chameleons are born the faster our breeding project will be complete and it means less work for me (last time I was “asked” to train over 100 birds).

The other day 6 chameleons were born, and luckily all of them were of the colours we wanted.  We even got almost purebred golden and ebony chameleon mount. Eni was so happy he told everyone about her success. A lot of work still awaits, but the progress can be seen already.

However, sadida mentioned that if several months ago people were ready to buy just any birds with this capacity nowadays they are very selective and want only emerald and plum striped breeds. Still she managed to sell almost all the chameleons she had, so it’s not all that bad.