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What's the difference? In dog or cat showing, breeding is commercial. That's how you make money. Certainly not by winning a show or being ranked nationally. Those pursuits cost the exhibitor money.

Jim


I see the difference in how much revenue is generated from the ad. And in what the market will bear.

There are few cat breeders who earn their living breeding cats. Many just try to recoup their Vet bills and showing costs and not lose money. A portrait of a kitten will help bring in revenue on the sale of the kitten. It may also help some future sales because people can see the pedigree and what comes out of the cattery. This is very different in my mind than commercial use where one image goes on a million cans of cat food to help entice the consumer to choose that brand.

Maybe its a difference between the dog and cat market. Folks bring me their cats in order to get professional images for their web sites, some do not even want prints. I have a package for prints, another for prints and web use, and a premium package that gives the customer even more. I support the small breeders in this way, they keep their numbers down, they raise the kittens underfoot, they personally care for each and every kitten and they work to advance the breeds. I do not give away the web files (like, grrrr, some of my competitors do), but I do make them affordable for the small breeders.

Are the dog customers paying their mortgages with dog sales? What percentage of the customers at dog shows are breeder?