Profilers make playing KittyCats more interesting!

[Pancake Littlepaws]

I am going to get this out right at the start. I am not going to defend either Callie or Rene in this situation. I will only explain my own point of view. The point of view I seen others express.

I start by saying this was a huge disservice to breeders in general. I see a lot of comments on the forums. We didn't have... we did fine with out... etc etc... thats all will and good! The original boxes didn't say if they where male or female! They use to take 20-30mins if I am not mistaken to birth. There was no low prim mode at the beginning. They didn't have toy's. They didn't have a lot of the features we not only rely on but desire and would be genuinely upset if they didn't offer.

The RM profilers for a lot of people where something that existed when we first came to KC and where a part of KC as much as the cats. They where a innovative and nice way to check out what cats where for sale. They become a integrated place for people to look up cats and sale cats outside of the huge markets! These profilers allowed you to skip out of the huge laggy markets or if you had to you could visit the exact cat you wanted.

Right now all thats happened is there removal. Which I am not saying was wrong or was bad are was not justified. Has put a burden on a good number of smaller breeders... and unless your one of the big two markets... you might not have the advertisement or notoriety you once had. Basically there two major markets and a bunch of smaller ones. The two major markets are obviously known by most and must be jumping for joy at whats come to pass. Why because there market shares just went up. There going to make even more money from this situation. There obscene rent cost are now more justifiable. Why cause want traffic rent with us cause those other guys might get 1/4th the traffic we do now.

The other thing that has happened is your now being forced to either advertise non stop... to keep your selfs seen and active or having to rent a expensive cart! The profilers where very fair in this all cats had a equal chance of being shown. There was no favoritism over one breeder are the next. They where shown in a logical order by search results. I know not everyone used that website! But it was still generating enough traffic to justify its existence. The sight most likely got more views then the kitty cats sight did on advertising in a given day.

What does this mean for the market! Reduced market space for the smaller breeder. Obviously the biggest affect this will have is on the mom and pop shops... the two major sims will go on like business like nothing happened other then they no longer have profilers. The mom and pop cattery's will most likely either adopt locations at major sims are leave. They will most likely have viewer cats and produce less. The big major breeders in KC to just make money will most likely benefit the greatest from these changes. They already rent shops.. they rely on multiple locations... and there own advertising bots and what not. They have the most liquid assets to throw around. While it will be a bit of a expense for them at first in the long run. They will make more as the market down turns even further... competition becomes less... cause if your not at a major market your no longer competition.

I am not taking sides on this only pointing out the cause and affect. I don't want anyone CSR's or Kitten to think I feel this was me coming down on there heads. I only wanted to point out what so many are missing. That by going after this system and not having a replacement encase of a outcome like this. KC has created a undue burden on a lot of people and in there own ways manipulated the market with out knowing.

I do hope things recover in the long run and just like the website crash of 2016... and the lost of 2017.. this will become a foot note in the history of KC. The good must always be tempered with the bad and vice vers. Its life!!!