Open Sales*
There are two options for Open Sales. One is to sell without approval required. The other it to require approval of the buyer.
If your horse is for sale without approval, any player with enough cash to pay the price you set can buy the horse.
If you require approval, the players may request to purchase the horse at the price you set, and you may then select from the offers which you would like to accept.
To place a horse up for sale, go to their stall page. In the owner's area, type the amount you would like to receive for the horse in the text box provided. Below the box you will see radio buttons offering choices of No Approval, Require Approval, and Auction. Choose your option, and click the Offer For Sale button below.
You will be asked if you are sure you want to sell this horse as a precaution. Click yes to proceed, and your horse will be listed. Listing a horse for sale will list them in the Horses For Sale link. This is akin to a newspaper line ad and costs $5.
The horse will remain for sale until someone purchases it, or you remove it from sale with the link provided on the horse's page. If you do not log in for twelve game months, the horse will be unlisted.
If you choose to sell the horse by Approval Required, you will receive a notice on your Ranch Management page when someone offers to buy your horse. To approve or decline the offer, go to your Ranch Management page, and click on Manage Your Offers. The offer will include the name of the prospective buyer with a handy link attached so you may go look over their horses and ranch if you should so choose.
Most people choose to sell with approval when they prefer to know who is buying their horses.
If you choose to sell with no approval the first person to click the purchase horse link, and have the money will get the horse. You will receive a notice on your Ranch Management page telling you your horse was purchased and by whom.
* Not available to White Ribbon or Pink Ribbon accounts.
Private Sales*
Private sales are used when you would like to sell a specific horse to a specific player. This simulates a private deal between two people, instead of a public offering. Horses that are "reserved" for one person should be sent this way instead of being listed for public sale.
To set up a private sale go to your Ranch Management page, then choose the Manage Your Private Sales link. This will take you to a page where you will enter the ranch ID number of the buyer, the price of the horse, and a dropdown menu with all available horses to choose from. Choose the horse to be sold from the menu, enter the appropriate information, and click the Arrange Sale button.
The next page will indicate the name and ranch number of the buyer, and will ask you if you are sure you want to sell this horse for this price. Click the Sell This Horse button to proceed.
When the buyer accepts the sale on their end, you will receive a notice on your Ranch Management page indicating the sale has been completed.
* Not available to White Ribbon or Pink Ribbon accounts.
Auctions*
Premium Auctions
SHG Auction House hosts four Premium Auctions annually. They are the SHG Annual Broodmare Auction, the SHG Annual Stallion Auction, the SHG Annual Yearling Auction, and the SHG Annual Weanling Auction. To be eligible for the annual broodmare auction, a mare must be at least 4 years of age at the start of the auction. To be eligible for the stallion auction, a stallion must be at least 4 years of age at the start of the auction. To be eligible for the yearling auction the horse must be at least 1 year, and not older than 1 year and 11 months of age at the start of the auction. To be eligible for the weanling auction the horse must be at least 7 months of age, and not older than 11 months at the start of the auction.
Regular Auctions
SHG Auction House hosts four quarterly auctions each year. They are the Northland Auction, the Eastwick Auction, the Westwood Auction, and the Southlake Auction. These are open to all horses.
Fees
Fees involved in auctioning a horse include the catalog fee, the commission fees if the horse sells, and a no sale fee if the horse does not sell. The fee schedule is as follows:
Premium Auctions
Catalog Fees: $25
Commission Fees: 9% of winning bid
No Sale Fees: $50
Regular Auctions
Catalog Fees: $15
Commission Fees: 5% of winning bid
No Sale Fees: $25
Reserve Price
The reserve price is the minimum bid desired by the seller. This price is set when the horse is listed in an auction. Bidders may place bids lower than the reserve price. If no one bids higher than the reserve price, the horse will not automatically sell. The highest bid will be converted to an offer, which the owner may then choose to accept or decline. If the highest bid is higher than the reserve price, the horse will be sent to the new owner by the Auction House, and the seller will be paid on behalf of the buyer.
Bidding
Bidders may enter a money increment into the submit bid box, and watch for the end of the auction to see if they will win the horse. Bids must be higher than the current high bid. Just like a real auction, the bidder may bid more than once if they are outbid. When a bid is placed, the amount bid, plus sales tax is taken from the bidder's account balance and held by the SHG Auction House Treasury. If they win the auction, the seller is paid on their behalf from that money. If they are outbid, or the bid was below the reserve price and the auction ends, the bid plus tax is refunded to the bidder.
To place a horse in an auction, go to the horse's stall page. In the owner's area, type the amount you would like to be the reserve price in the text box provided. Below the box you will see radio buttons offering choices of No Approval, Require Approval, and Auction. Select Auction, and click the Offer For Sale button below.
* Not available to Pink Ribbon accounts.
Some Selling Tips
The horse market on Some Horse Game can fluctuate as wildly as in real life. It is wise to go and look at horses for sale that are similar to the one(s) you are selling to help get an idea on how to price them to sell. Check often and you will see what is selling and what isn't, and you will learn how to price your horses appropriately to sell.
Horses can be difficult to sell. Do not get discouraged. Keep checking the prices of similar horses against yours.
Remember rehoming a horse is not the end of the world if you decide to choose that option if a horse does not sell in a reasonable amount of time. Not all horses are cut out to be show horses or breeding stock, and they get honorable jobs and well cared for at Horsin' Around. Though it is very easy to get attached to these wonderful horses, it is not worth running your ranch into debt by keeping horses that just don't sell.
Post your horses for sale in the Classifieds section. It helps give instant exposure and people do not have to search through a lot of horses to find yours. Sometimes this can be very helpful. A well written ad that tells people the good points about your horse can really help.
A foal cannot be sold or rehomed without its dam until it is over six months old and weaned.