Adoption fees & variable pricing:
How much is that doggie (or kitty) in the window?
Adoption fees are a means of recouping some of the expense of making an orphaned pet adoptable but they often don't come close to covering real costs including shelter staff and veterinary treatment.
How is an adoption fee relative to the value of an animal? Can lower adoption fees improve overall adoption rates? Does a "discounted" adoption fee mean the animal has less value? Are you for or against reduced fees? What are the most successful shelters doing in terms of adoption fees?
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Adoption Fees & Variable Pricing
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Discounted Adoption Fees - Who’s Doing It and Why?
Variable and discount adoption fees are becoming pretty widespread. A quick search to find out what people are doing around the country comes up with a good assortment of ideas. Here’s a few and if you haven’t read the Animal Sheltering Magazine article, you’ll find some more ideas there:
During the busiest time of the year, [...]
Submitted By Lynn Orbison:
I think life is priceless. Money is nothing.
In terms of positive reinforcement, money is just another click in the realm of click and treat. It it just paper or metal and really has no value or power except that it can be exchanged for “stuff” that we want. How many of us [...]
So what could be bad about such amazingly great results in the face of high kill rates? What’s bad, and why I respectfully disagree with Sue’s take on free pets, is that chasing the ‘FTGH’ market not only limits our operations by making every adoption a complete financial loss, but that free pets aren’t very attractive to the majority of the pet owning public.
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