If You Are Advertising a Horse For £££,£££

[Beausmate]

Then why not invest a few quid in a decent (pro) rider and a competent (pro) photographer? Then your amazing/scopey/uphill/fantastic prospect/beautifully moving well-bred horse might not look so much like an average/rushing/on the forehand/poorly schooled 'meh' type of horse.

When the only thing about the ad that makes people say 'Wow!' is the price, you need to change something!

 

[PorkChop]

Agree

But I think in general people don't put enough thought into their adverts!

 

[Antw23uk]

Some of the pictures make me angry but also make me laugh. A picture of a horse a mile away in a rug laying down does NOT count as a good sales photo, lol! Also descriptions .... WRITE ONE!!

 

[crabbymare]

very true but at the other end of the scale I have just been sent details of a nice horse thats for sale (abroad and not mins so no I am not advertising) not a huge price tag and in the videos they have covered pretty much everything you could want to see which almost negates the need for a description. seems its just that some people think about the possible customers and others expect people to read minds.

 

[rachk89]

Some of the pictures make me angry but also make me laugh. A picture of a horse a mile away in a rug laying down does NOT count as a good sales photo, lol! Also descriptions .... WRITE ONE!!

Same. People put up an advert for a great show jumper/dressage horse and only put a picture of its head or of it standing still. Thanks for that. I just didn't even ask people about those ones. Usually can't do what they say anyway.

 

[Cortez]

'tis the difference between a professional, clued-up seller and a hobby/dreamer one. I know which one I'd go see first......

 

[chaps89]

Or the ones who advertise horses who can no longer jump for whatever reason but the ad only has photos of them jumping!

 

[SpringArising]

Or the ones with paragraph upon paragraph of text, only to be followed by POA. I don't even bother reading text on a lot of them any more.