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Selling Goats Workflow

Preparing a Listing​

  1. Photos first. Side profile square-on, front, rear, and udder for does in milk. Feet visible, level with the animal, plain background. Photos are what buyers look at before anything else
  2. Complete the profile — registration, pedigree, LA scores, production records. A thin profile makes a good goat look unproven
  3. Set status to For Sale and add an asking price and description
  4. Write the description honestly. Note what she's good at and what she isn't. Buyers who feel misled don't come back, and the goat world is small
For Sale is a status change

It moves her out of Active — which also means she stops counting toward the free plan's goat limit. See Free vs Unlimited.

Handling Enquiries​

  1. Respond quickly. Response time is most of your reputation in a marketplace; a buyer who waits two days usually buys elsewhere
  2. Log the conversation — interactions record what you quoted and what you committed to. During kidding season you'll be talking to more people than you can remember
  3. Share records rather than describing them. A printed health history answers more questions than a paragraph does

Completing the Sale​

  1. Generate the paperwork — bill of sale and a health history, both from Reports → 🖨️ Printable. Add the pedigree certificate for registered stock
  2. Sort out travel papers if she's crossing state lines — see health certificates
  3. Record the sale through Sell/Transfer, which marks her Sold, captures buyer and price, and feeds income
  4. Send a digital transfer if the buyer uses Herd Manager — her records go with her instead of being retyped
  5. Move the buyer to Past Buyer in contacts. They're your best prospect for next year
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