ABA Southwest Regional Alpaca Show
2011 Male Sale Catalog Submission Process

1. Complete a show registration form; include payment for your male sale listings and a copy of your boy's ARI certificate with your registration whether he is entered in the show or not.
   
   Here is where you can obtain the show registration form
   
2. Send us the information and photograph regarding your animal using our convenient web page.
   

Your male-for-sale listing being published in the catalog is dependent upon these things being done by the published deadline of 1 March 2011.

Payment & ARI Certificate

You should have already paid for your male sale catalog listing along with your registration for the ABA show. If not, you can submit payment to the Male Sale Coordinator.

A copy of your male-for-sale's ARI Certificate must accompany the registration form whether he is entered in the show or not. Your male-for-sale must be six months of age at the time of the show in order for our show to retain our AOBA certification.

The boy you are selling does not have to be entered in the show, but he needs to come to the show and be seen! While at the show, his stall should be marked with a "Male-For-Sale" sign that we will provide and he should wear the tag we'll provide for him so everybody knows he is for sale! You are welcome to add any other promotional materials to your stall or display booth to help sell your male.

Once we receive the text portion of your catalog listing, we'll verify your payment and let you know if monies are still owed for the male sale catalog.

Text Information for Catalog

The best way to submit a catalog listing for the Male Sale is using our convenient web form.

Before actually trying to complete the form it is a good idea to have all your information gathered together in front of you. Length of description in the catalog is limited to 420 characters for alpacas priced under $2500, and 630 characters for those priced $2500 and up. Please type your description out in a word processor and do a character count check on it before submitting it on form. The form will not limit the number of characters you submit. If your listing arrives and the text description is too long, it will be edited at the male sale catalog editor's discretion.

Please complete the form only once with all information.
Please do not submit partial listings.

A Photograph

Ideally the photograph file would be...

• In .JPG format
• High Resolution (good quality for printer not screen, lots of dots per inch)
• A minimum of 3" wide or tall, bigger is ok
• Color or Black & White photos are both fine

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We will crop, size, and convert the format of your photo to make it look the best we possibly can. But the ultimate outcome will depend upon the quality of the picture you submit originally. If your original photo has been saved in a reduced quality for fast screen display on the web, already looks fuzzy on the computer screen, or is only thumbnail size, it probably isn't any good for the catalog printing process. Best to send an original picture at high resolution.

Photos MUST be submitted in electronic form as part of the male sale information. If for some reason that does not work for you,

Send a new email to the Male Sale Catalog Coordinatorwith the photo attached. The content of the email must include your name and the name of the boy being listed so that we can match up the photo with the text listing you just submitted.