New MorphMarket Owner/CEO

[spottedbull]

Welcome to the family here on the community. As @lumpy said, this is an important place for a lot of folks to come and hang out with like-minded folks. The recent upgrades have been great. We look forward to interacting with you on here as well.

[ghoulishcresties]

Welcome!
Nice to finally meet you

@eaglereptiles i fully agree with the wwe picture
I was like AI? Haha.

[caryl]

Glad to welcome you, @drollinger. This is a wonderful community. It definitely fills a unique role with this fascinating group. Looking forward to getting to know you better, and expecting continued great things from this fine group of folks!

[caron]

I am addicted to this forum that I call a family. I have nothing to do with any other social media of any kind but this place is different and I just can’t stay away! I’m sure it won’t take you long to see what I mean if you hang around here! Lol! So without further ado, WELCOME!

[eaglereptiles]

How and why did you create Dubia? And how did that lead to where you are today?

What have been the best parts of your journey so far?

What is your favourite species?

What do you do outside of the workplace?

[wreckroomsnakes]

I guess i will piggy back off of some of Thomas’s questions

Why did you decide to purchase MorphMarket instead of making a new site? ( i hope that doesn’t come of as rude )

Did you really try and purchase kingsnake.com prior to MorphMarket or was were you just kidding ?

How are you liking being the owner so far?

[ilana_the_reptile_girl]

Welcome! I do have a question, I know you can already choose the maturity of the animal in filters but I was wondering if you could add something so you could pick what year the animal was born in filters would be nice! I’ve been wanting a filter like that for a while now and it would be great if you could add it. Thanks!

[auriea]

I haven’t been keeping up with the MorphMarket happenings, so please don’t take offense, i am genuinely curious. Why did the creator of MM sell the company?

[eaglereptiles]

@auriea

Why did the creator of MM sell the company?

The Way Forward

[The Way Forward at MorphMarket] Today, we are announcing a significant milestone for MorphMarket and why we are excited about the future of the platform. Moving forward, Darien Drollinger of Dubia.com will lead MorphMarket with his strategic vision and expertise as owner and CEO. Darien brings with him a skilled and knowledgeable team that will be joining forces with the existing MorphMarket team. This collaboration will usher in a new era of innovation that will enable MorphMarke…

@john

As for myself (John), this has been an amazing journey that began over eight years ago. What started as a passion project evolved into a business that allowed me to quit my job, build a team, and focus entirely on the site. I love what we have been able to do and how it’s advanced our industry.

That said, this is not a goodbye message. I am excited to work alongside Darien and the team to continue crushing it. Together we will be able to do more and better things than ever before.

The change in my role has nothing to do with any concerns about MorphMarket or the industry. This was a personal decision that was right for my family and me. As some of you know, I have never been the best at work/life balance. I look forward to focusing more on my health and family. Kora and I have three amazing kids and are about to complete the adoption of a little girl. The process was frozen three years ago at the start of the pandemic. In addition, I am excited to build the collection of reptiles that I’ve always dreamed about, and you can count on me using MorphMarket to do that!

[garciademueller]

Welcome! I don’t really have any questions, but I’d still like to say welcome to the MM community.

[vsnutz]

Nice to meet you and welcome to the forum!

[eaglereptiles]

The Way Forward

Looking forward to see what the future brings but I also have a few questions. Wholesale Market: Darien’s experience with his own pet stores and relationships with the pet store network will enable us to create a world-class wholesale market with discounted pricing for accredited buyers. This will make it easy for breeders to find homes for every animal. That this means that now there will be a wholesale category where sellers can list/select the various species offered in the wholesale pack…

Some questions for you here @drollinger

[akmorphs]

Welcome to the community side (finally) Darien

[barbara_penyak]

I haven’t used this community forum before, but I look forward to it. I’m so excited for all the new changes to MM. Thanks for the invite.

[akmorphs]

Your welcome! Glad to have you apart of the community forums!

[drollinger]

@ilana_the_reptile_girl

I was wondering if you could add something so you could pick what year the animal was born in filters would be nice!

We can definitely add this filter! I’ll put it on the list to be added in the next 6 months or so!

[drollinger]

@wreckroomsnakes

Why did you decide to purchase MorphMarket instead of making a new site? ( i hope that doesn’t come of as rude )

Did you really try and purchase kingsnake.com prior to MorphMarket or was were you just kidding ?

How are you liking being the owner so far?

I actually tried building something but after almost a year into it decided it was going to be too complex and take another year or two to finish the right way.

I did actually reach out to revive kingsnake. So it was true!

I like it. It’s a lot of work and will be quite the learning curve, and I have had my fair share of criticism (a lot of it much deserved as I’m a lot to handle), but I’m excited for what I can bring to the platform and the hobby/industry!

[ilana_the_reptile_girl]

Thank you so much! I think a lot of people will enjoy this filter

[krittercandyexotics]

You are doing fantastic. It is inspiring to see as someone in my first year having a feeder/exotics business. Just a few years ago I remember buying from dubia.com and it seemed you guys were just taking off around the US. Since then you guys have exploded. The fact Wichita’s reptile community has grown so rapidly from dubia.com, inspires me to keep hope that one day I can start some kind of exibit over on the MO side. One that helps grow the community and overall love for reptiles.