And, after doing this research, I have to say that's definitely my opinion too.

Alpaca farmers can make six figure incomes by selling just 6 or 7 alpacas per year, ... and you can earn $50,000 by selling only 3 or 4.   

Plus, if you steadily grow your herd, when you're ready to retire it's entirely possible to sell all of your animals for more than a million dollars.  I know that's a really big number to take in, ... but if you do the math, you'll see that at current market prices ($10,000 - $20,000), just 70 registered alpacas really CAN be worth that much. (And some ranchers end up with hundreds).  (Click here to read the disclaimer and terms of use agreement) 

Even if you only grow your herd to 35 or 40 alpacas, it still comes to a very sizable nest egg! 

But the alpaca business is not for everyone. 

First, it goes without saying that this is for animal lovers.  So if you're not comfortable around four legged creatures, it's not for you.

Second, alpacas are for outdoor types who don't mind rolling up their sleeves and getting their hands dirty now and then ...and who genuinely enjoy nature.

Third, as with any business, there is some risk involved.  (Market prices have been very stable for the past 20 years, but of course aren't 100% guaranteed)

Fourth, you can't expect to get rich quickly. (It takes some time before the money starts rolling in.)

So if you're an animal lover who enjoys the outdoors, and you're not looking for a get-rich-quick scheme, then alpacas can provide a truly amazing opportunity - one that will give you and your family a chance to enjoy nature, the company of animals, and a real profit to support your lifestyle and, eventually, your retirement needs.

And one of the best things about alpacas is...
 

"There's Been So Much Interest In Alpacas That Market Prices Have Remained Stable For Twenty Years Despite Growth Of The Herd!"

If you do the math, you'll quickly realize that this means that 20 times more people must be interested in alpacas as compared to 20 years ago, ... and its continuing to trend upwards. Plus, there's PLENTY of room for growth!  (There were only about 160,000 registered alpacas in the USA in February 2008 ... compare this with millions of sheep)

This opens up a world of opportunities for you

So if you're looking forward to potentially huge profits ...

If you want to take advantage of the significant tax savings associated with farm business ...

And if you'd like to seriously consider raising these adorable, fuzzy creatures...

Then you're just moments away from discovering seven experts that will share with you their own personal secrets of alpaca business success.

They'll tell you where the money is, and where it is not.  
 

Imagine YOU, Raising Your Own Herd Of Alpacas Profitably! Here's How You Can Move Closer To That Reality.

Introducing the... 

Alpaca Business Secrets Power Pack: How you too can raise alpacas for fun and profit!

You get 6½ hours of intimate conversations with alpaca business owners who open up their hearts and minds to give you the ideas, techniques and strategies that have made their business profitable. 

You've probably spent hours looking for this kind of information online.  You can try, but you just won't find these personal secrets anywhere else.

Just like sitting across from each expert and talking with them over a cup of coffee, you will feel quite at home as they share with you the answers you've been wanting to know to questions such as...

• How much does it cost to raise alpacas?  You'll learn the simple, easy secrets that can get you started without having to mortgage your house!
   
• How long does it take to earn a profit from your farm?  You'll discover exactly how alpaca ranchers plan to reach profitability, and 3 different start-up approaches that can get you there.
   
• How much can I realistically expect to make? You'll find out what's required to reach specific income levels, and how some ranchers manage to speed up the process.
   
• How can I take advantage of the tax benefits?  See how raising alpacas can put thousands of tax dollars back in your pocket! 
   
• What should I look for in an alpaca breeder? Warning!  Don't even think of purchasing an alpaca unless your breeder meets these 3 criteria.
   
• Can I make good money selling alpaca fiber?  Find out how to determine the true value of your fiber, where to sell it, and why some alpaca breeders can't produce nearly enough fiber to keep up with demand!   (You'll also learn how knowing your fiber inside and out can help you breed higher priced animals and higher quality bloodlines!). 
   
• Is it possible to get started even if I don't own any farmland or equipment?  See how you can enter the industry without any land or equipment ... even without enough money to purchase ONE alpaca!
   
• What are the risks?  How do I separate the facts from the hype?  Find out exactly what the experts think about market stability, demand, the four revenue streams in the industry, and what the future may hold for the alpaca business.

The answers to all of these questions and more are yours to discover.  The Alpaca Business Secrets Power Pack is just jam-packed full of practical and potentially very profitable information.

We grilled the experts for the answers to the most pressing questions and concerns faced by alpaca interested people like you.   

Like most people in the alpaca community, they want to help you succeed. As you'll soon find out, this industry thrives on learning from one another ... it's filled with many good hearted people who want to get you successfully involved with a prosperous, fulfilling "Alpaca Lifestyle".   
 

Virtually Every Facet of the Alpaca Business and Lifestyle is Covered for You Inside These 6 and a Half Hours of Expert Interviews

• The Financial Issues (like return on investment and property costs)
• The Care Issues (like feeding and breeding) and even ...
• The Fun Little Issues! (Did you know alpacas absolutely love carrots and drink Gatorade?! It's true!)

And yet there's still more...

Photo courtesy of Linda Gardner, Blue Moon Ranch, Woodland, Utah

That's because along with these interviews you also get a 54 Page Special Quick Start Guide to get you up and to speed about how to run a successful alpaca farm in as short a time as possible!

Here's Exactly What You'll Learn From These Real Life Alpaca Ranchers Who'll Share Virtually Every Thing You Can Imagine About How To Successfully Run Your Alpaca Business and Raise a Productive and Healthy Herd!

     Five of these seven experts started their farms with less than $40,000 on very little land, yet now their herds are each worth a minimum of $500,000, and several of them are worth more than a million dollars.   These figures assume the average value of a registered alpaca is $15,000 (as calculated in February 2008)... but they often sell for more!

    What about the other two experts?  Well ... one of them is a 16 year old boy who has more than doubled his investment in a few short years.  (If a 16 year old can do it, don't you think you can too?)  And the other is one of the TOP  ALPACA VETS  in the country.

    Here's what you'll discover ...

Market Pricing & Investment Factors

• Find out the 3 most important factors which determine the actual dollar value of an alpaca!
   
• An in-the-trenches explanation of what a business plan is, what it should include, and how simple it is to get started with no more than 2-3 pages!
   
• Discover the 2 types of alpacas you can get for less than $20K!
   
• See how to get a great deal buying alpacas from smaller breeders!
   
• Discover the key factors that keep alpacas 'expensive' and protect your investment!
   
• Discover why now may be the PERFECT time to get into the alpaca business!
   
• See why the alpaca business community can make you feel right at home even if you're just starting out!
   
• See what these experts think the investment future holds for alpacas and you.
   
• Learn why the market will likely remain stable for a long time to come, and why many people believe that alpacas are a much better investment than stocks or bonds for them personally. 
   
• See how some of these experts wound up several years ahead of schedule in their business plans (and how that can happen for you too!)
   
• Learn how to quickly map out your potential income!
   
• Get a walkthrough example of the financing options covering down payments, interest rates and other related costs if you were to purchase two female alpacas
   
• Why you should consider joining an alpaca business association when you don't even own any alpacas yet
   
• What drives the alpaca industry to continue to grow and what the trend and opportunities will be that will drive the next decade of the industry

Tax Advantages
(How The Government Helps You
Buy Your Alpacas And Maintain Your Farm!)

• Discover the basic tax benefits enjoyed by alpaca breeders! 
   

• See how you can get up to a $100,000 tax deduction for your alpaca business right away (under Section 179), even if you don't have the cash to finance your initial purchase!
   

• Find out much land is just right, and how much is too much
   
• See why your investment in this business can give you an amazing return that beats the stock market and real estate market
   
• Learn how the IRS evaluates your business, and what simple tests you need to pass in order to qualify as a 'business' and deduct all your legitimate business expenses.  (It's pretty easy if you're honest and keep simple records ... it can be a nightmare if you don't!)
   
• What you can realistically deduct from your taxes in the year you buy your first alpaca or two (Get an in-depth explanation of tax savings not available to most other businesses)

How To Breed High Quality Alpacas
Year After Year So You Can Sell Them And Profit!

• Discover how many offspring an alpaca can viably produce in a lifetime (a critical factor for your business planning)
   
• Learn the 3 most critical things you absolutely must do within 24 hours after a "cria" [baby alpaca] is born!
   
• Find out how you can realize a profit from alpacas in the real world!
   
• Learn the vital differences between the various types of starter packages, and how to decide which one is best for your personal situation!
   
• Discover the 4 major revenue sources in the alpaca business, and why only 2 of them bring in the REAL money!
   
• See how to prove the value of your alpacas to other breeders looking to buy!
   
• Learn how to make money with your alpacas from stud fees!
   
• Find out what "confirmation" is, and why learning about genetics and bloodlines are crucial to your business, and the characteristics that make for a more valuable bloodline.
   
• Discover many more details about how to determine the real market value of an alpaca, and how to breed your herd so that the offspring fetch the best possible prices.
   
• Discover the one most important way to get breeders from all across the country to come looking for you!
   
• Learn why going to shows has everything to do with your bottom line
   
• See the hardest thing each of these breeders has had to deal with when selling an alpaca they've personally raised (and discover how you can deal with letting go too)
   
• Find out why going to shows helps drive your alpaca profits up!
   
• See why buying any alpaca just to grow your herd can be a big mistake!
   
• Why characteristics such as cuddliness and cuteness are the wrong kinds of criteria to focus on, when deciding what alpaca to buy. (Don't let this honest mistake haunt you.)
   
• The real reason breeders turn alpacas into pets or companion animals and sell them for far less than a breeding alpaca
   
• What it means to breed the 'best of the best' and how combining the right genetics plays a major role in breeding 'major league' alpacas
  
  How to prevent an alpaca from becoming a 'minor-league' alpaca
   
• Why increasing the alpaca's body mass is one of the most important goals of alpaca breeders (and why it should be yours too)
   
• Learn why growing your herd beyond your caring abilities can cause serious problems for your business, so you'll know how achieve balanced and sustainable long term growth!
   
• Find out how many alpacas you can afford to sell if you want to sustain your herd and increase your profits each year
   
• Discover the most overlooked reality of selling alpacas
   
• How larger breeders help smaller breeders market their alpacas so it's a win-win for both parties
   
• What organizations are available to help small breeders market their alpacas.

Alpaca Fiber, Shearing,
And The Fiber Market

• Learn all about alpaca fiber - how to make it, and how to distribute it to make money
   

• Find out exactly how much alpaca fiber you can get out of an alpaca - and where to sell it!
   

• Find out the different types of products you can create from alpaca fiber and how you can make money from them!
   

• See how much demand exists for alpaca fiber!
   

• The amazing characteristics of alpaca fiber (why these experts say its SO much better than sheep fiber, and their rationale for believing that this is an emerging and growing market)
   
• Why shearing is so important and, why NOT doing it might actually KILL your alpacas!
   
• Learn which part of the alpaca fleece is best for mittens, rugs and roving
   
• Discover the part of an alpaca considered to be the 'prime fleece' which is like money you can grow every year.
   
• Two forms of micron testing you should use to test density of fleece and why this is important to the quality of alpacas you breed.
   
• Learn when the alpaca fiber market should explode, and why demand for it today isn't as big as it should be in the future.
   
• The only way to get increasingly more prime fleece from alpacas and get an amazing return on your investment

Alpaca Care and Husbandry

• Learn the 4 most important routines which keep your alpacas healthy and thriving!
   
• Discover exactly what facilities are required to raise alpacas!
   
• See why taking care of alpacas requires much less manual labor than other livestock!

• Find out exactly what to feed alpacas, and how much it costs to raise them.  (Hint: figure out how much you spend on your dog each year first ... you might be surprised which costs more!)
   
• See how many alpacas you can raise per acre of land (and how to get started without ANY land if you need to)
   
• Find out the best direction to face your barn/shelter
   
• See the two main types of fencing available, which one they prefer, and why you should too.
   
• Learn how to calculate the cost of the fencing and shelter that you'll need
   
• Discover the finer details of breeding and birthing
   
• Find out how to TRAVEL with your alpacas

Getting Started With The Alpaca Lifestyle
(Everything You Need To Know About Your
Critical First Year In The Alpaca Business)

• Find out how much land is needed for alpacas to stay happy and healthy (and how you can get started, even if you don't have enough)!

• Find out exactly what each of these experts did, step by step, during their first year raising alpacas, so you'll really know what to expect! (and so you can learn from their mistakes)
   
• Find out ALL the factors involved in choosing the right farm and pastures
   
• Discover what's involved in deciding how much land you will need
   
• Learn the common characteristics found in most alpaca owners
   
• See exactly what it is about the alpaca lifestyle that they absolutely love, and why you'll love it too!
   
• Find out what spending time with their alpacas means to each of them personally, and discover some of the stress-reducing benefits you can expect when you're surrounded by these lovely animals!
   
• Discover all the details of a day in the life on an alpaca breeder ... from sunrise to sunset
   
• See what it's like taking care of alpacas in summers and winters (so you'll know what to do in both cold and warm weather)
   
• Half a dozen simple but crucial questions you should ask any alpaca breeder before doing any business with them!
   
• Learn from the 'beginnings' each of these experts had in the field, and see how it can help you start your personal journey into the alpaca business
   
• Learn the different prices for alpacas including: foundation breeding animals and alpacas with deep genetics
   
• See how much time and money it takes to set up your property
   
• Find out approximately how much you need to spend in your first year of business (1) if you do it on your own land and; (2) if you finance your 1st purchase and initially board your alpaca with the breeder
   
• See how to get started when you don't have enough money or land!
   
• Learn from the expensive mistakes some of these breeders made early on.
   
• The top three things you should look for (and ask about) when buying a pregnant female.
   
• Discover the different types of personalities alpacas can have (and how to choose the best kind)
   
• What a pet alpaca or companion animal costs and why this is within anyone's alpaca budget
   
• Find out what these breeders would do differently if they could start over again!
   
• A simple system of working your pasture so you get to feed your alpacas while saving money during the year.
   
• Hear the amazing story of a woman who bought one of her first alpacas for $2500 and saw it auctioned off just a few years later for more than $40,000!

Alpaca Origins and History

• Discover the differences between an "old world camelid" and a "new world camelid"
   
• What the major differences are between a llama and an alpaca. Discover their physical characteristics and behavioral differences and how each animal is used!

Keeping Your Herd Healthy and Disease Free!
(Hear it from one of the country's top Alpaca vets)

• How to prevent worm, slug, and other parasitic infections!
   
• Hear how to avoid the 3 main diseases that spell danger for alpacas.
   
• Discover the mindset of an alpaca, what an alpaca's prime objective is and why they behave the way they do. (Remember to use this important insight and you'll have no problem approaching your alpaca and getting them to co-operate.)
   
• What you can expect when alpacas eat together and the #1 mistake most breeders make when they feed their alpacas. (It's not what you think because it has nothing to do with food.)
   
• How to avoid breeding problems by carefully heeding the maximum number of alpacas you can put into a specific size building or shelter.
   
• Revealed: How you too can use the same simple process this breeder goes through with their male alpacas to generate a 95% fertility rate on their farm!
   
• How to tell if you alpacas are too fat, too skinny, or just right only using your hands! (The 3 distinct contours of their body, and how to adjust their food intake accordingly).
   
• How you can even breed alpacas in warmer areas like Florida as soon as you know a few special things about how to care for them in the heat of summer!
   
• Why you can't always depend on grass alone to feed your animals (in certain parts of the country.)
   
• How much room alpacas need to run around.
   
• Learn the types of trees and plants you need to protect your alpacas from to keep them safe.
   
• The two obvious signs that tell you when your alpaca is really sick and needs immediate medical help.
   
• How much water to give to your alpacas to drink and how to prepare water for them during the winter time.
   
• How much grain an individual alpaca consumes each day. (They're not heavy eaters but even this will surprise you.)
   
• Why it's important to observe your alpaca's development during the winter time to help them stay healthy, strong and happy.
   
• Why it's also important to provide alpacas with a 'salt mixture' to eat. (Feeding them hay and giving them grain isn't enough, but give them this and you're doing all you can in providing them with proper diet.)
   
• How the white tail deer can create illness in alpacas, and what you can do to prevent it!
   
• Discover how often to trim your alpacas nails!   See how to tell when it's time, and how to help them relax while you do it!
   
• Discover how some breeders keep making the same mistake and spread intestinal parasites on their farms, putting their animals at risk (This is especially important when caring for young alpacas.) 
   
• What percentage of births are typically unassisted? A 2 year survey done with alpaca breeders also reveals how long it takes for female alpacas to actually give birth. You'll be amazed at these research findings.
   
• What a female alpaca does when a predator comes too close her new born cria.
   
• Why you should never breed in the winter time
   
• The maximum number of breeding attempts to allow before getting veterinary attention  You're wasting your alpaca's time (and yours) if you try too hard to get her pregnant, and there's usually a simple fix!
   
• Discover what a female alpaca's 'receptivity cycle' is and how to work with it to increase your breeding success rate.
   
• How soon a cria should be standing and nursing, and how long you should wait before you try to help them.
   
• What the typical signs are of a high risk cria after its born and what a healthy birth weight should be.
   
• What will happen to a cria's growth when it doesn't eat solid food after the mother can't provide any more milk. (Find out when to look for this so you're ready for it.) 
   
• A simple precaution every breeder should take when sheltering their alpacas to ensure they are in full control of breeding the best with the best.
   
• What type of fencing and guard animal is typically used by most breeders.
   
• Why kids should never run towards an alpaca and what to tell them so they can get as close to them as possible without scaring them away.
   
• Why alpacas bumping into you isn't a mistake and what this means. (They never accidentally bump into each other and if this happens to you, this isn't a sign of being friendly. When you find out what this is you'll be shocked.)
   
• How an alpaca can become 'over-attached' to you and begin thinking about you as their "ideal mate" (Many people unwittingly send the wrong messages to these animals ... you simply must know what your friendly approaches are communicating!)
   
• Discover the tests a vet will give to a female alpaca before it's bred and after her cria is born, to ensure the pregnancy goes smoothly!
   

You'll Actually Hear Real Alpaca Farmers Tell You What's Involved In Running An Alpaca Business To Generate A Full Time Income!

All In All, This Is A Tremendous Collection of Interviews, Not Available Anywhere Else, and Never Released Before.

Now You Really Can Get Solid Answers To Your Most Pressing Questions About Earning A Full Time Income With Alpacas, Without Driving from Farm to Farm, Or Even Leaving Home!

So How Much Is Knowing How To Run A Really Successful and Profitable Alpaca Farm Worth To You?

When you do decide to purchase your first Alpaca, even just one of the hundreds of tips in this series could easily save you $30,000 or more in bad decisions.  And of course, learning how to successfully grow a herd of high quality alpacas can make you a full time income (even six figures), and a very sizable nest egg when you're ready to retire.

Second, you get access to the insider's world of the alpaca business at a bargain price because you won't have to invest a tremendous amount of time, money, and effort to ...

• Survey hundreds of alpaca interested people

• Identify their most important questions by analyzing the survey

• Locate top alpaca breeders

• Coordinate appointments with each of them

• Drive miles and miles to meet them

• Hire a professional journalist to do the initial interviews and coordinate the discoveries into a special report

• Follow up in several steps, several weeks apart, to ensure all your bases are covered

• Record and organize the information

Think about the amount of time, energy, and money you'd have to spend to do all this.  The truth is ... to do all this yourself just  wouldn't be anywhere near practical at this low price.

But for less than the cost of an alpaca jacket you actually get years worth of experience that can only come from experienced alpaca breeders.

You get an inside look at the alpaca lifestyle.

You get the real story behind this money-making investment.

You discover how you too can breed animals you can sell for $10,000 - $20,000 each!   (Click here to read the disclaimer and terms of use agreement)

      And you get the real life experiences of people, many of whom (believe it or not) NEVER raised livestock before they ventured into the alpaca business! 

You have more in common with them than you think!

Just imagine discovering the answers to all of the above, as real life alpaca breeders reveal to you their own personal insights and secrets about the alpaca business - all from the comfort of your own home. 

That means..

• No more running around trying to get the real practical insights about building an alpaca business..
   
• No more frustrating searching for the specific information to your hard questions
   
• And no more relying on bits and pieces of limited information

The interviews are conducted in an easy laid back manner - almost like talking with them personally over coffee at your house.

You get access to the combined experiences of these experts!  For only $247 you get access to all of the vital information I've talked about on this page to make sure that you have a successful and profitable alpaca farm. 

And ... if you take action today, I'm also going to slash $50 off the price.  That means that you get the entire Alpaca Business Secrets Power Pack for only $197.

Here's why I am temporarily reducing the price during this limited introductory period.  You see, because Alpaca people are generally "down home", earthy types, I didn't want to force them to come to a multi-million dollar sound studio for the interviews.  I wanted them to feel very comfortable, so they would 'open up' (especially about the financial issues... which can be hard to get breeders to talk about).  

I also knew that you'd benefit most by listening to the most knowledgeable and passionate breeders ... not those who just happened to be willing to come into the studio. 

So all the interviews were done on the phone with a simple, non-intimidating, inexpensive recording device.  

So while the content of the interviews is phenomenal, the recording quality is somewhat less than crystal clear.  (In some spots, you'll have to listen closely, but you can definitely understand what's being said) .  I guess what I'm saying is ... if you're looking for Hollywood style recordings in full stereo, this is the wrong place to be. My first priority was to provide quality information at the most cost-effective price for my customers.

Now, after we sell enough of this version (when these experts have seen some results from this project), I should be able to convince them to re-do the interviews in a sound studio.  At that time, I'll charge a much more respectable price.

But in the meantime, it seemed only fair to give you this price reduction.

Plus, at this lower price, I was able to obtain an incredible bonus for you which almost makes your purchase free!

*I've convinced most of the experts we interviewed in the Alpaca Business Secrets Power Pack to provide you with some truly amazing discounts!   For a limited time, each of them has provided coupons which combined total to more than $5,000 off the purchase of registered alpacas, breeding fees, and seminars!  (Each coupon is good only for purchases through that particular breeder's farm.  Individual coupons range in value from $350 to $1,000, ... and one even specifies 15% off the price of a multi-animal registered purchase ... so your savings could be even more than $5,000!)

That means that if and when you decide to go forward with your alpaca plans, you will have instantly made a minimum of 20 times the price of the Alpaca Business Secrets Power Pack!    (Even if you decide NOT to go forward, you will have saved more than three times the price of the Power Pack in the gas, time, and aggravation it would have taken you to locate these experts, make appointments, and visit all these farms yourself!)

       Now, because I know that the Alpaca Business Secrets Power Pack will help you tremendously in your alpaca business, ... because I know how important it is for you to have this well-researched, quality information on hand if you really want to earn substantial profits in this industry ... and because I want you to feel completely safe and secure with anything this vital to your future, I'm guaranteeing the quality of the information provided to you with my personal...
 

60 Day "Cross My Heart" 100% Money-Back Guarantee!

That means you get two months to listen and learn from real alpaca ranchers sharing their own personal success secrets. 

So if, for any reason after soaking up their wisdom, insights and strategies, you feel you haven't heard practical, usable information about how alpaca breeders generate full time incomes  ... or if you just plain feel you didn't get what you paid for or you are unhappy for any reason, simply return the Alpaca Business Secrets Power Pack to me in good condition and I will refund every penny of your purchase price guaranteed - and we part as friends.

So don't delay, own your Power Pack right now, while it's fresh in your mind.