selling to pet stores.

[hammerhead]

OK so is this taboo or what? i have a few eggs and i want to make sure i have some place for them to go. if not to pet stores then where? and if i sell to pet stores how much can i expect to get? the eggs are normal x line bread snow, and normal x tremper albino. any help is much appreciated

 

[mynewturtle]

Sure if you want to sell them for wholesale prices, most stores will only pay wholesale prices... very cheap . Just out of curiosity, Did you know you were getting eggs? If you did why did you breed not knowing where to sell them?

 

[hammerhead]

it was my ignorance. i am very new to herp keeping. as i did some reading on leos and found out more, then i separated my male but i was too late. at first i thought they were too young, i know i should have known better. now i would really hate to dispose of the eggs, not sure what to do.
what is cheap? i really have no idea what to expect.

 

[stewy84]

Put a add up on any local bulletin board with pics and a numb. You could sell them to a chain pet store but I dout half would make it out the door alive. I have a local pet store that I sell to once in a while but most go from my flyers i put up when i get a few up to weight. And the local pet store I sell to will NOT buy anything under 15 grams and they dont use sand like all the others ive been to. Hope this helps and if not wanting to make money and just want good homes flyers is the way to go, at least for me. People come to you and listen to everything you have to say and most of us want our anamils to go to good homes not to sell another bag of sand or a uv bulb.

 

[acpart]

The big chain pet stores have their own suppliers and will not buy from you. I do sell to a few smaller pet stores. These are stores that I have visited and decided that I like the way they do business and the way they keep their reptiles. In one case, I went into a new family-owned pet store, saw the geckos on sand and discussed it politely with the owner. I ended up getting them to agree to me bringing some tile for the tank, which they still use. I think I sold 10 geckos to them that season, 6 of them to pet store employees.

The best way to sell your geckos is to network constantly. Tell people what you're doing, check out the non-chain pet stores, read craigslist and respond to people who post that they are "looking for a reptile". I've made a couple of sales that way. Advertise here with pictures. If you don't want to ship, there seem to be a lot of Floridians on the forums. Join your local herp society and see if they have a show that you can sell at.

The big chain pet stores seem to sell their baby geckos for anything from $17.99 to $34. The smaller chain stores tend to be upwards of $50. I usually sell my geckos to the pet stores for $25 each, which is my minimum price for a healthy gecko not of a fancy morph when I do my direct sales.

Aliza

 

[snakegirl]

i would say if you cant ship them? Local pet shops,reptile shops,Sell on your own?...However if you can ship there are many Places that will pay you whole sell. And buy 10+ in groups and also pay for shipping. But remember if you do this. you need to cut prices in half and then some.

 

[stewy84]

prices in half is true i only get 10 each but im not trying to make money so long as they are taken good care of and the shop i sell to DOSE NOT use or suggest sand for leos I have no prob with it. You should be able to sell them localy i would think? I live in a town with a population of 850 and sell alot to pp that come to my house and pick them up.