Very good perspective on pricing animals for sale
I came across this in another thread and thought it gave a very good perspective in my mind on the ball python market and what should drive the prices. It isn't long by any means so please if intend to breed at some point check this out. You don't have to agree with this opinion but you should at least hear it out.
Thanks guys!
http://ballpythonbreeder.com/2009/04...price-animals/
Re: Very good perspective on pricing animals for sale
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Crawly's Mom
As someone who is just getting into ball pythons and beginning to buy a few to prepare for breeding in the future, I have no idea who those people are he recommends speaking to. Is it wrong for me to look at pricing on kingsnake.com to try and figure out what a reasonable price on a morph is? I intend to go to the Phoenix Reptile Expo in November and all I have to go off of pricing wise is kingsnake.
I think mainly what he is referring to is the prices people set when they post snakes for sale online. When you go to a show most likely the prices there are less than you will see online due to the lack of a shipping cost. Again, there are always exceptions to a rule. But his article is meant to preserve the pricing on some of these animals. Eventually prices will fall as certain morphs become more and more common, but the trend we are seeing is racing at an alarming rate. It really boils down to if you are producing quality animals or not. If you are then eventually they will sell because quality and a good name trumps all.