I was thinking about these prices to sell my babys for

These two replys i like, no one saying im trying to sell anything years before i even have eggs, and gines response i find much more appropriate, thanks, thats what i want to know. As i said before im not in this for money, i have a great job ata exotic petstore and that brings in plenty of money and is fun. Im doing it because i love Balls!( Royals :P)

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Originally Posted by ama1997

Its hard to say what the price will be. On X morph look at the way the prices are going now. Male pastels as low as 75.00 thats nuts. Who knows something could happen and the pastels could go back up to what they were 2 or 3 years ago. Dont think that will really happen, but the way things are going whos knows what will happen. Like said grow your animals, build your collection and when you have some babies forsale. Sell them for what the market price is at that time for that animal.

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I bought my pastel for $90, which turned into 140 shipped, 75 shipped would be crazy:cool:

One thing with Pastels.. the price will fluctuate greatly depending on the snake's appearance. Also on its lines; there are Lemons; Blondes; Grazianis; etc. :)

I paid more than 75 for mine. Ive just herd people say they got a male pastel for 75 from a show or seen them for that at a show. Have also seen them on KS for that low a few times. I paid 200 for my male I didnt have him shipped I went and picked him up. 75 shipped I dont know if I have seen them that low yet. I have herd somewhere that they have been showing up in pet stores now. I havent seen any yet, but sooner or later they will start showing up around here.

i never ment 75 shipped, depending on colors/lines the females for 200-250 shipped. but as i keep hearing lately, dont count on anything before they hatch...

And if you notice, the pastels under $100 are usually very low grade, lower quality pastels. The nicer ones are worth more. I won't be under pricing my lemon pastel males - you can bet on it!

well, heres my pastel that was 90, i think i got a great deal. He is very high contrast

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/c...s/IMG_0529.jpg
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/c...Picture087.jpg

(his hide was upgraded to a cocconut hide soon after wards, that was just a quick fix untill i got one)

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/c...s/IMG_0337.jpg

I agree with everyone else about "hatch some snakes, 1st, then worry about pricing afterwards".

But as for pricing; I think that's the hardest thing about breeding. On the one hand, you can't charge as high as people like Adam at 8-ball or NERD. If they're selling pastels for $500 and you're selling pastels for $500, people will buy from the big guy because they're well known and have a good rep. On the other hand, if you price too low, it looks fishy and people will think "if it's too good to be true...".

So there is a definite balance there that hobbyist breeders have to find when pricing. Anywho, good luck with your snakes. Get the raised up and hatch some snakes, then lets talk about pricing.

discussing prices is uncomfortable for everybody

I dont think ive seen it mentioned yet but you pay for what you get... Yea you may find a pastel for 75 but it prolly doesnt look that great... Good looking parents make good looking snakes... try sellin a 75$ not so great looking pastel against a 300$ bright yellow one and the majority of people will pay the extra cash. Just because you have a snake for sale doesnt mean people are going to want to buy it. Everyone and their best friend has a pastel so its not about finding one for sale cheap... its finding a great looking snake for a reasonable price... This is just how I see it when I purchase snakes.