Just a thought....................

That was pretty educational. Thanks for the essay ;)

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Originally Posted by Misha

So why would you wholesale the animals on a retail market? From what I've seen, normals in reptile stores go for around 75 bucks here so that's quite a markup from 10 bucks.

An average consumer doesn't buy from wholesale importers either. It's like buying Nike shoes directly from the manufacturer. I'm sure a few do it but most people pay what they cost in the store. That's why the company has capital to grow. If everyone could buy Nike shoes at wholesale, the company would have collapsed.

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Simple expected overhead. Why lay the burden on myself if the pet store is willing to take it on? I don't let any animals go till they hit a 100g mark so I still put in some time and effort with them but mine leave for between $10 and $20 as I am sure most here sell theirs for too.

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Simple expected overhead. Why lay the burden on myself if the pet store is willing to take it on? I don't let any animals go till they hit a 100g mark so I still put in some time and effort with them but mine leave for between $10 and $20 as I am sure most here sell theirs for too.

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I definitely get the wholesale part of it. It makes sense to sell the balls you're not keeping to a reptile store at a wholesale price. That's exactly the route I'm taking.

Just don't get why people sell at wholesale prices online or at shows.

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I definitely get the wholesale part of it. It makes sense to sell the balls you're not keeping to a reptile store at a wholesale price. That's exactly the route I'm taking.

Just don't get why people sell at wholesale prices online or at shows.

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You have to remember if you are going to sell online there is also going to be shipping, usually $50. So if you want to try and sell your normal for $50 and then have to charge $50 for shipping you are now at $100 cost to the customer. That's more than a retail pet store sells them for.

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You have to remember if you are going to sell online there is also going to be shipping, usually $50. So if you want to try and sell your normal for $50 and then have to charge $50 for shipping you are now at $100 cost to the customer. That's more than a retail pet store sells them for.

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Makes sense.

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Places like shows and ks are also kind of a middlemen scenario. They're not technically wholesale, and not really retail either. The vendors at a show have to cover some costs like registration and show displays, but nothing like what a brick and mortar shop has to pay. So the prices at a show are more like buying something from a broker, who has bought it from a wholesaler (either the original producer acting as a broker of their own animals, or an actual broker who really did buy them wholesale and is trying to flip them for a small profit, or got them as part of a trade etc) but still getting a discount over the retail price market. Shows are kind of like the outlet malls of reptile buying, the big name breeders are the Neiman Marcuses, petsmartco is the Walmart, and the smaller hobbyists are the local mom-n-pop shop.

I'm kind of looking at maybe getting a king snake now, this conversation has been very enlightening.

Especially when rat pinks are 0.75 to 1.00 USD a piece here in Oklahoma.

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I am a beginner in owning snakes. Cave, my normal bp was my first snake! I got him from petsmart, underweight. :( He is getting nice and round now. I got What's her face; my second normal, she was a female. She is around 400 grams.
Then I got a 100% het pied pair, and love them all to death!
Even if they are a 'normal', I LOVE them! They where the start of all ball python morphs. I am thankful for them.

Hi! New here. Interesting topic. Wanted to point out that at the 3 petcos near me, they sell pastel and spider BPs, $100 IIRC. Not sure where they get them, but I'd venture to guess not from a captive hatched farm in Africa.


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I have a question. I'm new to BPs as well. Got mine from petco. The neck of it is no bigger than my pinkie. I got a ASF baby rat from a local breeder is this to big for my snake?

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