I have a guy in NY that I know that normally gets in 2-5 hundred hatchlings at a time and because of the size of the order, he gets them for only about 5 bucks each. many of them do not make it , but for the ones that do and the price he sells them at he makes a profit. it is this type of reason you can get them at the shows for 10-15 bucks. now the other thing you have to think of is are you in it for the money or the animals.