The Morphs

[Kaspar825]

What do you think the most profitable morph is. In need to buy the cages and incubator too. I want to start breeding but i dont think normals have any money in them. So what morph sells fastest, what morph will get them most money and which one meets in the middle. Im not only doing this to make money but dont want to loose money. Thanks

[Jerhart]

Well...














...Good luck!!

[RichsBallPythons]

What do you think the most profitable morph is. In need to buy the cages and incubator too. I want to start breeding but i dont think normals have any money in them. So what morph sells fastest, what morph will get them most money and which one meets in the middle. Im not only doing this to make money but dont want to loose money. Thanks

You wont make any money for years. Your gonna be in the hole for years to come from buying all the snakes raising them, feeding them and all the electricity.

But any snake is profitable as you receive money for it in which you didnt have before, = profit. You shouldnt look at snakes/hobby as $$$ and a fast way to make money. You will get way in over your head and end up making squat.

[Freakie_frog]

The most profitable Morph right now is the one that you buy, and deal with it not eating, escaping, not growing, taking 5 years to breed and then only getting 3 eggs..

You don't want to lose money I suggest you stay out of any business all together..

What is the fastest selling morph.. I move normals 10 at the time so for me normals.

What morph will bring in the most money.. I'd say something like a Banan Spinner blast.. but you better get ready You'd have to have 75K+ to even think about getting your hands on one.

On top of the cages and incubator you need to feed them & their off spring, figure out a Marketing strategy and budget, While they are popular remember everybody had the same idea only they had it 5 years ago and even a hobbyist needs to market I don't care who you are .

Even small time means big time if you want to turn a profit..

It can be done but it isn't cheap, easy, or fast..

I have close to 50K invested in snakes alone care to guess what my total sales my first year were??? 800.00 not profit just sales. So out of 50K I've made back 800.00 of it..now that's my rat food budget for 6 months..

Care to guess how much profit I've made this year.. 0.00

[MKHerps]

I agree you will not make money back for some time unless you have about 100k to drop on alot of adult balls. Then you could get nice morphs and produce soon, but who can do that.

I have been breeding for 4 years now and expect to show a profit next season. I work full time and I am a low to middle class citizen. I have spent anywhere from 10-15 k a year building a collection and still end up about 5k in the hole each year. Next year I will have enough females raised up to produce a profit if everything goes well. This year I should get close.

This is not a fast turn around buisness. I love reptiles and I like to look at it as a hoby more then a business. One day I might be able to do it full time, but for now those are only dreams.

I will try to answer your question though. Co-dom/Dom morphs will bring you the fastest money, but their value drops faster then you can produce them. Ressisve genes take longer, but their value stays stronger. White snakes will always sell, but they are a dead end project. Double and triple morphs will bring you even more but cost more to produce. The more snakes you have the more it cost to keep them. So pick what you like, have fun breeding them and one day they might return the favor.

[Ouroboros]

What do you think the most profitable morph is. In need to buy the cages and incubator too. I want to start breeding but i dont think normals have any money in them. So what morph sells fastest, what morph will get them most money and which one meets in the middle. Im not only doing this to make money but dont want to loose money. Thanks

From the looks of it then it sounds like all business in your world. And I can only agree to most of the things that have been said. It is a hobby (pasttime activity from busy life in college and (besides from 3 - 4 worksout a week)) in my case. And I'm doing it to create a never before seen mutation in the ball python world.

The big breeders appear to make a pretty penny from selling reptiles of all sorts but they also have bills to be paid for. Electricity, water, vet-bills, ect. With that said - they don't appear to rolling in a huge pile of cash if you narrow it down. Even some breeders in Denmark can't get rid of their animals and sell them for a very low price.

I would recommend you to invest your money and time in something else. Go to college - knowledge is power. Or you could start a business of some sort that hasn't been used up entirely.

[rabernet]

What do you think the most profitable morph is. In need to buy the cages and incubator too. I want to start breeding but i dont think normals have any money in them. So what morph sells fastest, what morph will get them most money and which one meets in the middle. Im not only doing this to make money but dont want to loose money. Thanks

As others have already mentioned - you WILL lose money while you're raising up your babies to become breeders, and you probably won't turn a profit for many years. While you're raising up your "profitable" morph, the prices will drop each year. And there's no guarantee when you breed that you'll produce babies, or even that the babies will be the morph that you are breeding for (out of 10 lemon pastel eggs, I produced 2 lemon pastels and 8 normals my first season - one I held back, the other I traded for another animal).

Not only do you have the investment in the animals, caging, thermostats, incubator, you need to figure in feeding, veterinary care, marketing costs. If you're not someone that people know, it's going to be much harder to move your animals, than someone who people have seen and know and trust to buy their animals from. Doesn't mean you have to be a "big name", just means that people need to get to know you and see that you are reputable in your words and your actions.

I also see from your first post that you are 13 years old. You are also going to have a very difficult time finding people willing to enter into a non-binding contract with a minor (a sale is a contract - if anything goes wrong with an animal that they purchase from you, they have no legal recourse).

[Kaspar825]

IM NOT IN THIS FOR MONEY! I told you that!

[Freakie_frog]

IM NOT IN THIS FOR MONEY! I told you that!

No one is saying you are..

I want to start breeding but i dont think normals have any money in them. So what morph sells fastest, what morph will get them most money and which one meets in the middle. Im not only doing this to make money but dont want to loose money. Thanks

My friend Breeding is fun rewarding and profitable..but you can't say your not focused on the money when your only post on the matter has said the opposite..You don't have to defend yourself but please don't act like we can't read..

Not once did you mention..looks, most appealing, easiest to get a hold of ect ect ect.. you told us what animals you weren't dealing with cause there "no Money in them" and proceeded to ask which morphs will be a get rich quick venture.

[RichsBallPythons]

IM NOT IN THIS FOR MONEY! I told you that!

I beg to differ, if not in this for money they why ask what snake makes the most?