I've gotten a lot of great advice on here in the year or so I've been breeding rats. Well I have been selling locally but I just met someone that says he is starting a reptile shop in 2 weeks. After talking with him I found out that he didn't have a rat supplier. So long story short I'm going to be selling his store roughly 120 rats per week. Do yall have any advice? I know a lot about husbandry but not so much on the business side of it. I just picked up 20 breeder females to match the supply there going to be wanting. So that will give me roughly 50 female.
What he's suggested to me is selling the rats at my prices and keeping 10 cents off of every rat. Doesn't that sound like a bad deal for them? I feel like its in my best interest for them to succeed so that I have a consistent buyer. I was thinking of lowering my prices if they buy like 10 or 20 more of a size.
Here's my normal prices
Pinky 75 c
Fuzzy 1.00
Pup 1.50
Small 2.00
Medium 3.75
Large 5.00
Jumbo 7.00
Instead of 10 cents a rat I was thinking of selling the rats for
25 to 75 cents cheaper depending on the size. When there bought in bulk. That seems like that would give both of us a little profit. What do yall think?
Also what do yall do to hold rats back to grow to a certain size? I'm not used to growing past smalls for what I normally sell. Do you just choose a percentage out of every litter to grow to a certain size? Any advice is greatly appreciated. I buy my food and aspen in bulk from a supply store so that's not really a factoR.
Please let me know what yall think!