My friend Matt, opened a shop named The Tye Dye Iguana almost 7 years ago.. It is a shop that focuses primarily on Reptiles, so they do carry some amphibians. however, his largest profit margin comes from the sale of food and supplies.

Contrary to what the name would have you believe, they do not sell iguanas. Simply because, they are the most commonly abandoned reptile pet in our industry.

He and I were talking the other day and his shop has experienced almost 40 percent profit increase every year since it opened.

is largest increase in profits and sales occurred when he took the TDI online. The shop is almost exactly a half a mile away from a Petsmart and roughly a mile from Petco. He has told me that Petco and PetSmart employees shop with him if they have exotic pets because they get a better price than they do with their discount. One of the main focus is of the shop is proper and responsible husbandry and education to the people that come in and buy from them.

it can be done but you have to run it as a business and maintain a little bit of distance from your customers you can't be friends with everybody otherwise I'll start cutting deals and lose money.

In short it is a long hard road to actually make a profit in the reptile pet industry.

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