Quote Originally Posted by neilgolli View Post
I can give you a quick breakdown of my business.

I produce around 750 balls a year, plus some colubrids (300 - 400), some boa's, some retics (this year hopefully). I do around $500,000 a year in total sales, not bad for working at home with animals I love. HOWEVER my costs are huge.

$1,000 a week in rodents
$800 a month in utilities
$1,000 a month in advertising / show expenses
$10,000 a year with superior
$10,000 a year in upgrading / adding new racks
$20,000 this year in moving costs
$30,000 a year minimum in upgrading my own collection with new animals.

I make more than enough for a comfortable living and pay all of my bills without much trouble however I don't really pay myself for my time. I have not been on a real vacation in 8 or 9 years. I'll be honest, I don't put anywhere near enough money away for retirement and live fairly frugally.

I've got money in the bank, but again with such high overhead, one or two bad months could drain saving really quickly as my overhead does not change even in the winter when I'm no longer really have anything to sell.

Do you do most of your sales directly to the customer or do you wholesale most of the animals out?

Just curious...


Also how many shows a year do you do?


I hope you dont mind me asking...