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tmth

I was talking to a guy at LLL Reptiles, who were at the Wasatch Reptile Expo today curious about wholesale pricing, since I knew they bought reptiles. He wouldn't give me a straight answer (or even a number at all) in regards to how much lower wholesale prices generally are even though I was just curious and not very serious about selling him anything. I'm still curious now, so I'd figure I'd ask the iherp crowd. What's generally the percentage, amount lower, etc, that critters are sold as wholesale? I know it depends on species and demand... obviously selling individual normal ball pythons isn't going make as much of a difference as individually selling another morph.


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10/2/2010 8:21:22 PM

Katie M

It's generally about 40% of what the selling price is, I believe

Member Comment

10/2/2010 8:40:58 PM

FyreFocks

It depends on common the animal is. Normal corns will wholesale for 5$ and common morphs might go for 7-12$. Higher end morphs dont usually wholesale at all. I wouldnt know anything about carpets.

Member Comment

10/2/2010 9:15:53 PM

ReticulousReptiles

I'm sure normal balls are around the same price as normal corns. Around $5

Assisted Answer

10/2/2010 11:37:24 PM

shellboa

I can get $8 for a really interesting female normal ball python. Everything else is $5, I sold a pair of pastels for $25 each-they really don't get much better until you start looking at recessives or triple co-doms. At that point I would stop looking at wholesale unless you are hard up for cash.

Member Comment

10/2/2010 11:37:56 PM

shellboa

p.s. I wouldn't do business with LLL either , just my opinion

Member Comment

10/3/2010 12:21:40 AM

Nitram

1+ shellboa

Author Comment

10/3/2010 8:31:23 AM

tmth

I wasn't extremely impressed with some of the animals and the way they looked taken care of, and the guy I talked to (aparently the owner) was kind of a jerk so don't worry, if I were to wholesale at some point it certainly wouldn't be with them. :)

Member Comment

10/3/2010 1:09:49 PM

scubadiver

I have been to their stores out in California and to their website, and their price weren't that much different at the Daytona show.

Member Comment

10/3/2010 5:07:21 PM

masterfulpoopsie

I was offered $17.50 each for a 50 lot of IJs, I turned that down so quick it wasn't funny.

I was also offered $30 each for a 5 lot of unsexed baby coastals and I took it.
Be prepared to be schocked at what your offered, and remember price goes down as the lots get bigger.

Member Comment

10/5/2010 12:56:32 AM

t0neg0d

Most wholesalers run ads on kingsnake, faunaclassifieds, etc. The ads usually state what they are looking for (usually have to be a lot of 10+) and how much they are paying per.

Member Comment

10/5/2010 3:48:34 PM

AbsoluteApril

Also note some wholesales won't pay any extra for hets even if they are 100% and you can prove it. The one time I wholesaled some colombian boas, I was getting quoted $20-$5 each depending on the place, most were $10-5/ea. Price sometimes also depends if it's an established feeder and how many meals they have had.

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10/8/2010 3:05:59 PM

NorthBrazilian

I got offered 50$ each for high end baby Surinam BCC.... I laughed in his face... they sell low grade surinam bcc for 250$ a piece .. that's a 20% cost..... It's not worth it to sell wholesale.... It's much more rewarding to sell 1 litter for premium prices.. than sell 10 litters wholesale..... The last thing you want to do is sell high end stuff to wholesalers... Let them have the low grade stuff..

Member Comment

10/10/2010 10:07:48 PM

Doomtrooper

I think the quantity of animals bought at the time of sale would come into play also

Member Comment

11/9/2010 5:23:02 AM

riserax

I think wholesale shouldn't be around period. Who are these people to put a price tag on a reptile as low as 25 bucks? They should care more and charge more to assure they go to better homes. Too many times I have seen neonate burmese selling for 50 bucks and I wonder to myself if someone only pays that much for something that will get SO big, what are it's chances of being kept to adulthood and cared for properly? Just my thoughts.. Wish more shared this view :) There'd be many more happy snakes out there if they did...

Accepted Answer

11/9/2010 5:05:02 PM

Katie M

Riserax - I couldn't agree with you more - that's why I, as a small time breeder who hopes to breed at a higher end scale at some point, have made the decision NOT to sell at wholesale, period. Unfortunately, other breeders may find themselves over run with babies that they cannot afford to house or feed, or need the money, or whatever. I truly hope that those breeders think further ahead in future years before breeding, so that they aren't doing that as a casual, yearly practice, but that is beyond any of our control. All we can hope is that as responsible breeders, more and more of us choose NOT to follow that trend. I chose to hold on to my 66% hets until they all sold rather than wholesaling them for the $40 I was offered, and it took over a year to sell them all. I, however, was prepared for that chance, and was not at all phased that it took that long. In the end, all of my babies went too good homes, that have cared for them well. It's all up to the breeder, though.

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2/23/2011 2:30:51 AM

abi21491

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