it's morph-dependent, and base-color dependent. there's a pretty complicated matrix. 

right now, extreme pinning and really creamy harlequin patterns are the most popular and will demand the highest prices. reds, oranges, and VERY dark (like halloweens) will always beat brownish or brown/olive base colors. yellows are somewhere in the middle, depending on what pattern they have.

dalmation spotting is often a factor.

So might I ask, this was a pinner I had hatch this year and he/she's getting some dal spots, but I have no clue what the base color will end up being, dam was a red harlequin, sire was, well other than being a partial pinstripe with some dal spots, I'm not 100% sure what you'd call his color.  Anyway, any idea what a fair asking price would be for something like this little one:

generally, popular demand at this time rates dalmation spotting on tigers/brindles & otherwise patternless geckos higher... dalmation spotting on harleys and flames are not currently desirable.  Like Aimee said, the brighter or darkest colors beat out the buckskin/olive/brown colors.  High contrast is also in high demand, as is the "tri-color" and extreme harleys.  Much of the pricing is also reputation-dependant and quality of structure.  "crowned" geckos (wide head with large crests) are more in demand than ones with narrower heads.  Also, tail-less geckos are generally valued lower than those with full tails, but if you have a gecko with quality structure and color, you will be able to get similar pricing on tail-less geckos as you do with ones that still have a full tail.  Sexable geckos prices vary also, females tend to go for more than males.  unsexable geckos that still have the potential to be female tend to go for more also... sexable males tend to price lower because there are a ton of males out there.  

Genetics will also play a role.  If you have a mediocre-looking gecko coming from stellar parents, then you can generally price that gecko higher based on the potential.  

As you are just now starting to sell, I would suggest middle-of-the-road pricing.  The higher and lower end of the spectrun are usually used by the bigger breeders who are selling more their name and reputation... the high-end geckos go for high-end prices, and the pet-quality ones go for the low-end prices.  Your geckos are very nice by the way.  I would say you could get away with approximately $100-$150 for your higher percentage pinners, and in the $65-$100 range for the others.  That's just my opinion tho.  Others may go lower or higher... 

Brittany, personally, I'd hang onto that one. mom is a hot tamale. dad has a cool pattern but his color's not very exciting. this one will be worth considerably more if a) it turns out to be female and b) it picks up mom's color as it ages. he doesn't look to be a harley, but his pinning is very nice. his structure's kind of puny. his portholes are nice.

I too would hang on to that one as Aimee suggested... Sorry I missed your follow-up question.  I had started my answer then got distracted by work (damn having to make money, lol).  

also, pinning on a solid-colored gecko is a hot up & coming trait... One was pictured in the Repashy book, then people started popping out little ones that looked close to it... This one you pictured is closer to popping out solid geckos with pinning.  Even with dad's coloring, it could get you closer to that end.

so find him a mate who's solid dark red with big crests :)

Question, if you don't mind me getting in on this Tiki

Around when can you tell how they are going to finish?

The pricing interest me greatly as well. I spent more on my tiny little 2g thing then I have for anything else in my collection (blew the bf's mind!)

in my limited experience (I've grown up ~ 10) you can make some good guesses ~ 8-10 grams, but by 15-18 you know for sure.

I have considered keeping that one due to the almost perfect pinstripe and a couple dal spots which I really like.  I think what I'll do is start the prices around what you suggest and then if I get no bites for awhile I'll lower them and just see how it goes.  I would really like a solid red male, I actually found a really cute red dal male when passing through Petco one day, but I hate supporting them so I didn't get him, but for $50 it was tempting, lol.

Niki, you're always welcome to get in on my questions

Very nice pinner! If you can hold on to him for a little longer, i would do that. Then that way you can decide if you really want to keep him/her or not for future breeding. Also, if you do decide to sell him you have more info about what he will look like as an adult. Usually people like to keep their breeding lines free of dal spots unless, of course, it is a dalmation. The price goes up slightly in cases when certain morphs are free of spots. Buying very young cresties is really a crapshoot- holding it back and waiting untill it gains several more grams will allow you to make a more fair price on the lil' guy, and people will know what they are getting as far as color/head structure/how many dal spots it develops/etc goes.

The pricing is all up to you, but I'm just saying you might be able to get more for him/her when it's older. I'd much rather pay for a sub-adult than a 2 gram baby because they can change so much as they grow. I'm just looking at this from the buyer's point of view and what could get you more profit. Hope this helps in some way.

also keep in mind sales slow during the winter because of crappier shipping weather... it picks up again at the end of winter and early spring, when people can get their purchases sooner...

That one is worth $87.19

I have a question to add!

How long does it usually take everyone to get their geckos up to the 10-15 gram range? And can you do it quicker or slower depending on what you feed? 

I'm curious about that myself.

My geckos it's ranged from 7 months to a year to get them to the 15g mark. I feed mostly CGD and occasionaly crickets. I did have one baby that got to 10g in 5months but he ate like a pig.  On the other side of things one of my female took forever to grow took me two years to just get her to right under breeding weight, right now she's at 34.9 but when i got her 1 year and 10 month ago she weighed 3g. It really depends on what you feed, when you feed, what temp you can keep them at etc. Hope this helps and I'm no incoherent its 1am can't sleep and boredom brings me back to iherp

great questiona and great answers.. I too seem confused with the pricing even with the answers here, but I think it just takes practice..LOL

I agree, you've all had such great input!  When I get back to a computer I'll give you all points for your help!