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Wholesale pricing?

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I have what is probably a pretty dumb question--I am not a pet store, but I would like to surplus some offspring to one; and I have no clue as to what to ask for them. Is there a gauge of sorts as to how to give a "wholesale" price? Just generically speaking? Or do I see what they are charging on here or on Kingsnake and subtract a certain percentage? I don't want to short change myself, nor do I want to put off the buyer with what they may see as inflated price. Any advice?
 
As long as your question is strictly related to the purpose of this thread (and forum), lol.
Given the nature of this forum, the OP probably made a good choice by not stating specifics.

If you are considering selling wholesale, you may need to redefine what you consider short changing yourself. A business that is buying animals for resale has to consider both overhead and profit margin....so you won't get anywhere near going rates, especially if you're selling a group.
 
As long as your question is strictly related to the purpose of this thread (and forum), lol.
Given the nature of this forum, the OP probably made a good choice by not stating specifics.

If you are considering selling wholesale, you may need to redefine what you consider short changing yourself. A business that is buying animals for resale has to consider both overhead and profit margin....so you won't get anywhere near going rates, especially if you're selling a group.

I was just wondering if it was colubrids, boas, balls etc because most of the things I sell I also wholesale locally to pet shops. So was going to give an idea on prices that I sell for.
 
If you're selling directly to a retail store, if they buy animals from breeders at all, they'll tend to pay you 1/3 - 1/2 of what they sell the animals for. So (at least in my part of the country) you might make $15-20 on a normal baby ball or corn, maybe $10-12 on a leopard gecko, maybe $20-25 on a crested gecko. A lot of pet stores will only want to buy one, two, or three animals at a time, though, not whole clutches.

(If you're selling to a major wholesaler -- say, LLL or Calzoo or whomever -- you'll get tend to get about half of what a petstore would give you, so maybe $10 on a baby ball or $15 on a crestie, BUT they'll usually buy as many as you can produce.)

As far as stores, a good strategy is to ask "well, what do you normally pay your wholesaler/supplier for this animal?" and then name a slightly cheaper price. If they normally pay $35, say, for a butter cornsnake, offer yours to them for $30.

If they don't want to reveal the number, ask for half of what they're selling it for -- but be willing to take a third. If you start right off giving them the 1/3 of their retail price number, though, you might be underselling yourself if they'd happily give you half. Just like negotiating salary in a new job, it's best to get "the other guy" to name a price first.

I wouldn't bother looking at kingnsnake/fauna prices: most pet stores don't deal much in the morph market, and prices do vary a lot regionally. But know the going rates of the animals you're selling, at all the local pet stores near you (and also the going rate of them at the "big box" chain stores.)
 
I was just wondering if it was colubrids, boas, balls etc because most of the things I sell I also wholesale locally to pet shops. So was going to give an idea on prices that I sell for.
That's fine...just making sure it didn't turn into somebody making offers in this thread, or people essentially posting pricelists (which could be considered advertising).
 
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