No-two
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GTPs... the only snake species whose "bible" got a sequel. That's got to say something about their ease of care doesn't it?
They're the worst feeding hatchies to get going that I've ever bred.
GTPs... the only snake species whose "bible" got a sequel. That's got to say something about their ease of care doesn't it?
When we were looking into other markets - US/UK, the US market for reptiles is roughly $1.5b US and the UK was $900m US (I think). We couldn't find exact figures in Australia but we estimated roughly $15-20m AUD. The US/UK have the market power to drive prices down. Sell the same product for less and make less margin can make you more money than selling less for a higher margin. Depends on the item and the demand.
You can't expect the same price as a different set of circumstances. If you want the lower price you have to move to said country. But is that really worth the $600 difference
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Following on what others have mentioned about "breeders sell expensive reptiles they must be making a lot of money". You simply do not pick a number from a hat for your price. What goes into it is costs. There are tangible costs and non-tangible costs. Tangible being real, things you can touch, so mice/rats for feeding, enclosure expenses, cleaning, power costs, everything involving the upbringing of that animal (and the costs involved with the upbringing of the parents). Non-tangible being wages/labour. Most of the time I would figure that the breeders are solely ran, so they have to factor in what their time is worth. Generally what you feel you are comfortable with getting per hour. Some people feel they are worth $300 an hour, some, $20 an hour - it depends on how much you feel your expertise is worth (this is mainly a factor in service fields - tradies, consultants, etc).
A GTP hatchling might be $1500 but the breeder might be making $300 in the end. Maybe more, maybe less. If it was $300, they would effectively have to make 4 sales before that profit allowed them to break even on the 5th. So every 4 sales allowed them to expand on 1. But they may only sell 3 a season so it would be 2 seasons before they made an expansion on sales. But this is only possible if there are 4 people next season who want to purchase. Don't take this as pure data on sales, they probably sell more, but take it for what it represents. Prices may be high, but that doesn't mean they are swimming in pools of money.
Australia is a difficult marketplace, especially for niche markets, myself and a lot of business have many struggles but our determination is what keeps us alive
nothing to do with price but just interested in gtp do you need a international animals add on your recreational licence to purchase a qtp?
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