im looking at starting my own reptile store. can anyone give me some web sites for cheap reptiles and supplys?

Question

for reptile store owners

Answer 1

There are no websites with cheap products for reptile store owners. They get their products directly from the manufacturer at wholesale prices. If you buy from another reptile supply dealer, you won't make much profit unless you make your prices incredibly high. And I'm sure you already know about owning a business, such as getting a small business permit if you're city requires it or any other necessary permits required by your city and state, tax ID number which you have to have, insurance, etc. There have been quite a few reptile specialty stores open around here where I live over the years, and every single one has gone out of business, some within a few months. Good luck, I think you'll need it.

Answer 2

Good luck, dude. Reptile stores are almost a guaranteed way to go broke quickly!

As for suppliers, you should already know that you buy from jobbers or distributors. If you did not know that, then I wonder what else about running a small business you don't know.

Few wholesalers, jobbers, or distributors have big on-line sites- they just get too much traffic from people wanting to 'cheat' and get good proces on retails sales.

Answer 3

Contact supply manufacturers for their wholesale price lists. You will have to supply them with your license to prove you are a legit business before they will provide you a wholesale list though.

As far as live animals, wholesalers usually sell junk. Your best bet for live animals is to buy in bulk from breeders or someone looking to sell a collection. I can give you a website that is close to wholesale prices on live animals, but I will not post it here.

Answer 4

Why would you want to sell cheap reptiles, usually their not healthy if their cheap!