At what point do you raise prices for snakes your selling?

[Amanda E]

I was just wondering at what age of a cornsnake do you start asking for more money? And how much do you raise the price?

I was thinking that if I have any left (providing I'm not desperate to get rid of them) that by they time they are close to a year old, I'd raise the price a bit, but I was just wondering what age you guys go by and how much you raise prices.

Like if you had a snake that would normally sell for $25 as a hatchling, at a year old would you now ask $30? $40? And does it depend on if it's a male vs a female?

 

[tai_pan1]

Supply and demand. If you want to move them fast, set a lower price. If your not worried about selling them, set the price at what you feel their worth.

How many do you have?

 

[vanderkm]

Bearing in mind that these are Canadian prices and I keep about half my hatchlings for one winter to select the best once their color has come in the following spring - so holdbacks are well grown.

I sold hatchling normals for $45 in the fall, with those I decided to part with the following spring going for $60. As yearlings they were up to $75. Snows and ghosts were correspondingly higher - ghosts were $65 as hatchlings, up to $95 as yearlings. Amels and anery were intermediate, creamsicles and rootbeers more.

These were sales at shows and for well grown snakes with all feeding and shed records provided. There is a real lack of youngsters available here in the spring, so any holdback normals or amels could probably sell for almost yearling price at our spring shows, but the higher priced colors do not sell as quickly.

hope that helps - you can translate the amounts down for american $$.

mary v.

 

[Amanda E]

Thanks for the price info Mary.

How many do you have?

I currently have 13 that I'd like to sell. I have the option of selling them at a petstore if I really get desperate. Depending on how well I do at this weekend's expo, I may drop a few off at the petstore.

I know it's not good to do this, but I'm hoping next year it will be easier to move my hatchlings as I wont just have normals and hypos but also bloodreds, ghosts, and hopefully some coral snows, ambers, and caramels. If a little more variety next year (and finally a shipping "deal" with FedEx) doesn't help me sell my hatchlings... well, I'll probably get rid of half my collection and just keep the rest as pets.