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<blockquote data-quote="Poec54" data-source="post: 39626" data-attributes="member: 3524"><p>Tarantula prices in general in the US have been coming down the last several years, due to supply starting to catch up with demand. Breeding's not as lucrative as it was 10 years ago when the big wave of European imports started. The way Europeans make money breeding, and the way Americans are now too, is in volume, not high unit prices. That's good for collectors, as they can afford to buy more, but there's some dealers that <em>really</em> miss the old days. </p><p></p><p>One of the things breeders have to decide is whether to sell/trade their slings at retail, wholesale, or both. If you focus on retail, you'll be making a lot of small sales, and will probably have to maintain hundreds of vials. The money's better, but there are advantages to doing it wholesale. You can ship out dozens or hundreds of slings at a time and don't get bogged down in caring for slings. Clean and simple. You'll be surprised how low wholesale prices are, but keep in mind that in order to have a good selection, bigger dealers have to have thousands of vials, and that can mean employees and renting a building. They can't do what they do if they can't cover their overhead. I sell/trade almost all of my slings to dealers, and that covers the cost of new acquisitions and feeders. It's ironic, but by breeding, the bigger your collection is, the less it costs you. There's a point at which a big collection has paid for itself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Poec54, post: 39626, member: 3524"] Tarantula prices in general in the US have been coming down the last several years, due to supply starting to catch up with demand. Breeding's not as lucrative as it was 10 years ago when the big wave of European imports started. The way Europeans make money breeding, and the way Americans are now too, is in volume, not high unit prices. That's good for collectors, as they can afford to buy more, but there's some dealers that [I]really[/I] miss the old days. One of the things breeders have to decide is whether to sell/trade their slings at retail, wholesale, or both. If you focus on retail, you'll be making a lot of small sales, and will probably have to maintain hundreds of vials. The money's better, but there are advantages to doing it wholesale. You can ship out dozens or hundreds of slings at a time and don't get bogged down in caring for slings. Clean and simple. You'll be surprised how low wholesale prices are, but keep in mind that in order to have a good selection, bigger dealers have to have thousands of vials, and that can mean employees and renting a building. They can't do what they do if they can't cover their overhead. I sell/trade almost all of my slings to dealers, and that covers the cost of new acquisitions and feeders. It's ironic, but by breeding, the bigger your collection is, the less it costs you. There's a point at which a big collection has paid for itself. [/QUOTE]
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