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I'm wondering about the corn market. Seems that Ghost, Caramel, Amel, Charcoal.....you know.....the common ones.....they don't seem to move very quickly.
What's popular with corns these days?? Would it be combos....maybe triple combos such as Butter Stripe, etc ???
I don't have a "name" in the corn snake world.....so I would rather spend breeding time trying to produce corns that will be easier to sell because they would be in high demand.

Thanks for your help!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brian

Ultramel, bloodred, lavender, motley ,stripe and hypo seem to be the big hit with corns nowadays...

Motley? Did somone say Motley? Motley anything? It just so happens I jsut had a little of 17 Motley Albinos. I guess you are right about them moving fast. They were all spoken for before the last had even hatched.
FOOT HILL REPTILES

hey- out of my 15 i only have 1 on hold so you stink... but then again....3 are keepers and some are non-feeders, and i really havent been out and about to sell them yet. i have petshops wanting them, i just havent stopped by any with the lil guys and gals. i would have e-mailed you, but i forgot which e-mail address is the right one...its the research address, right? probbaly not...but anywho.... i'll send you pics when my battery charges for my camera. oh yeah... i dont remember if i told you or not... i have miamis, orange okees, and normals in the bunch.
talk to you soon!!!
~kin
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SNAKIES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Corns:
.1 Normal (Gertrude) [just a pet...she started it all]
1. unknown hypo? normal? (Romeo)
1.2 Miami Phase (Hector, Emily, Charlotte) thanks jeff!
1. Amel het Blizzard (Dunesbury)
1. Classic het Hypo, poss het Amel, Anery (Cobra)
1.1 Classics (Henry VIII, Cassy [Emilys F1 babies])
.1 Amel (Pepperoni)
1.1 Hypo zig zags poss het Caramel (Bernard, Abegail)
.1 Classic{reduced black} het Hypo, Stripe (Gracie Lou)
1.1 Anery het Motley (Lleroy, Persia)
.1 Candy cane (Peaches HoneyBlossom) [Just a pet]
1. Abbotts like classic(Albert[Charlottes son])
snow coming soon....

Rats:
1.1 Black rats (Willard, Cecily)

Cal Kings:
1.1 Striped Cal Kings (Dweezil, Skunky)
more coming soon...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~LEOPARD GECKOS~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. Normal het Midnight Blizzard (Mr. Spot)
0.1 Blizzard (Blitz) was attacked by a cat and still living!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~TURTLES~~~~~~~~~~~~

.1 white cheeked mud (Opel)
.1 snapping turtle (no name, ideas welcome)

That's a great question. Since I don't produce every available morph, I can't answer your question with 100% accuracy. But I've noticed some trends over the years:

1) People like color. The sales on snows and anerys seems to be especially slow the past couple of years.

2) If you're excited about the snakes you work with, your potential customers will be too. Excitement in contagious - don't work with a morph because it "sells well," breed it because you like it.

3) Selectively breed. Hold back your best babies. If you have the best Reverse Okeetees on the planet (or whatever morph floats your boat), customers will find you and buy from you. Take pride in your work.

4) Get a camera. There's some good digital models out there for as low as $200. Take quality photos of individual offspring for sale as well as their parents.

5) Have a website. With a website, people will conclude that you're "for real" - not just some guy or girl on the internet selling stuff.

6) Get a classified account at kingsnake.com. I sell ALL my snakes via this website - I haven't been to a show in years. I love this place!

7) Provide good customer service.

Don't make the same mistake huge numbers of Ball Python breeders did - work with a morph because it's "hot" and then not understand what they couldn't sell their offspring. Selling these days is more than just producing babies for the market.

Follow the above steps and you'll be a few steps "ahead of the game" of making sales.

Tim

Third Eye