Opening a corn snake pet shop. IS THIS A GOOD IDEA?

Question

So a already have a little shop of my own where i take care of my photography, a studio blah blah. but a have this extra room that i was thinking about turning into a little petshop because i have decided to breed my snakes. So i will have 4 tanks for displaying the snakes, one for the small males, the small females, the larger males, and the larger females. A numerous amount of color morphs mixed together. Also i would sell the tanks, food, and supplies which i will display on the racks on the walls. I breed my own mice so i don't think food will be an issue. There are no other pet stores around that sell the same kind of color morphs I uptain. So i have some questions, 1. Is this a bad idea or a good one? 2. Do you know of a good place or site to puchase snake supplies in bulk for a low price? 3. Let me know if you have any better ideas. Please and thank you very much for your help. =)

Answer 1

that sounds cool

Answer 2

Hi There,

Good Post!  I love everything about business, escpecially the marketing and advertising parts.  These things make or break a business.  I've found many ways to advertise my business that might help you.  If you have a website, try SEO and PPC (pay per click from Google Adwords).

If you advertise your business offline, try handing out flyers, printing coupons, and yellowpage advertising).

The best method I've found yet is to buy business cards and hand them out everwhere.  I buy them from a place online that gives the cards for free and only charges for shipping and handling.  I hand these out to everyone I meet, and I leave them on cars where ever I go (I also got a free business card holder that looks really impressive)!  

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Take care and good luck with your business!

Answer 3

I don't think its a good one, but I hate snakes. So i'm biased. But thats not why I'm answering, this is

I know in my state any pet shops have to be licensed, so I'd look into that if I were you before I do anything. They might have certain requirements which you may not think of.

I know with other things, like turtles, they have to legally be a certain size before you can sell them. Puppies and kittens have to be a certain age, etc. No idea if there are requirements for snakes.

So make sure you don't forget to look into all aspects of running a business out of that photography studio.