My mum is thinking of opening a rep shop in the new year and was wandering wot peoples thoughts and opinions were on this?

She has researched some of the costs, licensing, etc

any thoughts

Depends how much of a market there is round your area, whether you could get good stock, be able to care for lots of different species of snake etc.

I'm not discouraging you i'm just trying to be realistic. It's harder than it sounds!!

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1.0 Amel Motley Corn

cool...
does she know lots about reps?
and liek them?
OR plan to have you run it for her and can afford to lose the money if it goes wrong?
are there many otherrep shops near you?
do you know many ppl with reps in your area?

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Currently maintaining a small collection.

1.1 beardies
1.1 berber skinks
1.1 rankins dragons
1.1 Fiji banded iguanas
5.6.4 leopard geckos



Also helping in the keeping of my Mothers..
1.1 shetland pony's
3 Aylesbury Ducks
1.4 Chickens [erm 4 hens and 1 very pretty Cock]
[sorry dogs and cats get no mention]

she knows bits of various stuff but is doing alot of research into it
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there is only one shop that sells a couple of reptiles

in an area covering atleast 100 thousand ppl? if so then thats goooood for you and your mum.

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DEAN IS BACK.
Currently maintaining a small collection.

1.1 beardies
1.1 berber skinks
1.1 rankins dragons
1.1 Fiji banded iguanas
5.6.4 leopard geckos



Also helping in the keeping of my Mothers..
1.1 shetland pony's
3 Aylesbury Ducks
1.4 Chickens [erm 4 hens and 1 very pretty Cock]
[sorry dogs and cats get no mention]

If someone is going into the reptile business just because they think that they will make money, it will fail.

If someone is going into the business, because they want to live reptiles 24/7 and love the job... then they have a better chance of succeeding

Like any business, it helps to have a good solid head for finance/accounts, a good amount of computer literacy and a basic working knowledge of how to run a business, and all the legalities and paperwork that goes with it.

If running a market specific shop, it is advisable to know your market, know your product. You can't sell a product if you don't really understand it.. and the same goes for reptiles, therefore those with greater knowledge will have the upper hand.

Not sure what else to say really, if your mum has thought it through, has the finance, thinks she has the business savvy, has the knowledge of reptiles and the enthusiasm to work with them every day, then I wish her and you the very best of luck and I think anyone willing to work hard at a business can succeed, no matter what field it's in - but the rewards can sometimes take a looong time to come is all!

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Also available right now for rehoming: 1 x Juvenile Male Bearded Dragon, 1 x Adult Female Curlytail Lizard

I looked long and hard into opening a Rep shop, in the end I have put off the idea for another year or two. I am fairly experianced in Corns,Boa's,pythons and some of the more basic Lizards. I dont have a good knowlege of other species like Chams for example.

One of the most annoying things for me is to go in a shop and the staff not knowing what they are talking about so I have postponed the shop untill I have more experiance.

But I will be opening an online store around Febuary next year hopefully leading on to a shop.

I feel its better to wait rather than go in half cocked and end up losing everything.......

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thanks for peoples opinions and kind words i will tell her peoples thoughts and that she has to do alot more research

We hear so many stories on here about people who went in shops and the staff had no idea what they where talking about which destroy's the shops reputation.....once that happens it 's hard to recover

Its all about having a nice clean shop, good quality reptiles,good prices and most of all Good advise.....well thats what I look for anyway...

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