Limejoker224
New member
I've been looking around and i see many different prices for corns. Some as low as 20-30 dollars and some in the thousands! What makes a corn snake more or less expensive?
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Corn Snake Prices?
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Jadie.Glitch
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It depends on how rare/new the morph is. If you got to a reptile show you can get a normal for 8 bucks! But if you buy a rare morph from a good breeder online you are looking into the $1000 range...
ghosthousecorns
Well-known member
It's got a lot to do with how new a morph is and how many people are offering it. Newer genes will run in the thousands and then you will see morph prices drop and they do usually kind of reach a plataeu stage where pretty much everyone sets the same price.
However It's a bad economy year, a slow year and sometimes people's hurry to clear off their racks makes their pricing strategy seem a bit desperate. For me this has really hit this year it is hard to sell my own ghosts which I have put my heart and soul into trying to produce the nicest ones I can through selective breeding, for $30 0r 35 as this is what I percieve to be the market average price - and then to see ghosts out there for just $20. When corns get that cheap it almost costs as much to produce them as you can sell them for.
However It's a bad economy year, a slow year and sometimes people's hurry to clear off their racks makes their pricing strategy seem a bit desperate. For me this has really hit this year it is hard to sell my own ghosts which I have put my heart and soul into trying to produce the nicest ones I can through selective breeding, for $30 0r 35 as this is what I percieve to be the market average price - and then to see ghosts out there for just $20. When corns get that cheap it almost costs as much to produce them as you can sell them for.
v_various
secretly normal
It also depends where you are, on the west coast of Canada I got my normal for free while on the East side Putty saw a normal going for $150 at an pet expo. I could get at Granite for that price here.
It depends on a lot of things, mostly being what people are willing to pay. Newer morphs and animals with a lot of recessive genes are going to go for more, usually. Was there a certain morph you're interested in?
Limejoker224
New member
I had a few morphs in mind. I was just cruising through the "Selling Corns" Section and saw some of those high prices.
I dont know all the names of these morphs. But i was looking for a a Whiteout(solid white color if i'm correct), solid red color. I live in the east coast of USA if this helps. Thanks for your help
I dont know all the names of these morphs. But i was looking for a a Whiteout(solid white color if i'm correct), solid red color. I live in the east coast of USA if this helps. Thanks for your help
crackerhead
Hug Free Zone
A Whiteout is a Amelanistic, Charcoal and Bloodred/Diffused corn snake. There are not that many around so the price is high. Snakes that have multiple recessive genes, the Whiteout has three, are going to be pricey simply because it takes years to get all three in one animal. The more recessives in an animal the harder they are to produce. Some morphs take many years, as in more than one generation of snakes, to create and that's assuming all goes well. This time, expense and effort needs to be at least partially recouped in the offering price of the snake. Not all morphs are created equal and the latest, coolest or most unique looking ones are gonna cost you. Think of the more expensive morphs the same way you think of the latest video game machine or "iWhatever". The the scarcer they are to get, the more people want them and if you can wait long enough they all end up in the bargain bin!
Terri
Terri