cornaddict
One is never enough!
My filmily and i are starting a business called NevaeH Reptials.
I need some tips on starting it.
I need some tips on starting it.
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Need Tips
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wade
Save The Humans
I would start with a company name that people can see and recognize with out having to sound out the words. Then you need to decide what this company is going to do. Are you going to manufacture a product or sell a product that some one else makes. You need to think about transportation. How will your goods arrive? Will they come by truck or rail? Is there room to unload product, will you be able to store product or will you order it on an as needed basis.
You will need to do a demographics on your target customer. What age group do you hope to appeal to? Does that age group have disposable cash?
There are really a lot of things to think about but that should get you started.
You will need to do a demographics on your target customer. What age group do you hope to appeal to? Does that age group have disposable cash?
There are really a lot of things to think about but that should get you started.
cornaddict
One is never enough!
thank u for the good tips
4riscorn
ACR#774 NevaeH Reptiles
Jacob my dear son..cornaddict...you need to work on your spelling! It is "family" and NevaeH Reptiles.. we are starting to get into the breeding aspect of our corns and he wants to help out to be apart of it. Any suggestions for what an 11 yr old could do to help out and tips on marketing your corns is what he wants to know.
How awesome is THAT?! Good for you, Jacob! I basically know nothing about marketing, but I'll tell you one thing that sold me on corns: I have 2 kids aged 13 and 9, and the breeder I was working with sent me pictures of her 10-year-old daughter "modeling" the snakes. Instantly gave me a warm fuzzy about my daughter being able to handle them safely. I noticed at a recent reptile show that several vendors had young children (10-13 y/o or so) handling the reptiles in the booths. That goes a long way with us snake-newb-moms...
wade
Save The Humans
I knew that. Hey Jacob, how you doing dude? As you mom can tell you most of what I say is nonsense. You were very polite to thank me even though what I said didn't make much sense.
To answer your question, I think the first thing I would do is go around your city and talk to the owners of the pet stores. Tell them you would like to sell them some of your babies when you get some and see what they think. Ask them if they would buy from you and how much would the be will to pay.
You need to remember this is a tough business. You will get most of your babies in July and August and then sell them. You'll have lots of money from that sale but you have to remember to save that money to buy mice with all year long. When the next baby season comes if you still have money left, that is your profit, you can buy something nice for your mom.
Start slow, don't get too many snakes to start with. It's a lot of work to feed and clean them all year long. Make friends with the pet store people. Go visit them so they get to know you. Buy your aspen and water bowls from them, not on line.
Make it fun, if you don't enjoy it, don't do it, find a different way to make money. Live is short, don't spend it doing stuff you don't like.
Hug your mom every day. (she has the keys to the car)
To answer your question, I think the first thing I would do is go around your city and talk to the owners of the pet stores. Tell them you would like to sell them some of your babies when you get some and see what they think. Ask them if they would buy from you and how much would the be will to pay.
You need to remember this is a tough business. You will get most of your babies in July and August and then sell them. You'll have lots of money from that sale but you have to remember to save that money to buy mice with all year long. When the next baby season comes if you still have money left, that is your profit, you can buy something nice for your mom.
Start slow, don't get too many snakes to start with. It's a lot of work to feed and clean them all year long. Make friends with the pet store people. Go visit them so they get to know you. Buy your aspen and water bowls from them, not on line.
Make it fun, if you don't enjoy it, don't do it, find a different way to make money. Live is short, don't spend it doing stuff you don't like.
Hug your mom every day. (she has the keys to the car)
Stormy
Keeper of scaley things.
I have a tiny bit expierence in marketing so im going to chime in with a few things here.
First the name might want to be changed. You may understand it well enough but you also need people to understand it at a glance.
Decide where you want to sell your snakes. Online? To pet stores? If you decide to go with the online route then you need a website that looks professional. One thing I have noticed when looking at the dozens upon dozens of sites out there selling corn snakes is some of the sites do not look professional. Though this might just be my own opinion of things and the little things getting to me because I am a Graphic Design student.
Logo. Pick a logo that goes well with the name and stick to it. Changing a logo constantly makes it hard to keep repeat business because a logo identifies your company at a glance. Humans are very visual creatures so if we see a logo we recognize at a glance then they are more likely to remember you.
I hope I didn't over load you and good luck!
First the name might want to be changed. You may understand it well enough but you also need people to understand it at a glance.
Decide where you want to sell your snakes. Online? To pet stores? If you decide to go with the online route then you need a website that looks professional. One thing I have noticed when looking at the dozens upon dozens of sites out there selling corn snakes is some of the sites do not look professional. Though this might just be my own opinion of things and the little things getting to me because I am a Graphic Design student.
Logo. Pick a logo that goes well with the name and stick to it. Changing a logo constantly makes it hard to keep repeat business because a logo identifies your company at a glance. Humans are very visual creatures so if we see a logo we recognize at a glance then they are more likely to remember you.
I hope I didn't over load you and good luck!