How much do you usually pay?

[Ace_king_brahma]

Well the worm farm is coming along very nicely! And I have a few hundred pinhead crickets. I'm curious as to how much people pay for their pet treats. I plan to sale my worms and crickets and trying to come up with a fair price.

I was paying:

in San Antonio:

50 count regular mealworms- $2.99
small crickets- $0.12 each
large crickets- $0.24 each

here in Castroville:

36 count mealworms- $3.79

I'm thinking maybe selling my worms at 50 counts. I can get bait cups cheap and the worms are inexpensive to grow so the high prices for them seem unfair to me. Though I do admit shipping is getting more and more expensive.

 

[Dixiedoodle]

Will you be selling wholesale or retail?? It will make a huge difference, in your prices...

 

[Ace_king_brahma]

retail at first but if things keep up the way they are going I will be able to eventually sell in bulk. I already have a few people interested who stop at my shop. And a few friends who want to buy a few when they go fishing.

 

[BowChickaBowMow]

10c for large
6c for small (from pet supply store)

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Quote:
For my reptiles....

I pay $17 shipped for 1,000 crickets
$22 shipped for 1,000 superworms

 

[gumpsgirl]

Here in VA I am paying $3.00 for 30 meal worms.

 

[lengel]

I've paid up to $5.00 for 24 large crickets in a self-sustaining environment (those plastic boxes with a piece of egg crate and some of that green stuff that they can eat). That way, I don't have to feed my bearded dragon as soon as I get home.

A la carte, I pay 10 cents each.

 

[Ace_king_brahma]

Okay I feel a little better seeing I'm not the only one who is charged too much for these critters. I remember in the late 90's I was buying crickets at the large size for: ten to nine cents each and three to four cents for smalls. And $1.99 for 50 count of mealworms of the regular size. Now ten years later I'm paying twice that. When I started raising the worms and crickets I figured they would be expensive to rear but they are really cheap!

$17 for a 1,000? Now that is a deal!

Considering things do you all think $2 for a 50 count of regular sized mealworms would be a fair price?

I'm thinking five cents for large crickets and three for small ones. Hoping to start selling at my shop in the next month or two.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Well, I spoke too soon. Their prices are now $19.95 for 1,000, shipped. Which still isn't too bad.

 

[Ace_king_brahma]

That really is still a good deal. That is roughly 2 cents a cricket. I already have potential buyers since my customers are tired of travelling 15 miles to pay a quarter a cricket. I would love to eventaully sell them in bulk at that kind of price.

Thanks for the help to those who replied.