Monday, May 24, 2010

Selling fish for profit?

i am wondering if there is a website or if petshops will buy fish that i have raised most of the fish i am selling are oscar fish and jack dempsy fish which are fairy expensive..thanks
Answers:
Even most of the privately owned pet shops won't buy them anymore. At most, they will give you store credit, or an exchange in which they will benefit from.
Best thing you can do is put ads in your local paper. You can try craigslist, but they have banned the listings of pets for sale. However, you can list it in the pets section, and add an "adoption fee."
Good luck, but don't expect much of a profit. It will probably be more work on your part than its worth.
Go to your local pet stores and ask. but the only pet stores that will buy the will be privately owned ones. pet stores like petsmart will not buy them. and you would probably be better off putting an ad in the paper to sell them b/c the pet store wont give you very much for them
At most what petstores will give you is the wholesale price they have to buy there own fish

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As with the rest of the people said trying a local fish store wont be that good of a profit, i had to give away some big fishes for free because i couldn't find a buyer that i knew i could trust.
If you really need to get rid of them try finding a good local fish store and just give it to them, bargaining will most likely get you no were.
If you really want profit try www.aquabid.com or www.craigslist.org or news paper ads
Its hard to sell fishes to commercial establishment, but trying to sell them in species specific forum with people that appreciate that particular species you have, would be your best bet.
You can try your local pet stores. Like others have said, they generally won't give very much or will only give store credit. Taking out adds in the paper or searching for yahoo pet groups in your area are good ideas. Also you can check out www.aquabid.com It's an online auction site for fish stuff. That's where I sell my bettas and buy most of my fish related stuff.
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I'm sorry there is this other Austin I know and we call him muffinboy, if it isn't you.
Okay, stores don't really buy fish but if they do it is just store credit. I don't know if there is a website.

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