Selling @ Reptile Expos (Non-Vendor)

Hello, everyone.

I have a couple ball pythons that I no longer need, since my breeding plans have changed. We have a reptile expo coming in 2 weeks to my city (Greenville, SC), and I was wondering about how to sell as a simple attendee (non-vendor). I know that gun and coin shows allow you to bring in your personal collection to offer for sale to the various vendors, but I’m not sure about the policies / etiquette for ball pythons and reptile expos. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Regards,
Chris

PS — Would it be best to simply sell and ship via MorphMarket ?

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My advice would be to contact the owner of the show. A lot of shows for reptiles don’t allow people to bring in outside animals to sell/trade without being a vendor.

I’d personally list them on Mm, and go from there. Could also try to do this via Craigslist, which can be a hit or a miss depending on your area.

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Most of the time that isnt allowed, at least at my local shows and people have been banned from the show for doing it. Do you have a friend vending that you can pitch in for table space? If not you will have to get a vender table.

If people could just sell without paying for a table, expos couldn’t operate.

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I agree with @nswilkerson1 I have never heard of a show allowing a non vender to sell, they sell by table spaces or per vender at any expo that I know of. Also I have shared a table before, when I just had a handful such as @nikkip suggested. You may want to try local pet shops or as already mentioned Craigslist, if you are uncomfortable shipping or using MM.

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Agree with banereptiles if you have a nice local reptile shop, sometimes they will buy what you have at wholesale if a show is coming up. Usually they have you drop an email with info to the owner or person in charge of animal inventory.

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Excellent! I’ll choose MM for my sales. :slight_smile:

Thanks again, everyone.

Regards,
Chris

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