$500 TURNED INTO $500k REPTILE BUSINESS! Andy Hein of Southern Reptile Supplies 

He was about to fight over a turtle

He talks absolutely the same on and off camera, no matter what. I askes Andy; is there anything you want me to cut out? And he said absolutely not haha I don't know anyone in Reptiles with the balls to be that transparent

You can tell he's not hiding anything and being truthful, the type of talk that some people hate

He's hilarious too. Lol

They are awesome! We will be around. I'm working on editing my vlog from that day so you will be in it!! But I'm also easily distracted so hopefully I finish soon

Agreed

Yeah, reptiles are already fuckin cool as they are, it really sucks how the reptile "market" favors overpriced morphs and charges more money when a species gets popular despite there being an abundance of them. It makes zero sense to me how something like a tokay or leopard gecko for example is considered a "cheap" lizard. But if a dude gets one with a new paint job and breeds it all of the sudden it's 500, 600, 800, or thousands of dollars for it. The average person doesn't typically have that kind of money to blow and even the low end of those prices would be sombodys budget to get the animal and the proper set up, not just the animal. Too many people factor their prices like rich people tally up tax write offs. The sad side effect of the morph craze is that people actively blow thousands on the newest morph with hundreds of normal looking animals are floating around Craigslist for free because nobody wants the "boring" ones. It's nice to hear sombody in the business that tries to stay reasonable and still has success

@@Chudchanning My comment did not age well lol. Few months later, now my local shows are full of nothing but buckskin, patternless, and dal crested geckos all within the $60-$200 range. The new attitude now is "dont waste your time with high ends, nobody can afford them". Ugh! I dont understand why their cant be a happy medium within the community. As breeders, we control the prices on our table. If nobody is buying your 1k lily..maybe that's a sign you need to change your price. Nah instead everyone in my area just gave up and only work with low end morphs now. Shaking my head. Supplies are now a huge problem as well, if anyone wants an enclosure they have to go pay the overpriced pet store prices because none of the brands are working with expo vendors anymore! I tried exo terra, pangea, zoo med, all 3 will not work with vendors. You have to have a brick and mortar store already stocked and running for them to even consider letting you be a dealer of their products. We only have 1 dry goods vendor at the show I've been doing, and he doesnt even have enclosures. Between overpricing, bad attitudes, premiums, and being unable to have enclosures/dry goods at shows...the reptile industry is falling apart.

@@angellea9061 that's a bummer to hear. I've been pondering the idea of entering the industry somehow. I never got to go to conventions until last year (I lived very rural until a few years ago) and didn't really follow content either since I was late to the party with technology, but I've kept reptiles my entire life and always had a passion for them. It was pretty jarring for me to be introduced to the whole large scale breeder and morph aspect of the industry, and I have to admit I was alittle disappointed when I went to the convention with 600 bucks I saved up only to discover I couldn't really afford much of anything available aside from invertebrates and feeders. There's no doubt that there are some beautiful animals in the trade, but the current accepted price ranges and the general attitudes are relatively discouraging from my personal perspective. I hate being looked down on as some kind of cheapskate where the "high end" breeders have the mentality that comes off like sombody saying you shouldn't have a license if you can't buy a Bently or a Lamborghini. I also noticed that the majority of animals were crested gecko morphs and ball python morphs so that must be where alot of the money is at currently. I just hope to see some more unity and more passion over profit in the future, it's kind of sad how hobbies become inherently less fun the deeper you explore into them

@@Chudchanning Agreed. The deeper I get into the breeders side of the trade, the less and less love and passion I see. Some still have it, but there's a ton of stuff that happens behind the scenes that shows what really comes first for many.

Thanks for watching man! I got a lot of value from his story!

🙌🙌 thanks for watching. Andy is doing big things!

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Agreed! Thanks for watching

Port City Pythons sub to my channel I’m going to do a few shout outs today. You and Andy will be mentioned love the video

Thanks for watching!

Thank you for watching!

That's what I was thinking lol. But I do buy a lot from this guy.

That’s the only part of the video where I kinda cringed 😬

Yeah, he sounds arrogant. There's a lot of these guys in the hobby. Love to act like a hard ass and tell you how much they don't give a shit. I visit so many tables at shows and these guys love to sit there and 'educate' you because they know so much and you don't. Look man, just sell me some bedding and let me move on.

Thanks for watching!

Thanks!! It really helps that Andy is indeed an interesting subject! There's another one with a friend coming down the pipe. It is just a long process. The next one will hopefully look like a short documentary

Agreed! Andy is the man!

Thanks man, couldn't agree more!

Thank you!

Thank you so much for watching and your support!!!

Thank you! He may be coming to a reptile show near you. You never know

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What do you look for in potential vendors for doing business with for supplying reptiles ?

Was?

Thanks!

Port City Pythons maybe u can give me some advise i have my own business as well down in miami but mine is on Marksmanship

I don't think Andy goes that far east yet

I'll do my best to answer on Andy's behalf. He has a warehouse now but certainly started in his house. He goes to shows almost every weekend. He even sometimes sends his brother so they can vend 2 shows in one weekend. He covers Texas and Louisiana and is branching out slowly. There's pretty much enough shows in Texas alone to be busy most weekends

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All of those "complete kits" are trash unfortunately

Thanks!

Thanks man and thanks for watching!

I believe he also complained about someone that wasn't "full time" undercutting snake prices...

Not all products have MAP. But still I guess theres room on many products.

You'd ask Andy. I beat someone could do it with reptile supplies and just do your regional shows

@@joe_phelan I never replied, but thank you! Is ordering online from say facebook groups a decent idea? Ive been looking into crested geckos, they seem so cool already, why not breed as well? I dunno just a thought i had. thanks for your time

That's awesome! Thanks for watching!

Some can! Just hard work and patience I'd think!

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If you are getting stuff to sell... doesn't that make you a company? You contact a wholesaler/distributor

Exactly he’s a hypocritical 🤡

I agree I was liking everything he said but that comment alone just made it clear he cares more about the $

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whats your opinion on the western hognose if i may ask?

War Against Myself a rather docile snake, and they’re not big either, the way they eat is funny and honestly they’re all around a really good snake, Id definitely get one if I had the money

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