Interested in joining a marine ornamental co-op? Designed to market your fish, you must be able to ship.
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Re:Interested in joining a marine ornamental co-op? Designed to market your fish, you must be able to ship.
Saturday, May 9, 2015 5:48 PM
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 Originally Posted by Of course who's to say what is profit and what ain't. My friend who is an IRA auditor seems to have a pretty good handle on it.  Money left over after expenses = profit = not a whole lot of chance you'll get there selling fish. 
--Andy, the bucket man. "Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886
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Re:Interested in joining a marine ornamental co-op? Designed to market your fish, you must be able to ship.
Saturday, May 9, 2015 6:07 PM
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 My sister-in-law works for them too. That's the same answer I'd probably get from her. My happiness would lay in just being able to "do it". Recovering any of my expenses would just be a plus. Chuck
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Re:Interested in joining a marine ornamental co-op? Designed to market your fish, you must be able to ship.
Saturday, May 9, 2015 11:30 PM
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the advantage of a business, of course, is that you get to be taxed only on the profit: revenues minus expenses. A hobby is taxed solely on the revenues, so the tax amount is higher.
check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website: http://kathysclowns.com Captive bred clownfish and more (Wholesale to the trade.)
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Re:Interested in joining a marine ornamental co-op? Designed to market your fish, you must be able to ship.
Monday, May 11, 2015 10:48 AM
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A very interesting thread, could it be set up here, with a designated section for the co-op? And buyers deal directly with the sellers? This site exists, its known, a fee could be agreed on to sell. A lot of possible variations. And the seller controls their prices. Post pics of the parents if fish to sell are small. Whatever, I think the co-op is a valid idea.
Jake We are all in this together
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Re:Interested in joining a marine ornamental co-op? Designed to market your fish, you must be able to ship.
Monday, May 11, 2015 11:09 PM
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Jake, the Marketplace was an attempt at just that.
check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website: http://kathysclowns.com Captive bred clownfish and more (Wholesale to the trade.)
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Re:Interested in joining a marine ornamental co-op? Designed to market your fish, you must be able to ship.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 6:15 AM
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and its not enough why? if a co-op can work great, its going to have more expenses then individual sales, which have to be met . Theres an answer somewhere, several of the larger fish farms in Fla started that way, and most of the largest still buy from smaller farms.
Jake We are all in this together
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Re:Interested in joining a marine ornamental co-op? Designed to market your fish, you must be able to ship.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 8:33 AM
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This site is not well known to buyers who don't use this site. I think the marketting aspect is what is missing. It's very loosely organized, and as it isn't a business outright, it cannot negotiate shipping costs with FEDEX, etc. It's a nice thing for breeders to sell to breeders, but brick and mortar stores don't spend any time browsing this forum.
check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website: http://kathysclowns.com Captive bred clownfish and more (Wholesale to the trade.)
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Re:Interested in joining a marine ornamental co-op? Designed to market your fish, you must be able to ship.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 8:34 AM
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tell us more about the fish farms in Florida and how they work?
check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website: http://kathysclowns.com Captive bred clownfish and more (Wholesale to the trade.)
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Re:Interested in joining a marine ornamental co-op? Designed to market your fish, you must be able to ship.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 9:06 AM
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Originally Posted by KathyL
I think the marketting aspect is what is missing.
This is a very important point. Marketing is a key reason why many new businesses fail. Or rather improper marketing. The only stuff I know about Florida fish farms is 3rd and 4th hand info. I've heard that, with a few, not all the fish they offer are breed on-site. Chuck
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Re:Interested in joining a marine ornamental co-op? Designed to market your fish, you must be able to ship.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 10:34 AM
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Few of the big sellers raise all of their own. Half a dozen tranship from the far east and the Mideast, there is a Fla Fish Farmers Assn within which has a lot of selling to one another from farm to farm, many of the farms have their own customers they sell to and most also sell to the big ones. Its very much a situation of everyone in the business knowing everyone else. There are a number of operations that raise half a dozen or dozen species, livebearers, tetras etc, in ponds and covered concrete tanks etc. Its a situation of businesses being in a limited geographical area and knowing one another on a first name basis. They also have a couple assn. functions a year for business and fun . About the only other similar area in the fish business I can think of is Singapore.
Jake We are all in this together
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