Starting a Koi breeding business?

[parker002]

As many of you know, I've put a lot of work into my pond, particularly now that I've given up indoor aquaria.

A byproduct of this work is that the survival rate of our baby Koi is rising rapidly - too rapidly. We went from 3 in 2014 to 5 last year. This year, I have at least 9. I've caught them and place them in a 40G stock tank so that I can net them again more easily (learned my lesson last year).

My question is this - what's the best way to go about selling them? These are beautiful fish but considering I live in a somewhat rural area, I'm finding I have to give them away, if I can get rid of them at all. I would really like to sell them at least for a few bucks.

Any advice?

[devonjohnsgard]

Farmer's Market?

Just sit downtown with a sign that says Koi Fish...People do it for dogs.

[parker002]

Closest farmer's market is like 45 minutes away.

[Carl]

Craig's List comes to mind.

If you do not mind shipping, selling online might also be an option (assuming the Koi are still not too large to readily ship)

Carl

[mmfed01]

I did it for years when I lived in Ohio, with local competition. From my perspective, it depends on where you live and what the demand is. I lived in farm country 1/2 hour South of Cleveland. People had land to build ponds and container gardens.

Mike

[parker002]

I'm a half hour from a city 1/3 the size of Cleveland, literally the middle of nowhere. I might try putting a page up on Facebook and see what happens. I detest Craigslist anymore, for every 1 serious buyer there's a half dozen idiots.

[Carl]

Jul 9, 2016 13:26:43 GMT -5 parker002 said:

I'm a half hour from a city 1/3 the size of Cleveland, literally the middle of nowhere. I might try putting a page up on Facebook and see what happens. I detest Craigslist anymore, for every 1 serious buyer there's a half dozen idiots.

Unfortunately I tend to agree with you about Craig's List, but then I am only on FB because I am in the "Public eye"

You could certainly list them here too, maybe make a "for sale" board. We do get a reasonable number of non member visitors per day

Carl