Set Up & Installation Every shop
selling aquarium products should offer delivery, installation and set up of new aquariums.
Selling aquarium setups is as easy as one, two, three: (1) put together packages that will appeal to a wide variety of customers; (2) merchandise these items attractively and at suitable price points; and (3) once a sale is made, follow through with expert advice that will help customers position and assemble their new purchases.
The field is wide open when it comes to
selling aquarium décor.
Betta fish are the No. 1 -
selling aquarium fish in the U.S., and most of these fish are put in small desktop aquariums without filtration.
When
selling aquarium setups, give customers a valuable gift along with the hardware they are buying — give them inspiration to create their own personal themed tanks.
Our team has researched and reviewed best -
selling aquarium lighting for tanks of all types and sizes, for showing off your fish or helping your plants grow.
It is easier to
sell aquarium products when the items are attractively bundled together in a package that has a fair price point.
King suggests that any pet retailer that
sells aquarium setups should have either maintenance available through the store or a trusted third - party affiliate.
Without a doubt, the best way to
sell aquarium setups, as well as fish and aquarium products, in any pet store is to have displays that show off great fish and fabulous décor.
Independent pet shops that
sell aquarium products and have an established clientele base should offer aquarium set up and maintenance as part of its customer service agenda.
«When
you sell an aquarium you tell a customer, we'll sell it, we'll deliver it, we'll set it up and we'll come out every two weeks to keep it clean; that's darn cheap,» says Dane Myers, owner of Rift 2 Reef, an aquatics store in Flower Mound, Texas.
Not exact matches
And while the cause of their mysterious illness still hasn't been definitively confirmed, some experts have identified a likely culprit: Palytoxin, a dangerous compound found in some coral species that are
sold for use in home
aquariums.
Most of the 11 million fish
sold in the U.S.
aquarium trade come from coral reefs in the Indo - Pacific.
Most of the 11 million saltwater fish
sold in the U.S.
aquarium trade come from coral reefs in the Indo - Pacific.
At the time, all corals
sold for
aquariums had been taken from the wild, Vaughan recalls.
It also gave us the luxury of time to
sell stuff we didn't need on Craigslist (like an old
aquarium, an old refrigerator, etc).
January is the perfect time to
sell common community tank fish to the people who received an
aquarium as a gift.
There are many rocks
sold for the marine trade that can be used in freshwater
aquariums — but only in moderation, with a few exceptions.
According to Joe Aversa, owner of Route 4
Aquarium in Elmwood Park, N.J., the
aquarium department is another area in which price sensitivity and the absence of a broad supply challenge retailers» ability to effectively
sell products based on the fact that they are made domestically.
Under their new policy, tickets for children's petting zoos, horseback riding,
aquariums, zoos and animal sanctuaries — places where there is supervision and positive practices — will continue being
sold.
In order to compete with the convenience the internet offers, Exotic Aquatics has an online store that
sells coral and
aquarium equipment.
We
sold a ton of
aquariums.».
The company will initially offer a line of Flexible LED light strips and a line of Flexible RGB LED strips that combined with a controller (
sold separately) will enable the
aquarium owner to change the color of the
aquarium lighting with a wireless remote control.
Alive and Well A very new and exciting category of
aquarium products is «live substrate»
sold for the marine and reef segments of the aquatics trade.
One of the biggest challenges facing retailers who
sell both freshwater and marine livestock and products is educating the customers about lighting their
aquariums — most people don't know anything about proper illumination for tanks.
What's amazing about this 30 gallon «display» tank is that it is just one on a wall of
aquariums with fish that are for sale, proving that if a store wants to
sell more fish, offer them out of tanks that look like display tanks in themselves.
While more than 70 percent of retailers Pet Business surveyed said that they
sold dog and cat products, no other pet product segment broke the 35 - percent mark (bird, small animal and
aquarium products are
sold by about 34 percent of surveyed retailers, and herptile and pond products were
sold by around 25 percent).
We create products that we not only
sell, but we use in our own
aquariums.
The best - looking fish in the world in the worst - looking
aquariums are not going to
sell.
There are 1,001 themed
aquarium concepts that retailers can
sell their customers.
Supply bulbs with every fixture you
sell for standard
aquarium use.
When
selling these corals to people for their display
aquariums, point out that there is a better chance for success if they start with a large specimen.
Wade Warila, owner of Pets Pets Pets in Westford, Mass., knows how to set up a fabulous fish department, where the
aquariums selling fish are well lighted but the area is not.
The majority of fish species
sold in the
aquarium trade are not able to store excess energy and have short digestive systems, so it can be damaging to these animals to be without good nutrition for long periods.
There have been several high points in the
aquarium hobby over the years: the first importations of «true» tropical fishes; the enthusiastic introductions of angelfish and discus; the first basic marine fish being
sold and the Rift Lake cichlid revolution.
Although it is seems reasonable to market small tanks to novices, it would be much better to
sell them the largest
aquarium they can afford.
The key to
selling reef lights is to have them on display
aquariums in your reef section.
Every type of coral a retailer wants to
sell should be represented in the store's reef display
aquariums.
Millions of the popular two - gallon
aquariums have been
sold, and today this
aquarium continues to remain a top seller.
«From custom
aquariums to the everyday
aquariums we
sell in our stores, we will install it and service it for a lifetime.»
You can fish, and all the fish you catch can be
sold for gold, or you can even keep them in your own farm and watch them swim around in your pong or
aquarium!
In an interview last month with the journalist David Kirby, Mark Palmer, the associate director of Earth Island Institute's International Marine Mammal Project, estimated that the dolphin hunters of Taiji killed nearly 900 dolphins and pilot whales this season and kept nearly 250 to
sell for alive to the
aquarium trade (which is booming in the Middle East and Asia).
Nobu
sells a tremendous amount of endangered bluefin tuna, and despite repeated warnings about the looming commercial extinction of this majestic fish from a vast international amalgamation of scientists, conservation organizations, foodies, bloggers,
aquaria, filmmakers, actors, and even a European prince, Nobu refuses to change its practices.
Currently holds a folded up treadmill, unused
aquarium, twin bed, table and chairs, toybox, shelves, a plethora of boxes of stuff, and mountains of clothing that needs to be sorted /
sold / converted to rags.