Welcome to acreptiles.com!

Although I'm never done adding content, the new website layout is now complete and I will be able to focus more of my time on adding new content - blog posts, pictures, etc. to the website.

I've added a few blog articles/posts and some new pictures to get things kicked off, but I've also started working on several new articles and thenew collection pages that will be published over the next few weeks and months.

My goal with this website wasn't just to make my website look fresh and new, but to take advantage of new website technology that wasn't available just a few years ago.  As a full time reptile breeder, the learning curve was a bit steep as I was trying to catch up on things, but I'm really starting to like the new layout. 

What's new besides the website?

About a year ago, when the gecko collection became large enough to support some expansion, I started really thinking about which way to expand. That was around the time that I started talking about opening up a retail store.· I was doing research, casually looking at possible locations and even talking to a few reptile store owners. I had a decent business plan/model and I even had people willing to help finance it. Then I had an epiphany one night on my drive home. I realized that I had no desire to run a retail store or to stock, inventory and sell all the unnecessary "doo-dads" that a lot of pet stores sell. I'm more of the $300+ reptile in a $50-$100 cage kind of guy - reptile stores have to cater to the mainstream, who seems to be geared towards putting $50-100 reptiles in $300+ cages.    It was all settled right then and there....I will stick to the original plan of being a reptile breeder, expand the ball python collection as I originally intended, and forget about opening a store - at least for now. You may have noticed that I even removed books and caging/display products from my online store. We may start selling some of the supplies that we buy in bulk for our own use, but that probably won't happen until we can bring on another employee. 

At this point, a retail showroom - something I would love to do - is as close to a retail store as I have any intention of ever opening.  For now, we continue to operate privately in an undisclosed location (think batman's bat cave) somewhere in the vast metropolis that is Kansas City, Missouri. ;-)

Thanks for visiting and be sure to check back often.

-Anthony Caponetto