bloodlucky
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- Jul 31, 2012
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Ok once I get my 40 gallon I'm planning to breed a lot of fish, Bolivian rams, cross breed livebearers, etc.
Anyway I'm actually trying to make a PROFIT, instead of ending up paying more money for shipping/packaging than the money I receive for selling my home-bred fish (which kind of depicts the reason why I want to breed them)
I'm 14, almost 15 but my dad is willing to help me out on this, and we will probably set up a PayPal account for me or he will use his metro card then give me the money I earn in dollars
NOW TO MY QUESTION
I checked the shipping tutorial on a fish auctioning website, and it makes 0 sense to me. First I don't know what an "insulated box" is. I know I have to label the box with "LIVE SHIPPING" or whatever for 24 hour delivery, but does "insulated" mean I need a box with that label on it or can I just take one of my Fresh Direct boxes and write "LIVE FISH DELIVER FAST" with a big sharpie on it?
Also where the heck do you find styrofoam? I'm very confused as to where to find this as well as how it will fit in the box and how it will HOLD the plastic bag with the fish. Do I need to cut a hole into it as a compartment for the fish? Please help!
Lastly, how much will shipping cost? Like I said I'm trying to make a profit out of this because I have almost no money compared to my spoiled friends who get all their PS3, computers and such from their PARENTS and STILL get a ridiculous amount of cash every week as an "allowance" which is probably more than some minimum waged salaries.
Anyway I'm actually trying to make a PROFIT, instead of ending up paying more money for shipping/packaging than the money I receive for selling my home-bred fish (which kind of depicts the reason why I want to breed them)
I'm 14, almost 15 but my dad is willing to help me out on this, and we will probably set up a PayPal account for me or he will use his metro card then give me the money I earn in dollars
NOW TO MY QUESTION
I checked the shipping tutorial on a fish auctioning website, and it makes 0 sense to me. First I don't know what an "insulated box" is. I know I have to label the box with "LIVE SHIPPING" or whatever for 24 hour delivery, but does "insulated" mean I need a box with that label on it or can I just take one of my Fresh Direct boxes and write "LIVE FISH DELIVER FAST" with a big sharpie on it?
Also where the heck do you find styrofoam? I'm very confused as to where to find this as well as how it will fit in the box and how it will HOLD the plastic bag with the fish. Do I need to cut a hole into it as a compartment for the fish? Please help!
Lastly, how much will shipping cost? Like I said I'm trying to make a profit out of this because I have almost no money compared to my spoiled friends who get all their PS3, computers and such from their PARENTS and STILL get a ridiculous amount of cash every week as an "allowance" which is probably more than some minimum waged salaries.