- Post Updated: 2025-05-12 10:19:20
- Status: For Sale
- Type: Businesses For Sale
- Location: Adelaide
- Business ID: XB162629
Description
INDUSTRY LEADER – HUGE FOLLOWING – UNLIMITED POTENTIAL
This is a very successful niche business offering far-reaching potential in areas such as Education and Corporate Events. Unique and profitable, this is the largest bug shop in Australia – with the biggest captive breeding program.
BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS:
- Currently based in Adelaide – this business can be relocated anywhere in Australia
- The business sells invertebrates to the public through its online website
- Supplies most of Australia’s major zoos and wildlife centers
- Includes – but is not limited to – spiders, mantises, beetles, roaches, millipedes, centipedes, scorpions, and isopods
- Other products include substrates, enclosures, bug-keeping equipment, and décor
- Huge social media presence with a loyal following
- Several Facebook groups with up to 10,000 members – for jumping spiders alone
- ONLY business of its kind to breed and sell peacock jumping spiders
- Launched in March 2020 and swamped with orders in just 2 weeks
- Home based business offering flexibility, low overheads, and tax benefits
- No need for wildlife licences in SA
- Ranks #1 on Google with no need for paid advertising – 50-60% of orders every week are from new customers
- Extensive demographic, including males (mainly scorpions, centipedes, and tarantulas), females in their 20s and 30s (jumping spiders), children and parents
- Assets include invertebrate stock, breeding stock, and 700 recently bought enclosures of different sizes (biggest income generator)
- Owner moving interstate – Training provided
This business offers huge potential for someone keen to ramp things up and generate more income. Increase the type and number of bugs for sale, and/or expand into other industries, like educational programs for schools or corporate show and tell.
PRICE: $120,000
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- State: South Australia





