| The cages that pet stores and department stores try | | | | amount of product. The majority of space in the box |
| to pass off as healthy and comfortable guinea pig | | | | will be taken up by empty space because the interior |
| habitats are generally neither healthy nor comfortable. | | | | of the cage is empty space. Mostly you will be shipping |
| Those small manufactured cages are usually designed | | | | ten-times the amount of air. The amount of actual |
| to old, archaic guinea pig cage design standards. | | | | material that you will be able to charge your customer |
| These standards are not in place to satisfy your | | | | for has not increased nearly as much as the volume |
| guinea pigs' needs. They are there to satisfy the | | | | of the product. In effect, you a paying a lot more |
| financial goals of the cage manufacturers and retail | | | | money to ship air (empty space) - air that the final |
| stores. | | | | customer will not be willing to pay for. |
| Consider this simple fact: smaller guinea pig habitats | | | | This scenario is repeated again in your warehouse. A |
| are less expensive to ship and warehouse than larger | | | | cage that is ten-times as large requires significantly |
| cages. Let me explain what I mean by this. | | | | more space to warehouse. And, once again, that |
| Let's assume for a moment that you're a paper | | | | means more costs - more money spent to |
| manufacturer. In order to ship 10 reams of paper, you | | | | warehouse additional air. |
| simply pack them into a box and ship them. To ship | | | | And the story is repeated a final time at the pet store |
| 100 reams of paper, you will need to use a box | | | | or department store where the final sale is made. |
| ten-times as large - that is, the larger shipment will | | | | Larger guinea pig habitats will require more back room |
| require ten-times as much volume as the smaller | | | | storage space and more front-of-store retail |
| shipment. Shipping costs will rise accordingly. But, you | | | | shelf-space. |
| will have shipped ten-times as much product and will | | | | Thus, it costs disproportionately more money to |
| expect to make considerably more profit on the | | | | transport, store and display a larger manufactured |
| transaction. | | | | cage because of the large amount of air or empty |
| If, on the other hand, you are a cage manufacturer and | | | | space that must be shipped. |
| you wish to ship a cage; you once again package it in | | | | On the other hand, if a cage can be shipped as a kit, |
| a box and ship it. Ship a cage ten-times as large, you | | | | shipping costs can be reduced. An example of this is |
| will require you to pack it into a box with ten-times as | | | | the C&C cage. Since these cages can be shipped flat |
| much volume. Again, shipping costs will go up because | | | | in a disassembled state, the problem of "shipping air" |
| the package is much bigger. But this time you, the | | | | can be minimized. This is just one reason why C&C |
| cage manufacturer, are not shipping ten-times the | | | | cages allow you to get a lot of cage for the money. |