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Become a Vendor

"Without great vendors, a show is nothing."

Booths are 10×8 with drapes provided, armed security overnight, and a vetted, captive-bred-only floor. Booth and extra-badge pricing on request, call (708) 932-8044.

Tinley Park Convention Center

Tinley Park, IL

October 10–11, 2026

Sold Out

Every booth is taken. Join the waitlist anyway, because cancellations happen every show.

Waitlist Form (PDF)

Saint Charles Convention Center

St. Louis, MO

November 14–15, 2026

Registration Open

Booths available. Register online, or mail in the PDF form.

House Rules

The Floor Standard

Captive-bred only. Captive-born, healthy, thriving animals, nothing else. We inspect before and during the show. No imports.
No venomous, rear-fanged, or surgically altered specimens. No live mammal or bird sales.
Booths 10×8, pipe-and-drape provided. Setup Friday with VIP walk-through from 2 PM. Last-minute move-in Saturday, 7:30–10 AM.
Badges required and non-transferable; armed security overnight; animals stay at the hall, not hotel rooms.
Professional conduct, every hour of the weekend. Vendors who donate a USARK auction item get into the auction free.
Show-program advertising is available (5.5″ × 8.5″, 300 dpi CMYK, .125″ bleed). Ask when you register.

Condensed from the per-show vendor rules. Your registration packet is the binding version. Deadlines and dock details live on each show page.

State Permits & Tax

Know Your State's Rules

Illinois · Tinley Park

Selling or possessing native Illinois reptiles & amphibians (bull snakes, rat snakes, kingsnakes, turtles, frogs, salamanders…) requires IDNR permits, resident or not. Endangered and threatened species need special permits, so allow about 60 days.

IDNR: Scott Ballard · (618) 694-3398 · Scott.Ballard@illinois.gov

IL Tax Form, October Show March June

Authority: 510 ILCS 68, the Herptiles-Herps Act (opens ilga.gov in a new tab)

Missouri · St. Louis

Selling native Missouri herps requires the $50 Class I Wildlife Breeder Permit from MDC. No crocodilians are legal for sale or ownership in Missouri. Special-event vendors may need Missouri tax registration (Form 2643S).

The documents below are current editions from the issuing authorities, not the decade-old copies the old site linked to.

Class I Breeder Application Wildlife Code 3 CSR 10-9 Form 2643S MO Herp Checklist

Authority: MDC commercial & confined wildlife permits (opens mdc.mo.gov in a new tab) · collector permits (opens mdc.mo.gov in a new tab)