SpiderShoppe.com

This was the first - and probably last - time I will be buying from spidershoppe. I don't mean to write this review in a hateful way but the way this situation was handled unprofessionally at best. The tarantulas were supposed to arrive on 2/13/2025 but we're held at the FedEx origin point for over 12 hours before I was notified that there was a mechanical delay on the shipment carrier. This much is out of Spidershoppe's control and I am aware of that. They, however, shipped the package out again the next day without any consent from me and pointed fingers at FedEx not allowing them to retrieve the package again? I acknowledge this is not 100% on Spidershoppe and a lot of this is owed to FedEx (in my opinion) being unreliable for live animal shipping, but it could have been handled better. In total, these tarantulas were in transit for over 50 hours. One of the three tarantulas is proving totally unresponsive despite me leaving it alone completely while providing it with water and some dead feed.
To end this off, let me make sure this does NOT come off as hate, defamation, or slander of Spidershoppe. I just feel like this situation could have been handled more professionally regardless of the conditions the tarantulas are in. (Which is not great)

I've lost track of how many orders I've made from the Spider Shoppe, but each of those transactions was excellent. I tend to get a text the same day of the order coordinating the shipping. The last couple of orders came at a time when my neck of the woods was experiencing an extreme heat wave. They carefully watched the weather for two weeks and were on top of it when there was a good window to ship. They have never complained about having to hold the shipping.

Spider Shoppe is setting the high bar on how to run a business. You can't go wrong here.

I made two larger purchases from Spider Shoppe during their Black Friday sale in November 2023. Both orders added up to over 30 individual spiders, sized from 1/8 inch slings to 5+ inch adults.

ALL spiders arrived to me alive, with only one casualty: a tiny 1/8 inch H. gabonensis sling, who was alive on arrival but was just not able to handle the trip at that size unfortunately. It was the only death out of the many 1/8 to 1/4 inch slings I received, and the 4 other H. gabonensis I ordered are thriving!

A little over 2 months later, out of the more than 30 individuals purchased (excluding the H. gabonensis sling) all but one have been thriving! I recently lost one of my three D. mineirum slings but it appears to be just a failure to thrive, and/or a care problem on my end.

Point is, they've got nice, fat, healthy spiders, a large variety to choose from, and very fair prices (especially during sales)!

A pleasure to do business with. Great communication, great packaging, and healthy spiders. I'll definitely order from them again! Their prices are also very reasonable.

I ordered a female Aphonopelma Chalcodes that arrived in a doa state which I think was due to travel issues/fedex. I reached out and Tyler and Ashlyn were empathetic to the situation as we were thinking the tarantula was in a stunned state and they advised me to notify them if it never revived. The A. Chalcodes never revived so I reached out again and Tyler/Ashlyn held to their LAG offering refund/replacement T etc. I really wanted to get a T and they had no other A. Chalcodes in stock and I was willing to see what other Aphonopelmas (female hentzi or female anax were my alternate preferences) and they offered a female A. sp. Oaxaca or an A. Sierra Vista since none of those were in stock. I went with the A. sp. Oaxaca choosing a different Fedex hub and received the T the following week alive and kicking! I would definitely purchase from them again!