For Farmers & House Owners
Sell your swiftlet nests direct, without middlemen.
We buy swiftlet nests directly from farmers and house owners across Sumbawa and the surrounding region. Any volume is worth offering — from a handful of pieces to a full house harvest.
Replies during working hours. Assessment costs nothing.
Who we buy from
Swiftlet farmers
You run your own house and harvest regularly or seasonally. Whatever the yield, it is worth offering.
New house owners
First harvests are often small and hard to sell, because the volume does not interest larger buyers yet. We still assess them.
Small collectors
You gather from several farmers in one village or district. We take it as a single assessment.
How It Works
Four steps, nothing hidden.
- 01
Send photos
Photograph your harvest for WhatsApp — ideally on a plain surface in good light, with an estimated weight. The clearer the photo, the more accurate the first assessment.
- 02
Quality assessment
We check shape, colour, cleanliness, and how thoroughly it has dried. If something lowers the price, we tell you what and why, rather than handing you a final number.
- 03
Our offer
You receive an offer along with the reasoning behind it. There is no obligation to accept. If you want to compare it against other buyers, do — the assessment is yours to keep.
- 04
Handover & payment
Once agreed, the goods are checked again at handover and payment is made [per agreement — e.g. cash on handover or same-day transfer].
What Sets the Price
Why two harvests can be priced far apart.
There is no flat rate for swiftlet nests, and anyone quoting a single figure without seeing the goods is guessing. Here is what we look at:
Shape & integrity
Intact bowl nests carry the highest value. Corner nests, ovals, and broken pieces follow in that order. A piece that shatters during harvesting gives up most of that difference.
Colour
Clean white, yellow, through to reddish — each has its own market and its own price. Colour cannot be judged from a photo shot under coloured lighting.
Cleanliness
Feather and debris content determines how much cleaning work remains. Nests that come out of the house relatively clean always price better.
Dryness
Nests still holding moisture weigh more on the scale but shrink once dried, and risk mould in storage. Moisture content is assessed, not overlooked.
Thickness & weight per piece
Thick, heavy pieces mean fewer pieces per kilogram, and that affects the value.
Consistency across the lot
A uniform lot is easier to assess and prices better than mixed grades in one container.
Current price range: [not yet set — contact us for today’s price]. Nest prices move with the market, so a figure printed on a web page is almost always out of date by the time you read it.
Nest Grades
The terms we use when we quote, and what they mean.
So you can check our offer yourself, these are the terms we use — the same ones the nest trade uses generally.
By shape
- Bowl nest — formed in the corner where planks meet, full and cup-shaped. The most intact and the highest value.
- Corner nest — attached along one corner only, triangular. One step below the bowl.
- Oval or elongated — formed on a flat surface with no corner to hold it, tending to be thinner.
- Broken pieces — fragments, whether they fell on their own or were damaged during removal. We still buy them, at the lowest value.
By colour
- White — the most common, with the steadiest market.
- Yellow — arises from minerals and room conditions; priced differently from white, not always lower.
- Red, or "blood nest" — the rarest. The colour comes from mineral reactions on the building’s walls, not from the bird’s blood, though the name has stuck.
By condition
- Uncleaned (still feathered) — straight from the house. We take it.
- Cleaned — feathers and debris removed. A higher price per kilogram, but only if the pieces survived the process intact.
Harvest Timing
When you harvest decides how long your house keeps producing.
This is what new house owners ask most, and it governs the long-term value of the building — not just the value of one harvest.
Harvest after fledging
The nest is taken once the chicks have left it. The smallest single yield and the dirtiest nests, but the colony grows fastest because not one egg is lost. For a house that is not yet full, this is what we recommend.
Harvest with eggs discarded
The nest is taken after laying and the eggs are discarded. Cleaner nests, more often — but it holds colony growth back. It only starts to make sense once the house is genuinely crowded.
Harvest before laying
The nest is taken before the birds lay at all. The cleanest and most valuable nests, and the hardest on the population. Repeated in a house that is not yet established, it is the fastest way to send a hard-won colony elsewhere.
We buy harvests taken by any method — this is not a condition of sale. But if you own a house still building its population, we will say the same thing even though it means less product for us this year: harvesting after fledging almost always pays better over three to five years.
Before You Offer
Four things that raise what your harvest is worth.
- Harvest once the nest has dried, not while it is still damp. Waiting a few days often adds more value than the extra water weight is worth.
- Remove pieces carefully so they stay intact. The gap between whole nests and broken ones is usually far larger than the time saved by rushing.
- Separate by grade before weighing. Mixing high and low grades in one container pulls the whole lot toward the lowest assessment.
- Store in a dry, ventilated container away from strong smells. Nests absorb odour, and absorbed odour is hard to remove.
Farmer Questions
What people ask before selling.
Is there a minimum quantity?
Do I have to come to you?
When do I get paid?
Do the nests need cleaning first?
What if I disagree with the price?
I do not have a swiftlet house yet, but I want to build one.
Have a harvest to offer?
Send photos on WhatsApp with an estimated weight. Assessment is free, with no obligation to sell.
Offer Your Harvest+62 878-5326-5186