*sigh* I swear it's a contagion & not my fault
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Posted 12/19/2024.
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I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?
So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.
But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.
Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.
I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.
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Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.
And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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Responding to email notices you receive.
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In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.
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You mean the blunt ones that tell the reality that most people were hesitant to post even when we couldn't get negged?
Thanks for the karma.
I'm always glad to help a noob.
Thank you for the birthday Karma
I was wondering since I have some duck sauce in storage, would you be willing to let me get some of your egg roll?
I izz hungry.
See?? Work your way up!!! Cresties, chewies, leachies, Komodo dragons!
I'd give 6 years just to the cresties though, before you expand to the larger, more difficult species. Even though they're all the same family, make your mistakes with the smaller, less expensive ones...and EVERYONE makes a few mistakes.
Just going from snakes to geckos is a BIG leap.
Learn to crawl before you try to RUN.
Thanks for the heads-up on xPantherx.
And the chewies do great in captivity!! From what I understand, they came over with the first batch of cresties back when they were first re-discovered. The only reason they aren't more popular is because they aren't as prolific as cresties...maybe 4 to 6 clutches of eggs per year...and are more expensive because of that.
Crack baby!!! "but will let you know when she wants to be put back on her enclosure." Yeah....she's chew your arm off at the NECK.
That's the girl I bought Lambada from!! She's getting out of the business, so she's selling all her herps.
That sale is soooo last week!!
Thanks nick <3
I'm willing to trade or cash. Or both.
As far as items, boaphille cages, albino retics, dwarf retics het albino. SDretics het snow, GTPs, burm morphs stuff like that.
Ill ship at buyers cost. It'll be expensive tho.
He's called dibs on the 3rd floor-east wing.
Utta's gonna be busy with his retics and cage cleaning, and Katey's gonna be baby-sitting so Shiney and I can be ladies of leisure...so don't worry about Utta trying to jump your bones. We have it all worked out.
And the leachies can be in the gecko room...just in their own tanks. The cresties will be safe.
It hurts me in my ocd... ='(
You, me, Shiney and Utta have to start playing the lottery together to buy a BIG OLD HOUSE, fund our projects and go into business together!! A GREAT BIG DOUBLE!!!
Nick, oh he who has been doused in the blood juices of the accursed smurves,
How do I delete the messages on my profile? There's a bizillion of them & it's messy.
I can't post pics I don't have a good enough wifi to jack on me laptop
Woah! Mr. noname has a page! :O I thought you were a ghost
Ok, ill put pix up.
Nick with the change in status, a man of your stature needs a big name...get some CAPs in there!
(You're not just a "leetle" guy anymore. )
ok sorry You right is an add not a forum tread... i've bad day today and just get irritated by this guy offer.
rest of the post was honest true. if she eat F/t she will be mine.
but understand Your point so apologize -
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