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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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    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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my apologies if a thread like this has already been made. (i also apologies for bad grammar on my part but that is a different matter.)(can we also get this stickied please? if mods find this important or useful that is.)

for those who are new to the business of selling and trading reptiles i wanted to compile a list of sorts of good business practices, tips and such as well as what to avoid as to help those who are considering or going into business of selling and trading, but are afraid to because of worrying about making mistakes.

any big tips,tools of the trade or general information those who are more experienced wish to share?
 
Dont spend the money before the sale is complete and the customer is happy!
 
how long is the wait to make sure the person is happy with said animal?
what is the average time for a TOS to the guarantee to expire after an animal has been bought?
any tips to spot someone who is trying to cheat one out of money and/or animals (heard horror stories)
highs and low temps for an animal being able to be shipped
what kinda packing material do you use after you put the animal in a container for shipping, packing peanuts? newspaper? Styrofoam a mixture of all three?
where to put heating or cooling pack for best outcome for people and animals?

sorry for all the questions.
 
SapphireGemReptiles said:
how long is the wait to make sure the person is happy with said animal?
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If I have not heard anything from you inside of 24 hours then I can only assume your happy.

what is the average time for a TOS to the guarantee to expire after an animal has been bought?
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Everyone is different and it is normally based on a case by case basis. Some of the good breeders will cover their aminals after the TOS expires if it was proven the animal had the condition before it left.

any tips to spot someone who is trying to cheat one out of money and/or animals (heard horror stories)
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Best advise is just read the bad guy threads on the BOI... you will pick up all sorts of red flags. Because of what I have seen there.. I have changed my TOS in the past to protect me from certian scams.

highs and low temps for an animal being able to be shipped
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This would depend on your packing method and materials. I may be able to ship at lower temps than you because of how I do things.

what kinda packing material do you use after you put the animal in a container for shipping, packing peanuts? newspaper? Styrofoam a mixture of all three?
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I have styrofoam on every side of the box and then I use newspapers to fill in the space to keep the containers from moving around.

where to put heating or cooling pack for best outcome for people and animals?

sorry for all the questions.
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That depends on the number of animals in the box. Normally I like to put the heat pack on one end and then punch two small holes right behind it. They need O2 to work and I would rather they pull the O2 from the outside.
 
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