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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.
  • 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.

Hi from a Lurker :)

AmandaJ

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Hey guys, just figured I'd wave and say hi :) I primarily lurk here because I'm still very new to herps courtesy of my 9-year-old son who went on a "we must acquire a snake" campaign, netting us 4 snakes (in under 6 weeks. I post over on BP.net primarily, and I've also been reading here to get a better feel for everything.

Anyway, nice to meet y'all! Now I'm going to get back to lurking and obsessing over my two snakes who are mid-shed. Type A Mom Meets Snake. Oish :eek:
 
Welcome to Fauna Amanda! :D

Forums are a great place to ask questions when you first get in to something, not to mention they allow you to share with folks who have similar interests. (I prefer low-maintenance pets myself, so I'm another snake person.) You can learn a lot just by lurking, but I've always felt it's more fun to join in! :p

Nice to meet you! I hope that your scaly new family members are doing well~ :thumbsup:
 
Thanks for the welcome :) And I don't intend to remain a lurker forever, but I do like to get a feel for the lay of the land, so to speak, to lessen my chances of sticking my foot in my mouth.

Plus I'm also a freaked-out newbie so I'm attempting to learn via reading and using the "search" features so I don't drive anyone insane. Considering my Type A leanings, trust me, this is a good thing :D
 
Whatever works best for you! :yesnod: Personally I think it's very smart to check and see if your questions have already been answered. Kudos! :thumbsup:
That aside, I also think it's fun just to share what's going on in one's collection. I honestly don't mean to pressure you into anything, I'm just saying that for me at least, it's nice to show off my new pet and get something more than a bunch of "ewwww"s in response! :p lol Just my opinion on these things~

Good luck!
 
Oh true enough on being able to share without a "Yuck!" comment! That's one reason I'm around. Even my mother -- bless her, she tries -- but her utter lack of enthusiasm to my announcement that my female BP finally shed completely is pretty indicative of most of my family's reaction to the scaly little beasties.

Thankfully my husband is at least supportive. He's not a huge snake person, but he doesn't dislike them and he's been more than helpful with our setup, feeding, really anything I need. It's more than I can ask, actually, considering his only warning that we were going to be acquiring snakes was when my 9-year-old and I came home from Repticon bearing reptiles. Oops? :eek:

Dude's a saint :)
 
Thank you, Ed! Yes, the son in question is the extremely happy looking little guy holding the burm in my avatar (taken at Gatorland in Orlando) :) I swear, he was in heaven that day!
 
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