• 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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    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.

I just had to share "my sappy story"

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OHHHHHHHHHH back in the year 2004 sometime a little bell albino was born... he was the smallest baby i had ever seen (even to date)... he was sooo premature he could not even hold himself up. I just knew he, this small little doll would not make it. But i kept him in the incubator for the next two weeks and in that time. he shed and began to stand!!! oh to my amazment he was standing, this tiny baby which i feared would not make it was fighting!!!
Next i knew he ate and his first poop, was a treasured moment. Not only was he sheding and standing but his plumbing worked too!!!!!!!!!
He became my beloved dollface "Cowboy"... well he has grown and its time for him to pass on his strength on.
So i put him in with his first lady whom is very gentle and well she's no virgin... i figured my babydoll would surely need a woman with some experience.
The next thing i knew he was rattling his tail and dragging his junk all over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I felt like the proudest gecko mom in the world... he entered this world so innocent and tiny and he has become a male and does his duty with pride....
it just makes me so happy that it brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it... you hate to see those little boys grow up but at least he has an experienced woman to care for his needs!!!
so for those who may have the premmie baby do not give up hope!!!
i have living proof, in my beloved dollface "cowboy".... miricles can and do come true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
That is a great story Robin. Can you post a picture of him?
 
Pass me a tissue.....
Great story Robin...now I want to name one of mine cowboy...
 
i will get a picture up of him. when i named him it was because when he first walked he was so nimble on his leggs he wobbled and sometimes looked like he was bow legged... but no his name comes true... "cowboy" he rides em hard and puts em up wet LOL
 
That is an ADORABLE story...even if I did shoot Mountain Dew out of my nose when I got to the "dragging his junk all over" part. Can't wait to see pix of the Little Stud!
 
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