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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.

Little project I did

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I was tired of having a plain white phone case and didn't want to shell out a fortune to buy a new one. I went and found a vinyl sticker that I really liked on eBay and started my project.

1. Sanded my phone case with some 2000 grit sand paper
2. Cleaned it off and then painted it with a sponge brush to a distressed look that I liked.
3. Let it dry for 30 minutes & then applied another coat.
4. Let it dry for an hour.
5. Applied the vinyl sticker
6. Blotch painted over it with 3 different colors
7. Let it dry for over an hour
8. Peeled the vinyl sticker off
9. Came out with a phone case that I find really pretty.
(I still have to clear coat it. But I will have to do that tomorrow because I have to find the clear coat and I think it's in the art closet in the kids room... :eek: )

Total cost out of pocket was $4.00 since I already had all the other supplies. Total time was approximately 3 hours so far (before clear coating and letting that dry.)

End product: Something I LOVE! I totally LOVE the way I turned my old boring phone case into something that's colorful and I can live with! LOVE IT!
 

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(Sorry for pic size...I wanted the details to show up so I didn't resize! SORRY! :eek: )
 

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The finished product! I am so happy with this!
 

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Mistyck said:
I was tired of having a plain white phone case and didn't want to shell out a fortune to buy a new one.
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I just don't have the patience or creativity to get artsy. If you didn't already know, Amazon.com is a great place for low-priced cell phone accessories. It's the last place I'd go for an actual phone, but there's an ungodly assortment of garish cases for pretty much any phone imaginable.
 
Brandi that phone case is BEAUTIFUL!!! :)
 
Fangthane said:
I just don't have the patience or creativity to get artsy. If you didn't already know, Amazon.com is a great place for low-priced cell phone accessories. It's the last place I'd go for an actual phone, but there's an ungodly assortment of garish cases for pretty much any phone imaginable.
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Oh, I totally get that, but problem is, it wouldn't be a Ballistic case that provides a crapton of protection. lol And my phone takes a beating! I have dropped it several times and had no damage because of my case. I used to have an artsy fartsy one on a different phone I had; dropped it one time and the phone screen shattered.

So I figured that since Ballistic only offers a couple colored cases (as of the last time I checked) for my phone, I'd just do it myself! (Side note: I just checked their site and Ballistic only offers white & grey, black & white and black cases for my phone...But if I had an iPhone they'd have more colors... Blah!)

Lucille said:
Brandi that phone case is BEAUTIFUL!!! :)
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Thanks Lucille! :D

I'm going to clear coat it here in the next couple of days, so I can give the paint enough time to cure.
 
My other half clear coated it yesterday, and it cured enough for me to put it back on my phone (thanks to sitting in the sun for hours.) But here it is after the clear coat. I think it looks Fab!
 

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