• Posted 12/19/2024.
    =====================

    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.

    =====================
    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.
    **************************************************
    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.

No more snakes

davidsimon6

davidsimon6

New member
Joined
Sep 9, 2010
Messages
258
Reaction score
12
Points
0
Location
houston,tx
It's been a long while, I no longer do bias or bearded dragons and I still get calls even today from buyers I used to wholesale my normals too.

I got really sick and couldn't really out the time into my animals like I wanted,
After my prize make died I knew I had to shut down. It wasn't fair for the animals to suffer due to lack of attention.

I ended up getting better last year and every now and then I check on the site to see how things are going. I miss that rush when ball pythons became big and the market was banging.

Now a days I don't have so many animals,

1.0 sulcata tortoise "100 pounds"
1.4 cats
20-30 Dubai roaches "trying to breed"
3.3 Syrian hamsters "trying to breed"
10 Crystal red shrimp
30 Orange Sukura shrimp
20 cherry shrimp
3 blue bolt shrimp
25 blue velvets
10 snows

But not a single snake or lizard :(

In all I have to say that it was fun while it lasted and even though some may think other wise on here, I made lots of friends that I'll talk to for the rest of my life because of the hobby.

If there was a point to my rant I guess it would be to enjoy the animals all you can, because things can always change. God bless the one who can follow a breeding program all the way, nothing feels like it when you produce the colors you wanted or just having a 7 foot female albino sleeping on you legs at night for the heat. I remember I woke up with my wife once and the new baby dragon that I got got out the tank and was laying right on her finger as she slept. "Heat"
Man I'm going to miss all that type of stuff.
 
If you can get your dubia colony going why not get a gecko or two just to enjoy since you'll have feeders available anyway? I have snakes but don't breed more than a handful of females each year. I just like fooling with them.
 
I just don't have it in me anymore, having to watch all the animals leave took it out of me. I breed my little shrimp, Dubias and hamsters I guess because I just enjoy watching a colony grow.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top