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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.

Retina Burn Anyone? Meet Optic!

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This girl is one of the oldest of the Nitro lineage animals from this year. Like an extreme idiot I had this one available a few weeks ago!! What a sigh of relief she isn't going anywhere! I named her Optic.
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Rock on, Chad! These awesome colors are what will keep the market going for this morph since someone has pumped SHCTs into the wholesale pet trade.

I know you weren't asking, but if I were you, I'd breed her into one of the albino lines, or even Albino Giant, to create Giant Hybinos with that intense coloration.
 
Herpcam said:
Rock on, Chad! These awesome colors are what will keep the market going for this morph since someone has pumped SHCTs into the wholesale pet trade.
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Guilty as charged, lol
Sorry, Its just that Im impatient and I need to sell most of my leos before school starts. But yeah, definitely outcross your tangs. I would utilize that color by mixing it into simple reccesive lines.
 
WOAH! That's the same girl? Amazing! Thats at least one gecko you won't be sick over selling! I'd hoard her too if she were mine...LOL
 
Awesome! Is there any chance you could post the pic you used when you had her for sale? I'd love to be able to compare the before and after.

-Alice
 
wahberee said:
Guilty as charged, lol
Sorry, Its just that Im impatient and I need to sell most of my leos before school starts. But yeah, definitely outcross your tangs. I would utilize that color by mixing it into simple reccesive lines.
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Hehe, I don't think it was you. You've got some great looking animals, Robert, but I hardly think you've got enough to supply Petco. I think your's are a cut above the SHCT(B)'s I saw at Petco a while back, anyway. Heck, these were cheaper than any of us can even ship a gecko for, let alone pay for the gecko.
 
Herpcam said:
Hehe, I don't think it was you. You've got some great looking animals, Robert, but I hardly think you've got enough to supply Petco. I think your's are a cut above the SHCT(B)'s I saw at Petco a while back, anyway. Heck, these were cheaper than any of us can even ship a gecko for, let alone pay for the gecko.
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I know what you mean, the Petco in my area has a SHTCT for $30 (?)

Chad, that girl is AMAZING! I am not a big fan of Tangerine Leos, but that gecko made my eyes widen! Gargeous!
 
Chad please do post the pic of here when you were going to sell. Maybe it will open my eyes to when i find those good deals once in awhile :)
 
Yep that was her. Thanks for beating me to the punch!
 
Awesome girl there!

Man, Im glad the closest pet co for me is 2 hours or Id be tempted to get one for $30!
 
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