• 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.
  • 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.

Shipyourreptiles.com, FEDEX Cert and other stuff

Which do you prefer?

  • I ship and/or buy from sellers are use FedEx certified only

    Votes: 1 4.3%

  • I ship and/or buy from both FedEx certified sellers and sellers who use SY

    Votes: 19 82.6%

  • I ship and/or buy from sellers who use SYR only

    Votes: 2 8.7%

  • I would not buy from someone who uses SYR

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I would not buy from someone who is independantly certified by FedEx

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other (please comment)

    Votes: 1 4.3%
  • Total voters
    23
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Hey all,

This post is mainly to bring to light how people feel about certain shipping arrangements. I've been reading a lot of different things out there on both the importance of getting FedEx Certified and the benefits of SYR. My main concern is that I've seen a good group of people say things like "If I knew a seller was using SYR I would cancel my transaction and move onto another seller".

I guess what I am trying to ask is which do you prefer and why? Would you be turned off from a sale because a seller uses one over the other and if so, please tell us your story.
 
To me it really depends. For the smaller breeder, who doesn't have the need to get fedex cert. it is more beneficial to ship through ship your reptiles, since you don't have to deal with the hassle of getting to deal with getting certified. That being said if you are doing more than 10 shipments per year, it would probably be better to get certified. I would say it doesn't really matter because it is all on the seller to ensure the animal is packaged properly for the environment outside. Both can be equally successful. I have seen some places that were fedex certified do terrible jobs at packing, and I have seen some SYR users pack their animals better than some of the big guys. So, therefore I think it is all on the person doing the shipping.:thumbsup:
 
For me, I always ship using SYR because I like the insurance and also because I've found Robyn to be super helpful so I like supporting the company. If I'm buying I really don't have a preference between someone who is FedEx certified and someone who uses SYR. The animals go FedEx either way, and the packaging is still up to the seller to do correctly.
 
It took me a full year of run-arounds and lost paperwork to get a Fed Ex Cert, and although I am in their computer system as such, as of today, over another year later, I still have not received actual paperwork from them to verify it.

So, no...I am not concerned when people wish to skip that process, and simply use SYR. I did so myself whenever it was available, from the beginning. I use them now, even though I have the Cert., because they are much less expensive, and I feel my customers deserve the savings.
 
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