• 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.

Trouble replying to posts?

You can reply to any thread you want, as long as it's in a discussion forum. That link you posted is a classified ad. Only paying members can reply within an ad thread. You can still send the person a Private Message in reply to the ad, though.
 
At this time only contributing members can post replies in the classifieds.

Here is the discussion thread about this subject
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=249378

If you want to contact a seller, please use the contact info given in the ad to send them a PM, email or call.

Any member can still post for sale or wanted ads for free.
 
So regarding the auctions, I can not post and or reply in the auctions? Or the classifieds, unless I post a Wanted or a For Sale ad myself?
 
MiamiGeckos said:
So regarding the auctions, I can not post and or reply in the auctions? Or the classifieds, unless I post a Wanted or a For Sale ad myself?
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No. You can post new ads and replies in the auctions section without restriction. Otherwise the auctions just would not work well at all with everyone being able to bid on an auction.

However for the classifieds sections, because of rampant bumping abuses, only paying members can post replies to their ads. Anyone can post a new ad, however, but unless you are a paying member, no, you can't even reply to your own ad.
 
:shootfoot

No foodstamps? How about pirated software lol.. jk :dgrin:

mannn… why you have minimum restrictions on contributions. :rolleyes:

Obama own this website now?
 
For the record, I give bad ass massages. I understand, I shall have to lay low while I build up my economy, then I shall sponsor instead.
 
MiamiGeckos said:
For the record, I give bad ass massages. I understand, I shall have to lay low while I build up my economy, then I shall sponsor instead.
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Unless "Arnold" is a strange name for a girl, you can FORGET about that massage! :rofl:
 
I'd like to know why you just started the same thread again on the BOI?

You have asked this question here and have your answer.

So I'd like to know what's going on. Just playing games or what?
 
AbsoluteApril said:
At this time only contributing members can post replies in the classifieds.

Here is the discussion thread about this subject
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=249378

If you want to contact a seller, please use the contact info given in the ad to send them a PM, email or call.

Any member can still post for sale or wanted ads for free.
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Totally forgot about this!!! And this thread… just got caught in the moment wanting a chameleon searching for one locally is tough. :thumbsup:
 
Dennis Hultman said:
I'd like to know why you just started the same thread again on the BOI?

You have asked this question here and have your answer.

So I'd like to know what's going on. Just playing games or what?
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:eek: y so serious, r u mad ? :confused: Didnt mean to light you up on fire there buddy :angry: :ack2:

I don't get why I cant respond, ohhhhhhh to keep the criminals at bay lol good job indeed… leme take another look at the contributor page… :thumbsup:
 
MiamiGeckos said:
I don't get why I cant respond, ohhhhhhh to keep the criminals at bay lol good job indeed… leme take another look at the contributor page… :thumbsup:
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Replies to classified ads ceased because of the 3,000 posts per day we were getting at the time, between 1,500 and 2,000 of them were nothing but BUMPS for ads made by the authors. That was just ridiculous and needed to stop.
 
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