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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.

veiled chameleon prices and demand.

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hi
i just recently bred my veiled chameleons... now im thinking how am i going to be able to sell 52 baby veileds? do you think theres enough of a demand that i wont have to hunt people down and persuade then to purchase? an other concern of mine is even if i do find people to purchase how many of them would be capable of raising the babies sucessfully? i wouldnt be able to let myslf sell a lizard to someone i dont think is competent
any input would be great
Justin Connors
 
i just recently bred my veiled chameleons... now im thinking how am i going to be able to sell 52 baby veileds? do you think theres enough of a demand that i wont have to hunt people down and persuade then to purchase? an other concern of mine is even if i do find people to purchase how many of them would be capable of raising the babies sucessfully? I wouldnt be able to let myslf sell a lizard to someone i dont think is competent
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The answer to you rquestions depends on a lot of things, and in all honesty should have been thought out before you bred them Where do you live? What is the herp climate like? Do people have easy access to herps elsewhere. How picky are you going to be? My gut feeling is that if you end up with 52 baby chameleons (you just said you bred them you don't say if they hatched. Going on what you said I assume that you have 52 eggs.) and very few buyers. Hunting down people and persuading them to buy is not a good way of selling your babies if you want them to go to people who can properly care for them. As far as that goes, there is no way you can be sure people will properly care for them. They can tell you all you want to hear but that doesn't mean they will follow through. With 52 babies, most likely you will end up wholesaling most of them to one buyer and giving up all control over where they end up. In my area, babies at a local swap go for $20.00 from a very reputable breeder. Occasionally some individual will show up with a clutch and offer them for $10.00 just to get rid of them Do you have access to a swap, That is your only hope to move large numbers of individuals and only then if you don't have competition.

Good luck

Steve Schindler
 
It's like a flea market..... dirt mall.... um...

I've run out of references.. :(
 
In most cases it is like a flea market for reptiles. I suppose there is some "swapping" going on but mostly vendors rent table space and sell their animals to the public who usually pay an admission fee to get in. Tell us where you live and someone can probably tell you if there is something near you.

Steve Schindler
 
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