• 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.
  • 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.
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  • You're awesome!! Always the #1 person to come to for help.
    But now I can't use elipsises (elipsi?) anymore because of you footer note when you comment on here :p
    Shadow,
    After all the talking we did and some clarity you provided I realized that last year as part of my breeding programs future i bought a super hypo...duh.....
    I hope you dont feel i wasted your time, you educated me and gave me some insights I didnt have before. Ive decided to go with a couple different paths that will take me down a privately run project and also to making sunglows (hopefully)
    I cant thank you enough for your patience with me, i will certainly always keep an eye out for your name when im buying to repay the time you spent educating me.
    Most Sincerely
    Michael
    I think so, Have to see what all the wife has going on, but I'm hoping we can make it tomorrow. You?
    Hope you guys had a good Thanksgiving! Ours was pretty much out of Christmas Vacation, it was a nightmare. lol
    Ok, we're going. We decided to take the kids and run 'em around there a while. Dr. Funk will be there, and I want to pick his brain a bit too. Do you want to meet here and all go together?
    We're still trying to decide. We need some feeders for their winter schedule and are thinking either going to Christian or the show. Are you guys coming up? If you don't make this one, we have Repti-Con at the fair grounds next month. Any luck moving your babies?
    That's messed up. What excuse are they giving you, we'll have the funds when Romney's elected?
    It's been a while, but aren't they(military) usually like 30 days behind in paying your expenses. Still though that's pretty fucked up, good thing the nation has a "pro military" mentality right! Companies out here have always been pricks, utilities in particular. I've been wanting to bail on this place forever, but we're stuck until the grand parents either decide to move or they pass. I am soo ready for someplace green... with four seasons... and where the majority of the population aren't tools. lol
    This is about my post you commented on. For some reason I cannot reply on the ad itself. I bought her from a breeder online last year. I couldn't find much on arabesques, and as the breeder explained to me she has a low expression, but is still an arabesque. As I understand it, it works much like the jungle trait in that there is a lot of variance in how much the trait is expressed. I this not true?
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