• 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.
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    You really should't put you login info out here in public. As such, I have deleted this message. I sent you a PM where such discussions are best handled. I did reply to the email you sent me, btw.
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    Thank you for the initial positive rating of Good Will I hope to make my transaction a good experience for all, especially the python.
    D
    Hi webslave I wanted to apologize for I created a duplicate account and did not know that I wasn’t supposed to do that
    K
    Hi WebSlave,

    I've stumbled upon Faunaclassifieds via Google, while doing my research for an article on leopard gecko breeders. While I was searching for more info on one specific breeder, I came across the thread: http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=561882 ... When I tried to open the link, a window popped up prompting for login/registration. And so I had registered.

    Unfortunately, only after my successful registration did I learn that the entire BOI is set to private and I can't access it even as a registered forum member.

    As a researcher and writer, I would hate to recommend a scammer-breeder - the article is supposed to be about the best of them. You surely understand that if a breeder I was about to recommend earned a 5-page discussion here, I would like to know about it.

    How do I earn access to existing BOIs?

    Thanks!
    Katarina
    WebSlave
    Sounds to me that this is a problem between yourself and the other party. I have no reason to get involved.
    D
    Hey, I had a guy leave negative feedback on me because the animals sold while he was dragging his feet. He had been taking a day to respond in between messages, and had NEVER committed to actually buying but instead tried to negotiate me using HIS label before he even paid...then when I told him they were all sold, he says "classy move" and then proceeds to leave me negative feedback? Making it sound like he had COMMITTED to a deal, when we hadn't and he hadn't sent any money...how do I contest this? He's just mad he got lost out and wanted to retaliate?
    B
    Hi Webslave, My profile was filled out incorrectly and my last name ended up in the city and state field. Could you please add Fournier as my last name, and Bangor, ME as city and state? Thank you!
    WebSlave
    I made the profile name change you requested, but are you sure your last name has an apostrophe in it? I guess it is possible, but it is not common.
    L
    hello my name is LaRalpheal I was sending you a message to see if you could add my last name to my profile.
    first and last name is LaRalpheal Evan's
    thanks
    G
    Rich Zuchowski,
    This is user Garth, Password: (I'll send if needed)I think we met in years ago you were raising Corns in Baltimore. This complaint may not seem important to you but it is very important to me and my trials. I have Parkinsons and decreases my movement. I like your website and it is functional, but there's seem to no end to extra large text scrolling from the notices section on down. (I understand why you have it to get every user to read and acknowledge). What I'm asking you to do is to decrease the large text sections into smaller blocks of text. This would really cut down the scroll time navigation for everyone.
    Thanks
    Garth
    WebSlave
    You are not the only one who has reported that person as likely being bogus. I have taken care of it. Thanks.....
    GeckoPods
    Hi there! I created a duplicate account because I lost access to my original account, I'd love to just close the original account and use this one if that's possible. Anyway, please let me know what the next step is. I didn't mean to break any rules!
    Reptile Weavers
    Guten morgen! My registered name is different than my legal name now, as I have been married. Could you please change the last name to Mann? Danke!
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