• 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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I am trying to figure out the banner advertising package that I had installed along with this message board package that the developer recommended to me. It will be taking the place of the FaunaAds site I was using in the old system. Benefit is that this will all be handled internally here on this site instead of a remote site needing it's own login system. It is a VERY powerful system! On the downside, it has a very steep learning curve that I am struggling to climb. But the FaunaAds system has to go away. I am now paying for two servers, and the old server is really only being kept around to run that FaunaAds site for advertising. Which is nowhere near being cost effective.

I don't know how many people are going to be interested in the advertising here. But I think if I can figure out how to use it, perhaps it will be quite beneficial for the people who want to avail themselves of this advertising avenue. Just bear with me, please. You are probably going to have questions that I just cannot answer. The really only way I have to learn this ad manager system is by trying things and just see what happens as a result.

I just want to remind everyone that advertising is what is paying the bills here. I have offered everyone free advertising for their animals and merchandise. But i still have bills to pay in order to offer this service. If you want to keep this site available, then if you have advertising plans, you might want to consider supporting this site so it is still around for you to use. I think I am still operating in the black, but when the bottom line goes into the red, then I have no choice but to pull the plug on the site and let it die. I only have my retirement income now. I cannot afford to have this drag me down just so you all can have a place to advertise your animals.
 
Is there anything that can be done to help with the new ad banner on the right hand side for mobile users? It pops up on every page, and nothing can be selected in the background without closing the ad on every single page that you click on. I understand the need for the ad, but it is a bit tedious to close it on every single page, and if you click on the ad it takes you a different page that says something to the tune of “oops, an error has occurred.”
 
Which ad are you referring to?
 
WebSlave said:
Which ad are you referring to?
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WebSlave said:
Which ad are you referring to?
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The “6000 people visit this site EVERY DAY” ad. I used desktop yesterday and it’s much smaller and does not prohibit you from using the rest of the webpage on desktop as it does on mobile. I tried to upload a photo of it on the screen, but the file was too large. But on mobile it takes up probably 25-33% of the screen and won’t let you do anything until you close the ad.
 
Fauna.jpg


Even the adblocking on Firefox Focus doesn't remove it. If I hit the 'x' to close it, it sends me to this page:

Fauna2.jpg


It cannot be removed from the page, and is on every page, and obscures a bunch of the page. It is pretty bad.
 
FWIW I never saw it. Running Chrome with UBlock Origin.
 
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 out 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 the change. 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.
 
Had a few people ask me how to pay for a membership here since the platform has changed. Please go to the last post in this thread for a quide:

[OBSOLETE] How to become a paid member on this site...

Apparently, finding out exactly HOW to be a paying member on this site isn't as easy as I would hope it would be. So someone asked me to provide some assistance with this task. Sorry if I just assumed this was easy to do for everyone. But anyway, here we go. First off, you need to find the...
www.faunaclassifieds.com
 
WebSlave said:
Had a few people ask me how to pay for a membership here since the platform has changed. Please go to the last post in this thread for a quide:

[OBSOLETE] How to become a paid member on this site...

Apparently, finding out exactly HOW to be a paying member on this site isn't as easy as I would hope it would be. So someone asked me to provide some assistance with this task. Sorry if I just assumed this was easy to do for everyone. But anyway, here we go. First off, you need to find the...
www.faunaclassifieds.com
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This is the direct link to it:

How to become a paid member on this site...

Apparently, finding out exactly HOW to be a paying member on this site isn't as easy as I would hope it would be. So someone asked me to provide some assistance with this task. Sorry if I just assumed this was easy to do for everyone. But anyway, here we go. First off, you need to find the...
faunaclassifieds.com
 
Two pieces of news here on the first day of 2025.

First, Google Adsense Ads have been shut down. Site will be financially supported solely by paid memberships, internal banner ads, and sponsorships. Sink or swim time.

Second: The Classifieds Control Panel has been enable and available for use. I haven't tested it myself much, so hopefully it will fill the needs of some of you. I don't have all the details at hand for how I have set it up for the various levels of membership, as I am trying to get clarification from the developer about some of the options available for me to adjust. But in any event, in one form or another, the Classifieds Control Panel is now up. Photo is attached showing where to find the link for it.
 

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