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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.

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... Definitely a good start to this upcoming season :thumbsup:

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My #1 male is a no go so far but the backup plan (phantom) got it going within a few minutes. Look at the little guy go.
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Brilliant pairings, the snakes I'm assuming your going for are in my top 10 list for sure. I'm jealous man...please keep us updated on these as things progress, and my fingers are crossed for ya on some killer babies!! :thumbsup:

Congrats on the lockups, looks like a great start to the season to me!
 
Awesome Diego but that's no fair making me itch to get started like this :NoNo:

I'm loving that enchi male, I have an enchi male coming soon, I can't wait to do some enchi combos :yesnod:
 
Good luck Diego! Your little phantom guy is cute, how big is he?
 
Awesome pairings!!! I've also been getting the "itch" to get started!! Gonna start on the 1st though prolly.
 
Awesome. Im getting excited to start this year too. I may start a couple of my ladies with their top pair this weekend. Im still working on one lady from last year too.
 
JeffreH said:
Brilliant pairings, the snakes I'm assuming your going for are in my top 10 list for sure. I'm jealous man...please keep us updated on these as things progress, and my fingers are crossed for ya on some killer babies!! :thumbsup:

Congrats on the lockups, looks like a great start to the season to me!
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Thanks Jeff! the second pic with my backup male is something I really want to produce but I do hope my first male of choice will come through since thats something I want even more lol.

snakesRkewl said:
Awesome Diego but that's no fair making me itch to get started like this :NoNo:

I'm loving that enchi male, I have an enchi male coming soon, I can't wait to do some enchi combos :yesnod:
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Thanks Jerry! Hope to see pics of your male soon.

Shadera said:
Good luck Diego! Your little phantom guy is cute, how big is he?
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Thanks Shadera! He's a small guy for a 2010 snake (500 grams) I guess Ralph like most big breeders only maintenance feed their available stock but he has an amazing appetite and is gaining weight pretty fast.

wikidkitty said:
Awesome pairings!!! I've also been getting the "itch" to get started!! Gonna start on the 1st though prolly.
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corgigirl9 said:
Awesome. Im getting excited to start this year too. I may start a couple of my ladies with their top pair this weekend. Im still working on one lady from last year too.
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Go for it Kelly and Nikki! If the girls are ready then throw some males in there and see what happens :yesnod:
 
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