• 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.

How do you leave feedback for someone? Trader Rating not working

I Think Everyone Should Be Allowed To Leave Feedback. Alot More Animals Would Be Sold If Everyone Had The Feedback To Read About A Seller. Look How Well
E-Bay Works.
 
Bluesrains said:
I Think Everyone Should Be Allowed To Leave Feedback. Alot More Animals Would Be Sold If Everyone Had The Feedback To Read About A Seller. Look How Well
E-Bay Works.
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Ebay also charges listing fees, Rich does not. If that were the case, I would have paid Rich about (10%) 450.00 last year, instead of my measly 25.00. Thanks, but I'm good.
 
Bluesrains said:
I Think Everyone Should Be Allowed To Leave Feedback. Alot More Animals Would Be Sold If Everyone Had The Feedback To Read About A Seller. Look How Well
E-Bay Works.
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Yeah, ok. Ebay sellers and buyers don't get half of the feedback that they should because people don't leave feedback. We sell on ebay quite a bit and out of 100 transactions we get feedback from buyers about 1/4 of the time (if that.) Also when we purchase things off of ebay we get feedback for purchases about 1/2 the time. It's not mandatory for people to leave feedback on ebay.

People selling animals on here has nothing to do with feedback, though it is nice to see. Feedback can be left on the BOI and that doesn't cost a dime. So if you want to "READ" about a seller, then that's the place to go. But having the ability to "leave feedback" can be done without having to have the ability to leave trader ratings. They can be tied to one another, but don't have to be.
 
My Bad, Sorry Everyone. Looks Like Im Dead Wrong!
I Always Leave Feedback On Ebay, So I Guess I Figured So Does
Everyone Else. I Shouldnt Assume. And It Is True, Sellers Do Have To Pay
To Post There. So How Do I Withdraw My Post?
 
Sellers do not have to pay to post here. The classifieds are free. However, you must pay the minimum contributor annual fee (I think it's $10 or $15, can't remember) in order to leave feedback that shows under the user's "trader rating", or to edit your posts.

You could always see if the Board of Inquiry has an existing thread on a seller that you could leave feedback in. If not, you can create a new thread on that seller. Use the search option in the upper right corner of the Board of Inquiry page to search for your seller. Leaving feedback in the Board of Inquiry is free and I've had buyers do that for me before instead of giving me a trader rating.
 
Bluesrains said:
My Bad, Sorry Everyone. Looks Like Im Dead Wrong!
I Always Leave Feedback On Ebay, So I Guess I Figured So Does
Everyone Else. I Shouldnt Assume. And It Is True, Sellers Do Have To Pay
To Post There. So How Do I Withdraw My Post?
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Why would you want to withdraw your post? Obviously it spurred a different mindset and opinion, which is what the forum is based on.

Opinion: Take someone's opinion with a grain of salt and if you don't like it, then don't like it. Don't act like a child and then say that you want your opinion/post removed because someone disagreed with you.

snowgyre said:
Sellers do not have to pay to post here. The classifieds are free. However, you must pay the minimum contributor annual fee (I think it's $10 or $15, can't remember) in order to leave feedback that shows under the user's "trader rating", or to edit your posts.

You could always see if the Board of Inquiry has an existing thread on a seller that you could leave feedback in. If not, you can create a new thread on that seller. Use the search option in the upper right corner of the Board of Inquiry page to search for your seller. Leaving feedback in the Board of Inquiry is free and I've had buyers do that for me before instead of giving me a trader rating.
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:iagree: Pretty much the same thing I said earlier, but in a more refined manner. lol
 
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