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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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looking for a ball python exporter

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hi i'm looking for a ball python exporter as i'm looking for wc ball pythons.
 
Ball Pythons

I will have baby balls starting in April. How many were you looking for?
Steve Michaels
 
This type of thread should not be posted on the BOI. It should be posted in the Ball Python section or another section relating to Ball Pythons or information on them.
 
well i was looking for info on any exporters that why i thought i would place this here
 
Steve Michaels said:
I will have baby balls starting in April. How many were you looking for?
Steve Michaels
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sorry steve i'm just looking for an exporter for wc ball pythons
 
Eugene, do you understand what importing ball pythons from Africa entails?

1) you will have to take an order usually around $3000-5000 minimum to start and you have to pay that up front via wire transfer

2) freight on the shipment is going to be at least $500, likely double that

3) you have to have a federal import/export liscense for live reptiles to bring in the shipment. If you do not have one, you must send in your application, pay for the fee to do so and wait a couple months to hear back on if you will get one or not.

4) you have to either drive to Chicago O'hare to pick the shipment (you cannot get a port exemption to have shipments come to Detroit unless you had them arranged prior to 9/11) up or you can pay a broker about $350 to clear it for you and ship it to Detroit metro for you to pick up (another $75-100) on top of the fees you have to pay customs and F&W which is another $50-100.

after all this do you still want to import a shipment when you can buy the animals so cheaply here in the US already?
 
You said that you wanted wild caught ball pythons. Why are you looking for exporters then? Do you mean importers?
 
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