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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.

SHIPPING: What you need to know!

Ok, so my next dilema is fedex states in their contract live reptiles can only be shipped buisness to buisness and by shipping to a residential address will violate the contract just as if you were shipping with no waiver at all and con result in confiscation of your animals and occur fines???:shrug01:This coming strait from the live animal dept. I don't know about you all but I'd say 99% of my sales got to your average person at a residential address and not to a buisness. Any ideas on this?
 
Ship to the nearest FedEx hub. Unless the property is zoned business, it is considered residential even if a business exists in the home.
 
No problem... I was just as confused as you at first but my agent has been a HUGE help :) Glad to be of assistance!... It's a pain but at least I can keep my hobby on the up and up now!!
 
Yes, my main concern is my animals safety first and foremost and I won't take chances with their lives under any circumstance so I want to follow the rules to the "T". This is a hobby and passion of mine and I love all my animals one in the same so I just wanted to be 110% right by the shipping process to ensure I have the least amount of problems as possible and a the safest method of shipping.

Thanks again,

Jeff
 
TripleMoonsExotic said:
Prohibited Live Animals
Live Animals that are prohibited from being shipped and are not accepted for transportation include, but are not limited to:

  • Any poisonous, venomous or threatening animal
  • Any Threatened or Endangered species
  • Arachnids (All): Examples: mites, scorpions, spiders, ticks
  • Birds (All)
  • Crocodiles (All): Examples: alligators, caimans, gavials
  • Mammals (All)
  • Obnoxious Insects: Examples: flies, locusts, mosquitoes, roaches, termites, weevils
  • Snakes (All): venomous and non-venomous
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Confused?
 
Isn't this saying all snakes either venemous or non venemous are prohibited? Or is this only if you aren't certified or... IDK
 
Yes, shipping snakes is prohibited by UPS. Their is no certification system for UPS. Some larger companies have special exemptions that they can ship snakes through UPS though.
 
Prohibited Live Animals
Live Animals that are prohibited from being shipped and are not accepted for transportation include, but are not limited to:

Any poisonous, venomous or threatening animal
Any Threatened or Endangered species
Arachnids (All): Examples: mites, scorpions, spiders, ticks
Birds (All)
Crocodiles (All): Examples: alligators, caimans, gavials
Mammals (All)
Obnoxious Insects: Examples: flies, locusts, mosquitoes, roaches, termites, weevils
Snakes (All): venomous and non-venomous

WAIT IM CONFUSED
it says all snakes are prohibited from being shipped. venomous and non-venomous yet fedex ships snakes. im so confused
 
i also wanted to state that i picked an orange ghost up from a fedex hub near my town and the guy who was handling my package was spinning it around between his hands when he brought it out to me, i had to notify him that it contained a live animal before he would stop. apparently he didnt realize it was alive even though it was packed as fragile handle with care
 
I guess the whole idea of the getting checked out to obtain a shipping waiver to ship live harmless reptiles is lost on some people. :rofl:
 
I have a question and please bear with me because I am brand-spanking new at this. :)

I just started breeding and just had my first clutch hatch last week. According to what I read here, I'd have to wait 2 - 4 weeks before I could even ship them. But that's if I have a registered business - which I don't. I was advised by my accountant I had until December-ish to worry about registering a business.

I have purchased snakes before through here and have mostly received packages from private parties, not businesses, and don't understand what they're doing so that they're under the radar, so to speak. They also ship to me - a residence - and I haven't had any issues.

I have HEARD that people ship Fedex or UPS through Staples - and what I heard about it was that people go in right before the last pickup of the night, drop the animal off and the Staples employees usually ship it. I have also heard that this happens all the time, but don't know for sure.

Any advice anyone can give me on shipping relatively soon, or is my only course of action to register a business name and then register a Fedex shipping account? This could take months..... :[
 
FedEx requires no proof of business legality. You are not required to have or register a business name. If your property is zoned residential and you are running a home business out of it, it is still considered residential and you would be violating your agreement with FedEx if you shipped to or from that location. The work around is to ship hub to hub or some other sort of business location (Staples for example, as you had mentioned).

Sure, people violate FedEx or UPS policy every day. But are you willing to put your animals at risk (delayed shipments, confiscated shipments)? Are you willing to let your potential customers know that you are willing to break another companies written policy?
 
The only problem I have with UPS is that they always deliver to my area, Kingsland GA around 5pm when the weather is extremely hot. My delivery guy has always been the same one and has always treated the packages I recieve gently whatever they may hold. FedEx has always had earlier deliveries which are good for some. Being that I am a housewife starting this from the ground up I prefer that. Though with the chance I will be shipping my first reptile to someone else, I had before shipped through FedEx to my self from CA to MN and didn't list what was in the package since it contained a stiped albino kingsnake, pacman frog, and a hypo milksnake. Everything went fine since I boarded the plane that day. I am not certified through anyone as of yet and I realize that I will have to be certified for next year when I will have more than one clutch of beardies. I know that the shop I worked for in San Diego ships through FedEx. I never thought to ask him about shipping, only that i was to pack them for shipping while another person took it to be shipped.

Besides supplies, does certification cost anything?
 
[email protected] said:
Though with the chance I will be shipping my first reptile to someone else, I had before shipped through FedEx to my self from CA to MN and didn't list what was in the package since it contained a stiped albino kingsnake, pacman frog, and a hypo milksnake. Everything went fine since I boarded the plane that day. I am not certified through anyone as of yet and I realize that I will have to be certified for next year when I will have more than one clutch of beardies. I know that the shop I worked for in San Diego ships through FedEx. I never thought to ask him about shipping, only that i was to pack them for shipping while another person took it to be shipped.
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Congratulations, not only did you violate FedEx shipping policy, but you violated Federal Law. :thumbsup:
 
LOL, I know.. What can I say, besides ignorance is no excuse, for what i did. At that time I didn't know about having to be certified or anything, but now i am going to get everything going so that I won't have to worry about that in the future.
 
Well, i filled out the app, i got my e-mail that it went through, I couldn't get anyone to have my rep call me, but after talking to the lady that works for the reptile dept she said to just go ahead and send the box in to be tested. I am going to call again tomorrow to see if i can get teh rep to call me so i can get that number so i won't have to pay to have it shipped to the testing area.
 
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