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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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Went To Peoria Today :)

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I manged to get to the show in Peoria IL today and I had the pleasure of meeting both Mark(The GeckoBasement) and Jeremy (Letskey's Leos) and altho I did not get to stay very long I did mange to pick up the hybino and the tang that I had bought from Mark instead of having them shipped
I am thrilled to death with both of them

Jeremy-I wish that I had more time to spend at your table as i am really interested in getting a few of your stripes in the future :)

I will take pics of my 2 new babies later-I had about 2 hours of sleep last night and I have an infected tooth -so between the pain and the pain meds
I was just a wee bit spacey wandering around at the show
This was my first time to any reptile exhibit and OMG-I loved it
I guess that I was lucky that I did have a time linit or I know that I would have walked out with many many more reptiles-I was eyeing the banana corn snakes-LOL
Everyone there had lovely animals and I did get to see what Mark n his partner are doing with beardies-nice pastel/citrus babies
Oh and I even won a door prise-:) i got a bottle of leopard gecko dust for the youngsters
I am going to bed before I fall down
Oh and Mark-Delliah did finish her shed on the way home-LOL!!
Sandy
 
Good deal Sandy ! It seems like a pretty nice show , hope it gets bigger soon ! Mark and Jeremy are both GREAT guys too, with some very nice animals
 
Yeah-I'm sure gonna try to get up to Tinley Park for that one
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Sandy
 
Sandy, it was great to finally meet you in person. Next month the show should be much better, they are doing a lot of Halloween things for kids. We'll see. ANyway thanks for the kind words.
 
TheKeeper said:
Sandy, it was great to finally meet you in person. Next month the show should be much better, they are doing a lot of Halloween things for kids. We'll see. ANyway thanks for the kind words.
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Good Idea, I have a table at the N.H. show on Oct 22, I will have to do something for Halloween.
 
Here are a few pics
The 2 new kids are doing just fine :)
I really like Turnip :) she will fit in with my other tangs quite well
And I am just CRAZY about Delilah
Delilah has the laid back demeanor of most giants and was really cool about her first photo shoot with me-LOL!!
Thanks so much Mark !!

Turnip

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And Miss Delilah

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Well Sandy it sure looks like Delilah has settled in nicely. I am sure eating will not be a problem for her.lol
 
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