Is there a reptile show coming to town, but you don't know when or where or even how to get there? That's why we've launched ReptileShowGuide.com!

kingsnake.com has completely rebuilt its reptile events system, launching it both on the main site and as a standalone site. Reptile shows, meetings, and other events listed in kingsnake.com's current event listing system will be listed there, as well as being listed on the new ReptileShowGuide.com site with the same flat per-show fee for commercial events -- and still free for non-profit events!

The new events platform allows us to expand the feature sets available to show promoters who list with the service. Currently, the system allows a user to have not only a link to an events web site, but a map link to the event site, and links to their Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube pages. We plan on adding more features, as well as making listing user-manageable shortly.

Both ReptileShowGuide.com and kingsnake.com's revised events systems are geographically oriented, with a click map interface and a zip/postal code search. State-by-state listings also include links to local reptile businesses, and localized classified ads.

ReptileShowGuide.com also uses kingsnake.com's standard banner sizes and rotations, including the brand new, low-cost, high visibility "Banner Pool" system.

As part of our "Sweet Sixteen" celebration event, listings are on sale through Saturday, Feb. 9, at midnight Central Time for only $50 each, a $50 savings over their regular price. What's more, now that it gets your event listed on two websites for the price of one, it's twice the deal.

To order a reptile and amphibian event listing for only $50, click here!

This week, kingsnake.com is celebrating its sixteenth birthday, so we're rolling back the clock to 1997 and having a sale!

As part of our birthday festivities, we've put kingsnake.com business directory listings on sale for an incredible one-time only $50 a year -- that's $100 off our normal price! We've also put kingsnake.com's event listings on sale for only $50 each, which is $50 off our normal price!

Along with this week's launch of the low-cost, high-visibilty banner pool program, this is a great way for a reptile show or breeder to get a year's worth of listings and a full display ad package for a fraction of our normal costs. (Some of the banner pool locations are limited by availability, so act now before the biggest and best ads sell out.)

To get in on these 16th birthday specials, go to http://kingsnake.com/sweetsixteen.

We'll also be celebrating our 16th birthday all year at a variety of reptile and amphibian events, including this month's NARBC expo in Arlington Texas. Please stop by our booth to check out the "ZombieHunter" snake hunting machine, pick up a free kingsnake.com window sticker or bumper sticker, and let us know how long you have been reading kingsnake.com!

I want to thank everyone who has done so much over the years to make kingsnake.com most popular reptile community on the Internet. I'm looking forward to 2013, and to seeing everyone on the road - Jeff Barringer

Click below to see images of kingsnake.com throughout the years...

Ever wanted to run a banner on kingsnake.com, but were stopped by the cost? Help is here!

Buying display based advertising on the Internet industry per-view (known as "CPM") basis is cost-prohibitive for most small reptile and amphibian businesses and hobbyists. You buy $100 worth of views, and they run out before you even see your own banner. To address both of these issues and create ultra-low-cost display advertising opportunities, kingsnake.com has developed a new "Banner Pool" program where, for one very low price, you can get big name display advertising presence for a fraction of what traditional banners cost.

Here is how it works: kingsnake.com has categorized a number of its existing banner locations, and created new ones, as being part of a "banner pool." Anyone wishing to add their banner to the pool will pay a low fixed fee, and their banner will be displayed equally along with other members of the banner pool. The number of views your banner receives will be based on the day's visitor traffic divided by the number of banners in the pool.

Some special things about the pool banners: Unlike in our standard banner locations, we will not be using the pool banner locations for Google or Amazon advertising. Nor will we use them for kingsnake.com's own "house" advertising.

That means you won't be competing with third party or in-house ads. Only advertisers who have paid to be in the pool will be in the pool. * Additionally, membership in each pool will be limited so that each pool member will get a fair and appropriate amount of advertising for their purchase, with no less than 1000 views per day being the cutoff. Most will receive far in excess of that number.

How much does it cost to jump into the banner pool? There are a number of options based on display ad size and location, the most expensive being the large 300 x25 rectangle that appears on our index and other pages (the second display ad in the right column) for only $100.00 per year -- 27 cents a day!

Other options include a full size (468x60) pool banner for $50 a year that will appear primarily in the footer as well as in classified ads and forum posts, and a half banner for $30 (234 x 60) that currently only appears in the footer but may see other locations added.

Finally, we're offering a quarter-sized (120 x 60) banner that appears in the middle of most of our indexes, as well as the footer of every page on kingsnake.com. This is our best value, delivering hundreds of thousands of views daily. The cost for a banner in this pool is only $25 a year!

For more information on how to add your banner to the pool, or to purchase your banner pool slot, please go to http://www.kingsnake.com/services/bannerpool.html. Space in the pool is limited and selling fast, so grab a towel and head to the banner pool today!

(kingsnake.com has donated pool banners to the USARK, PIJAC, and NRAAC organizations, and banners for these organizations appear in some, though not all, pools.)