Jump to content

  • Chat
  •  
  •  

Welcome to Formiculture.com!

This is a website for anyone interested in Myrmecology and all aspects of finding, keeping, and studying ants. The site and forum are free to use. Register now to gain access to all of our features. Once registered and logged in, you will be able to create topics, post replies to existing threads, give reputation points to your fellow members, get your own private messenger, post status updates, manage your profile and so much more. If you already have an account, login here - otherwise create an account for free today!

Photo

Is GAN dead?


  • Please log in to reply
9 replies to this topic

#1 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 24 2023 - 12:13 PM

ANTdrew

    Advanced Member

  • Moderators
  • PipPipPip
  • 9,376 posts
  • LocationAlexandria, VA
Is GAN dead? Just a few years ago, I was getting a steady stream of customers through GAN. Now, I can’t even give ants away to anybody. Is it almost impossible to sell ants now without a flashy website? I’m feeling like not even collecting new queens anymore the way things are going.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#2 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted May 24 2023 - 12:35 PM

Virginian_ants

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 598 posts
  • LocationCharlottesville, VA
Yeah I've i started GAN a year and a half ago and I've only sold 4 colonies since then.

#3 Offline UtahAnts - Posted May 24 2023 - 12:46 PM

UtahAnts

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 595 posts
  • LocationUtah Valley

I still get a few people a month, but maybe that's just a localized interest in AC. The trend seems to be larger retailers now, which is unfortunate for us local sellers.


  • AntsCali098 likes this

Leave the Road, take the Trails - Pythagoras

 

Utah Ant Keeping --- Here

Formicariums and Outworlds --- Here

Photo Album --- Here

Videos --- Here


#4 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted May 24 2023 - 12:57 PM

AntsCali098

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 979 posts
  • LocationLong Beach, California (SoCal)
Yeah, I quit gan a while ago. Not as many customers there then it used to be

Edited by AntsCali098, May 24 2023 - 12:57 PM.

  • United-Ants likes this

Interested buying in ants? Feel free to check out my shop

Feel free to read my journals, like this one.

 

Wishlist:

Atta sp (wish they were in CA), Crematogaster cerasi, Most Pheidole species

 

 


#5 Offline Flu1d - Posted May 24 2023 - 5:54 PM

Flu1d

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 401 posts
  • LocationPensacola, Florida
I know that when I asked about GAN to the Florida community, I was told that no known Florida sellers actually use it. When I first started looking at ants last year, it had the same ants for sale that it does now.

I didn't know GAN was anything BUT dead

#6 Offline Barristan - Posted May 25 2023 - 12:05 AM

Barristan

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 884 posts
  • LocationBindlach, Bavaria, Germany

I guess most stuff is now sold via discord



#7 Offline madnava - Posted May 27 2023 - 4:10 PM

madnava

    Newbie

  • Members
  • Pip
  • 5 posts
Maybe I am old but I purchased ants through GAN a couple of months ago. Just keep multiple forums open.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

#8 Offline Whitemoss - Posted June 6 2023 - 12:09 PM

Whitemoss

    Newbie

  • Members
  • Pip
  • 3 posts
When I first got into ant keeping I tried to use GAN but no one in my area had any.
I thought it was just outdated and Noone maintained the site.
So GAN is still active then?

#9 Offline liamsantics - Posted June 6 2023 - 12:28 PM

liamsantics

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 52 posts
  • Locationnorth palm beach, FL

sadly GAN is pretty dead. one month ago i tried it and to this day have not heard back from the sellers i emailed



#10 Offline Serafine - Posted June 6 2023 - 2:51 PM

Serafine

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 1,782 posts
  • LocationGermany

GAN has been a Zombie for a very long time.

Ever since that fee got removed AC didn't give a crap about it at all.


Edited by Serafine, June 6 2023 - 2:52 PM.

We should respect all forms of consciousness. The body is just a vessel, a mere hull.

Welcome to Lazy Tube - My Camponotus Journal





0 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users