As a newer member and a newer breeder as well I feel I have some good insight into this! The way I have planned my side business so far is to actually go ahead and meet people and talk to people on the phones and try to actually make some new friends along the way! I will hope to FINALLY produce some balls this year and I have been working on a site as well as getting to know members. I hope that when snakes are popping out of eggs people trust me enough to know I am a good guy and what you see is what you get! However I think in LAWreptiles case he just showed up and had snakes for sale and was active in the community. If we had something like a one month probationary period that would have at least made him use the site for a small period of time without income. Just my 2 cents.
-Cliff