The Gift Exchanges are a special bonus for members that donate. It is a one-time $25 fee to be a Donating Member which would allow one Yorkie to participate in our YorkieTalk Gift Exchanges as long as we have them. Every Gift Exchange we run takes many hours to process, compile information, and assign Secret Buddies to each participant.
We do not know how other sites are run, again, donations are completely voluntary here and are not required. Members can share Yorkie pictures, ask questions, search for information, play games, or ask for wanted items for free. There have been several instances where people join the Gift Exchange but NEVER send out a gift which is unfair to everyone, thus we started requiring members to be Donating Members before they can join the Gift Exchange. YorkieTalk has made sure that each and every Yorkie that participates in the Gift Exchange has gotten a gift, even if their Secret Buddy fails to send one.
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