We believe the Yorkie For Sale forums are necessary and helpful, as many Yorkies have found wonderful homes through our For Sale forums. The reason we allow anyone to post Yorkies for Sale if they fill out the form is because we believe members that are searching for Yorkies can learn more here at YorkieTalk than if they just found a classified listing. When a person just sees a classified listing, they can not ask questions of the breeder and can't learn the differences between a good and bad breeder.
There is a need for the Yorkies For Sale forums for those YorkieTalk members who may not already have a Yorkie. There are Yorkies out there that need homes, that is why we have a For Sale section as well as a Rescue forum. Unlike pet stores, YorkieTalk does not make any commissions nor do we get a referral fee or any amount of money at all when a Yorkie is sold on YorkieTalk. Thus, we do not believe we are like pet stores, who do make money when pets are sold. We do have a YorkieTalk Featured Breeders section, which has a yearly fee, for the "professional" breeders that want to differentiate themselves from other sellers.
We feel we are serving a need in the YorkieTalk community, and by requiring ALL sellers to fill out a lengthy form, we feel members looking for Yorkies will have more information than if they saw an ad on the Web, that just stated a Yorkie's price, age, and the seller's phone number. We get many questions asked by new Yorkie parents or potential Yorkie parents, and we feel having a For Sale forum will help them in their search.
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