Donations are now being accepted! All donations will go towards the cost of hosting, running, and maintaining YorkieTalk.com and keeping the place as friendly as possible, for users new and old! Donations are in no way required. YorkieTalk started as a free community site for Yorkies and it will always stay free! Visitors are not charged to view, use, or share content.
We rely entirely on donations and a few advertisements to keep YorkieTalk up and running. Other costs associated with the site include bandwidth costs, servers, Web hosting, and domain names. Your donation will only go towards the running of YorkieTalk.
We can currently accept donations via credit card or Paypal funds by sending money to donations@yorkietalk.com. Please let us know your YorkieTalk username as well when you send a donation. If you do not yet have a Paypal account, you can sign up for one for free at
http://www.PayPal.com
If you already have funds in your Paypal account and you send the payment as a gift (when sending, click the Personal Tab which is below the Amount, then choose Gift), YorkieTalk will not be charged any Paypal fees.
If you need step by step directions on how to pay via Paypal, please see this post:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/4108391-post62.html What do you get for your donation?
Why, we're glad you asked, you get a shiny new bigger Donating User Title, up to 200 messages in your Private Message box, 5MB of space in the Photo Gallery, and something a little secret (sorry, we promised we can't tell!).
A donation of $25 will also allow you to enter your Yorkie into the YorkieTalk Gift Exchange, which occurs approximately four times per year.
Click here for the information on the YT Gift Exchange.
Also, if you donate $25 or more, you can have a bigger avatar that is up to 125 by 125 pixels big and up to 50KB in size.
If you donate $25 or more, you may advertise your Yorkie-related (or commercial) Web site in your signature for a period of one year. The one year period starts when you make your donation.
Donations are of course, optional. If you can't afford it, that's no problem, we still value your membership and your support. We just wanted to give all those that have already donated, and that do donate a little something special! YorkieTalk will always be free for users!
Even if you don't donate, you can help out YorkieTalk by participating in the forums and sharing your knowledge and wisdom. It doesn't cost you anything and you support YorkieTalk at the same time!
So thank you to all that have donated, or those that are going to donate! We hope that our Yorkie community can continue to grow with your support! Please note that donations are non-refundable and they are not tax-deductible.
YorkieTalk reserves the right to post information on donations for YT, since that helps maintain and run this community.
If you would like to discuss donations, please click the link below:
Donations Talk - YorkieTalk.com Forums - Yorkshire Terrier Community
Sincerely,
Your YorkieTalk.com Staff