Just noticed today a few members with blue usernames and the word "sponsering member" below. I know some folks (such as waskillywabbit) have had this for a while becuase of their online business. This I think is great. Now all of a sudden, I've noticed more members with the "sponsering member" change. Some of these people have been members here for a while and have great knowledge and input, but I have never known them to operate an online bussiness. Maybe I've never noticed.

Is this a new feature, sort of like a contributing member, but maybe with a 5 year plan? What does a person have to do to become a "sponsering member"?

Just an observation I made, maybe I'm out of the loop a bit. Just curious.

Daniel

 

Making a Donation to Keep Yotatech Advertiser Free

 

Great! Makes sense now. Thanks for the PM too, Corey. This site seems to always come up with great ideas.

 

Not trying to be stingy; but I'm in a bit of a money crunch. Plus there's other sites I want to help keep free as well.
What's the minimum amount necessary to become a contributing member?

I'm sorry I can't just drop $25 down, but like I said I want to help others- not to mention I'm on food stamps and medicaid :|

 

$10 Well worth it for the tech and all the good friends you meet here.

 

i donated 10 bucks made me feel better too

 

At the shop we subscribe to an online transmission database and tech forum. Around $200 dollars a year, but it saves me a lot of time and money not having to have individual FSMs for every type of vehicle I service. Well worth the cost.

The first week I found YotaTech.com, I saved about $300 in labor and parts. Over the next month I saved over $800 on various little things on my truck I repaired or replaced. I was able to do the jobs right the first time without a lot of time swapping out parts to fix the problems. $100 seems extremely reasonable to me, especially given the money I saved. $300 on the rear window fix alone, thanks guys. You can look for me to become a contributing or sponsoring member in the coming weeks. I just recently started reading around on the site not just the 2nd gen tech section. I didn't realize what a cool place it was before then.

 

Yeah, I've learned a ton on this site. Prior to me joining this site, I had never done any of my own work. Now, I've gotten to where I can do a timing belt or waterpump. I still have a lot to learn and will probably ask more dumb questions. This site has saved me tons of money--probably more than $1500. I wish I could contribute more, but I'm going to have to hold off on that for a bit. Sweet site though.

 

YotaTech is indeed a great resource and a wealth of information and friendly guys with the same passion for offroading and Toyota's. Anything you can donate is great and helps out Corey and the Gang pay the bills!