money in forums?
- Thread starter darkjolly
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RandomPhantom
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- Nov 7, 2008
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Forums are great since you dont have to create the content yourself but it can be hard to get it going. What you will earn will depend on hos much traffic you got and of course the niche.
There's no reason to choose vBulletin. I run several forums and one of them is a vBulletin forum. I prefer MyBB and SMF over vBulletin.
There's no reason to choose vBulletin. I run several forums and one of them is a vBulletin forum. I prefer MyBB and SMF over vBulletin.
- Apr 23, 2009
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Forums are good to earn but hard to get members unless you have something unique to offer ur members
reaction
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- Nov 4, 2012
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Forums are hard to get off the ground. No one wants to post on an empty board. If you do get a lot of users your hosting costs could get pretty high too.
The only advantages of using vbulletin in my opinion are the cool themes and plugins available, but if you are capable or have a good designer you can turn mybb into a really good themed forum and it also have tons of plugins and its all free
Not to mention that mybb is very friendly like to people that arent very good deploying permissions and stuff.
IPB is another option however paid like vbulletin.
Not to mention that mybb is very friendly like to people that arent very good deploying permissions and stuff.
IPB is another option however paid like vbulletin.
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Furious George
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Vbulletin is good. Go with the open source forum software if you've never done one before. Setting up a forum for every little detail takes a lot of hours. Vbulletin is expensive, if you don't have a serious plan to monetize.
I set up a forum to increase sales of a guide I wrote... it was A LOT of work.
I set up a forum to increase sales of a guide I wrote... it was A LOT of work.
reaction
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- Nov 4, 2012
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Thanks. It's a new one. I just uploaded.I really like your avatar than what you are saying here
Cheers!
Bart
No but seriously. I've tried to do forums before and had a hard time getting them off the ground.
I did like Vbulletin best but hated paying for it.
lietuvis002
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- Aug 3, 2012
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Yes, forums are great, but if You need some posts, why don't You buy them from fiverr?
I've tried buying posts off Fiverr before and got the majority of times by users copying and pasting from other forums. The one good seller I did find that was reliable and had decent post quality stopped selling gigs unfortunately
If you're looking to populate your forum though, postloop is another option, though even that can be a little hit and miss at times.
lietuvis002
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Yes, there are many lazy people in fiverr doing everything bad, fast etc You can claim a dispuse I think and keep Your 5$.I've tried buying posts off Fiverr before and got the majority of times by users copying and pasting from other forums. The one good seller I did find that was reliable and had decent post quality stopped selling gigs unfortunately
If you're looking to populate your forum though, postloop is another option, though even that can be a little hit and miss at times.
maisamjohn
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- Dec 27, 2012
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Forums are good for earning handsome but you have to look after all the time. A single person can't do this job I think a team of 6 people can do this job easily.
I would want to hire people but most forums don't include any paid positions for moderators and such. If I would need to pay some then I'm okay with that but I don't want to over/under pay.
I am wondering if I would need any special hosting plan with GoDaddy.
Thanks guys.