How do you think the start of a new forum will go with it souly based on monetization?
Using MyBB and plugins, basic discussion of making money online.
Using MyBB and plugins, basic discussion of making money online.
Okay, so basically I'll need to first get it all ready and customized, then add a lot of posts myself, and after that try to partner up with another forum and use adsense maybe?Without an existing community, getting a forum off the ground has always been hard, even before the Facebook meteor wiped most of them out 15 years ago.
Do a blog and just write a few posts per day. If it's any good, you'll get visitors, return visitors and user interaction as comments.
If it becomes popular enough you can then add a forum, even transplant the comments to get it started. (Obviously nobody will sign up to an empty forum.)
Okay, so basically I'll need to first get it all ready and customized, then add a lot of posts myself, and after that try to partner up with another forum and use adsense maybe?
Sounds like it's worth a shot.
Do forums sell for any good amount of money? I was thinking about getting it started and selling it off in about a year.
lol well alright, no I don't have much interest in creating a forum rn, just wanted to increase the value.LOL That's not even close to what I said. I said don't do a forum. Even after seeing the name, a blog about how to monetize forums is a better (easier) idea.
Nobody will sign up over fake posts, unless it's controversial stuff about US politics or Covid, and why would an established forum "partner up" with a forum with no users/fake content?
Forums are understandably very possessive about their members/traffic and you can't even mention other forums, at least of the same type, on some forums, including this one, AIUI.
As with any site, I assume if you don't have provable good revenue, there's no reason why someone will pay good money for it.
Since you don't even have any real sincere interest in the forum you're making though, it's absolutely guaranteed to fail.
lol well alright, no I don't have much interest in creating a forum rn, just wanted to increase the value.
And people will buy stuff like that.
Thank you for the advice. I use to mess around with MyBB stuff when I was like 13-14 and never stayed dedicated to it for more than a couple months but I can get things going a little bit, maybe.
- Make it available free, there should be an account level which is always free
- Know how difficult and time-consuming running a forum is an have a strong plan from the start, because your forum will be attacked by spammers, hackers, black hats, criminals, and this will happen forever, so have your security systems in place to mitigate all risks
- Start by focusing on a specific area or angle within making money online, then expand if, and only if, you get an audience
- Get your technology right by designing for MOBILE FIRST
- Listen to your audience by constantly asking for feedback and incorporate democratic voting wherever possible, but all the while accepting that you can't and won't please everybody
- Be fair, do not take sides, establish rules and apply them equally to everyone all of the time
- Accept my respect and unlimited kudos @Clover if you even attempt to set up a forum, hahaha do you have any idea what you're letting yourself in for?
Personally I'd make it a private invite-only forum from the get-go. That way it's a slower uptake but a higher calibre of membership which makes for a more advanced level of discussion. Namepros is a very rare forum where you get a cross-section of different skill-sets. That's why I like Namepros more than any other forum on the interweb thing. Bear in mind that most people these days are weak-minded quitters who need other people to do their thinking for them. How many people do you know who could survive if the power, gas, water and internet went off simultaneously? Hahaha it would be fun to test out. Anyway back to your forum idea I have a question. What exactly is your idea?Thank you for the advice. I use to mess around with MyBB stuff when I was like 13-14 and never stayed dedicated to it for more than a couple months but I can get things going a little bit, maybe.
I really just wanted to host a forum on it for about a year and try to sell it for 5-10k, but my buddy wants to make a good community on it with me. I honestly just prefer my other domain (MonetizeMB) if I were going to stay with a project like that.
I honestly don't have much of a plan, but like I said, I like the domain name MonetizeMB better than MonetizeForums, so I might try to design this site a little more and then sell it, or I might bring more traffic to it and keep at it, really am not sure.Personally I'd make it a private invite-only forum from the get-go. That way it's a slower uptake but a higher calibre of membership which makes for a more advanced level of discussion. Namepros is a very rare forum where you get a cross-section of different skill-sets. That's why I like Namepros more than any other forum on the interweb thing. Bear in mind that most people these days are weak-minded quitters who need other people to do their thinking for them. How many people do you know who could survive if the power, gas, water and internet went off simultaneously? Hahaha it would be fun to test out. Anyway back to your forum idea I have a question. What exactly is your idea?
You are 99 % likely to fail. That's not being negative but it is being realistic. Have you any idea the challenge ahead of you? I mean you need a business plan. A forum is not a quick turn-a-round thing. Have you already cancelled your entire social calendar for 2022?I honestly don't have much of a plan, but like I said, I like the domain name MonetizeMB better than MonetizeForums, so I might try to design this site a little more and then sell it, or I might bring more traffic to it and keep at it, really am not sure.
I'm not really looking to "succeed" with the forum, more so to just raise the domain value and let someone else try to build a community on it. But I have been considering doing it myself.You are 99 % likely to fail. That's not being negative but it is being realistic. Have you any idea the challenge ahead of you? I mean you need a business plan. A forum is not a quick turn-a-round thing. Have you already cancelled your entire social calendar for 2022?
So it's a make money online forum. Why should I join your forum over Trendri? Simple question. You need to be able to confidently answer this question. Then I have another 20 related questions. See where this is going! Specialise.I'm not really looking to "succeed" with the forum, more so to just raise the domain value and let someone else try to build a community on it. But I have been considering doing it myself.
I have launched my own domain forum for old school domainers do you think it's a good idea
Did I said I launched a forum anywhere? Please quote it."I launched a forum" aka "I clicked a button in Cpanel"