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Re: Forums that can make a profit?
« Reply #15 on: March 31, 2009, 07:58:33 am »
Pledgie is rather easy to use.

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Re: Forums that can make a profit?
« Reply #16 on: March 31, 2009, 08:06:22 am »
Donating and improving your forum. Get money, spend some, and make more.

Thats the way you make money. Dont be stupid though. Make sure you have enough money to start something in the first place.
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Re: Forums that can make a profit?
« Reply #17 on: April 05, 2009, 06:30:10 pm »
Ive seen graphic communities and skinning forums on other platforms sell premium skins for a few dollars, seems to work well for them.

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Re: Forums that can make a profit?
« Reply #18 on: April 16, 2009, 11:29:44 am »
Websites and forums aren't really "money makers". They're great sources of advertisements, so they are perfect to PROMOTE something else...
But when it comes to making money...unless you plan to provide a unique service to people...
Mehhhh, you're not gonna be rolling in the cash.

Most people on the internet have an expection that they can get what they want for free. And they don't feel like they owe anybody for the free service they get.

Ask for donations and subscriptions. You probably won't get much..but maybe you can get something interesting out of it. Maybe rather than saying "Click to Donate" maybe come up with an idea where your members can throw together some funds to get T-Shirts printed for you and your staff...something cool like that. Then you aren't just begging for cash.

Ads are a bad way to revenue for your type of forum.

And..don't forget about the service here at SMF For Free. We all work for free here...and have server and hardware costs to worry about...
Though, maybe you already donate to SMF For Free, then nevermind that :)
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Re: Forums that can make a profit?
« Reply #19 on: April 22, 2009, 12:48:44 am »
Well it has been some time since I originally posted this..

Ya know, what I forget is that there are some huge benefits already.. Kind and generous members have sent me some very expensive lapidary material. I always return the favor..

Huge member to member support.

Members, and lurkers alike do purchase from my store.. That was a big motivator to creating the forum to begin with. So that has paid off..

I have taken the donation suggestion to heart and have since received some very substantial donations.. So that takes care of forum upgrades plus some extra to spend on prizes for forum members..

So..... all is well. My out of pocket expenses for forum upgrades has ceased..

It's all good !  :)

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Re: Forums that can make a profit?
« Reply #20 on: May 20, 2009, 05:57:25 pm »
how can you ask for donations if you can't have a pay-pal?






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Re: Forums that can make a profit?
« Reply #21 on: May 20, 2009, 07:13:20 pm »
how can you ask for donations if you can't have a pay-pal?

-.- make one.. lol pretty straight forward.. its free

 

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