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Do webmaster forums still make good money nowadays?

Discussion in 'General Business' started by tradester, Jul 23, 2017.

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    Read that many top webmaster forums sold for relatively low prices
    V7N sold for around $200K
    Domain webmaster forum, Namepros was sold for only $200-$300K few years ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NamePros#Acquisition_by_Bodis
    Considering that Namepros is more than 10 years old and one of top domaining forums, that is pretty cheap price.
    WebmasterWorld and Cre8asite also sold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NamePros#Acquisition_by_Bodis

    Are these forums sold cos they are no longer as lucrative.
    Do webmaster forums still make good money nowadays?
     
    tradester, Jul 23, 2017 IP
  2. MrKing01

    MrKing01 Active Member

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    I think they are lucrative. There are still many users and they get a lot of traffic. They are easy to monetize. Not only with adsense but also banners and affiliate marketing. To break into this niche you need to offer something special. Especially if you want to start a new forum. Many of these forums use the same platform as when they started. If you start a new forum you could take advantage of new and modern forum platforms. This will be one way to compete with them. But you need various strategies to make yourself stand out.
     
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    Only the previous owners could tell you the real reasons why they sold the sites. I'd imagine after a decade or so you would grow tired of managing the same site. Burnout happens eventually and most people want a new challenge and need the cash for a new venture.
     
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    Well yea forum owners make money first because they have power on so much traffic just think about it
     
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    Of course being a webmaster is lucrative. i'm like a house builder, i build good quality trafffic driven websites then sell them on and move along.

    Quality websitewith quality driven traffic = money website!
     
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    I don't think forums are particularly lucrative. However, if you have a site the forum is built around with really good content, then you have something worth money there. Nowadays it seems everything is about content.
     
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    If you get a lot of members and traffic, they can make money. It's not easy to make money with a forum. Everyone is using WF as an example, but you would have a long way to go to match the traffic and membership of the WF.

    While you're building, forums are a lot of work. They must be moderated and promoted constantly to get that membership up.
     
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