3-year-old Video Game Forum ~ 120,000+ Posts ~ HaloFans.com

URL http://www.HaloFans.com

Age of site 3+ Years

Description
Halo 2 video game message board with over 120,000 posts, 5,000 threads, and 2,000 members.

Domain
Short, memorable domain registered until Aug 2007 on GoDaddy.com.

Vbulletin License
The vBulletin forum software license is owned and included in this sale.

Revenue
Un-monetized. I have a 1-year textlink contract with IGN (the company that runs IGN.com) and I will gladly pass on their contact for you to negotiate a renewal of the contract ($1,000 for 12 months).

The revenue potential is unlimited:
* Selling textlinks
* Adsense
* Adbrite
* Email marketing
* Amazon/eBay affiliate programs (video games)

Traffic Details



Search Engine Rankings
Great organic rankings across the search engines. Some examples:

http://www.google.com/search?q=halo+forums
http://www.google.com/search?q=halo+2+forum
http://www.google.com/search?q=halo+2+tactics

Moderating Team
The moderators on the site have been there for quite a while and take care of all the day-to-day activities. They are a very reliable and active group of people.

Where To Take the Site
Halo 3 is going to be released early next year. This is your chance to get on board, optimize the site and cash in from the blockbuster release of the 3rd edition in the game series.

Furthermore, you should email all past members and get them interested in the forum again. Also, you should continue to build links, market the website, and start monetizing the traffic.

This is a great opportunity to take over an established forum, with a member base and tons of content… you've already got a head start!

Why am I selling?
I work full-time, I have a few part time consulting clients that I also service, plus, I run a few other websites/message boards… There just isn't enough time in a day to do it all!

Is an auction?: Yes (Auction ends Saturday Sept. 23rd, 5pm PST or whenever the BIN is reached)
This auction has been posted across several forums, and I will keep the threads updated with latest bids

Starting Bid: $500

Buy It Now: $4000

Payment through Paypal only.

Details

After receiving payment, I will take care of the entire forum move to your webhost (I've moved a ton of vBulletin forums). It will be running exactly as it is right now.

The domain and the vBulletin license will also be transferred to you.

A 'passing the torch' post will be made introducing you as the new Administrator.

I hope you have all the information about the site. If there is anything else, please don't hesitate to PM me.

 

What type of hosting are you using for this?
Any reason why Adsense, YPN etc hasn't been used?

I bid $520 at SP.

 

i will bid us$750

 

Hey I used to own this site. My how it's grown. Good luck with the sale

 

How hartd is to move a VB forum? Do you have a reserved price?

 

When were the IGN links added. Will you pass over the proportionate amount from the $1,000 you took up front?

 

CURRENT HIGH BID IS $1000 ON ANOTHER FORUM (SP)

Thanks for the interest.

* The site sits on my VPS box with a few other sites. You can get a reseller hosting account ($10-$15/month) and it will be fine.

* No reason really, I was a bit more focused on trying to SEO the site.

Not really hard. You create a mysql dump, download all the files on my host, then reupload them to your host, then restore the mysql db.

I will do this for you. All you need to do is give me the cPanel login/pass to your host, and it will be setup

Reserve price/buy-it-now is $4000.

Links expire Nov. 2nd. No, the contract is not part of it (but I will give you the media buyer's contact @ IGN who approached me). You are free to remove the textlink adverts when you buy the site, or attempt to renew the contract.

Site is being sold as 'unmonitized' since there is no steady income and the textlink contract expires shortly..

 

Was this site banned from adsense???? I don't see any adsense ads anywhere.

 

maybe you should read his initial post.

 

Maybe you should butt out!

It is a very legitimate question.... 99% of all forums have some sort of contextual advertising on them. Since I don't see any and it makes me wonder if:

A) He or a previous owners ever had Adsense on the site
or
B) He or a previous owner was banned from Adsense

 

No dude. This site has not been banned from Adsense, why would you think that?

I can upload an Adsense block to the site if you're that keen on it...

 

Just an update, the current high bidder is $2000 at SP.

To answer a couple of PMs:

I will be helping the new site owner in the entire transition. I will move the entire site to your hosting account, introduce you as the new administrator and will help for a few days after the transition.

 

Site sale is pending @ BIN on SP

 

Did the sale clear on SP?
Thanks

 

Yes, site is sold for BIN.

Thanks for all the interest!

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