Closing Down My Forum - Am I Doing The Right Thing?

Discussion in 'Forum Management' started by sachin410, Apr 19, 2010.

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    sachin410, Apr 19, 2010 IP
  2. d3wlin

    d3wlin Well-Known Member

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    Pick up an assistant from your memberbase to help you with everyday tasks. I think it's bad idea to shut down an already established forum.
     
    d3wlin, Apr 19, 2010 IP
  3. China_girl

    China_girl Well-Known Member

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    Are you serious ? It seems you have given a lot of hard work and time for this forum, its really appreciable. Instead of just closing it down, you can sell it for auction. I am sure you will get a decent price.
    I am just advising you because I feel very sad to just let go of all the efforts and hard work which has been invested by you as well as the members of your forum. :(

    I hope you change your mind and sell it or give someone else to run it ;)
     
    China_girl, Apr 19, 2010 IP
  4. sachin410

    sachin410 Illustrious Member

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    They can't even moderate themself...:D.

    Since the last 1-2 years, I wasn't really running the site as a commercial venture and even now I don't want to sell it off.

    As I have posted, I will prefer to lock the forum and add a blog on the same forum.
     
    sachin410, Apr 19, 2010 IP
  5. nokimchen

    nokimchen Guest

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    dont stop it!...try to automate your work!!!
     
    nokimchen, Apr 19, 2010 IP
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    wptheme Well-Known Member

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    Don't just give an opinion with no real suggestion,
    @sachin - I am sure you have already thought of distributing mod work to your members and decided against it. You know your site best. I support your decision to lock the forum and create a blog instead. The traffic to your forum will remain and you can instead have a live and active blog instead. Not to mention forum makes your load goes high.
    All the best.
     
    wptheme, Apr 19, 2010 IP
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    RectangleMan Notable Member

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    Sell it and move on. At least this gives it a chance to succeed for the members under a new owner. You're actually doing them a disservice by simply closing the site. You have a forum with moderate value. It will sell.
     
    RectangleMan, Apr 19, 2010 IP
  8. ChopSuey

    ChopSuey Peon

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    If you need an admin look me up.....im well known with vBulletin. Had my site but i need to get rid of some bills to get it back up. Im sure i can help out alot with yours :)
     
    ChopSuey, Apr 20, 2010 IP
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    etc Well-Known Member

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    finance niche is profitable in adsense :D i should keep promoting it if i were you.
     
    etc, Apr 20, 2010 IP
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    webcosmo Notable Member

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    best idea is to sell, not shut it down:)
     
    webcosmo, Apr 20, 2010 IP