Hello Forum Owners, I have a new website, and I'm considering installing some forums. The site is my professional site for content writing. I don't have a particular reason for doing forums other than I like them and would like to have some that revolve around all types of writing. I understand there are many other forums out there that do the same thing. Given the dynamic...i.e. using the forums with my business site...do I have a prayer? Is it a bad idea? I'm not really concerned with traffic and such right now...it's just an idea.
That's a good point. My answer would be yes and no. hehe I've maintained forums before, but nothing with substantial traffic. I don't have much to base experience on. I could never imagine a forum like Digital Point, and what might go into its maintenance. Obviously, more than one person can do, hence the mods and such. So, I guess it also comes down to if I can afford to maintain a forum. Can I afford to put in gobs of time and probably not see much in the way of revenue? I certainly can't afford to pay mods, posters, and the like. You bring up some good questions in my mind. Thanks for your response. Rep+
It takes alot of time in the beginning cause you got no members to keep it up. You need to do that alone.
Hi waxingpoetic, I run a forum service where you're welcome to start your own forum without the hassle of maintaining it. The domain is http://f0rums.com which means that you can get for example a http://poetic.f0rums.com If your site goes down for some reason, these forums will remain active as they are working on a separate server. You can also include them inside your own website quite easily, here is an example of what I mean: Inside a site: http://ninjapendisk.com/support/ By it's own: http://ninja.f0rums.com/ I'm looking for more people to join and wouldn't mind working with you. If you're interested, just register at the main domain or talk with me and I'll help you getting started or clearing out any doubts.
We did recently added forum to our website and it did looked like a good idea at the beginning and it still is I suppose but I did never realise how time consuming it would be to maintain it. I think if you decide to add forum and once it takes off it can have really great benefits to your website but once it gets busy it will require lot of commitment. And be prepared for all the spam, once you get your fist attack you will know what I mean.