I run a couple of Automotive clubs and forums. I have been thinking of a way to help with costs and generate a little income. How would I go about making this automatic on my sites. For instance I run a Vbulletin forum. I would like to set it up where someone can join a special Contributers group and get more upload space for pictures and sound clips they would also get access to special forum for Contributing members only for a small monthly fee. Maybe like $2 a month or something. Is there a way to have all this done automatically with no involvement from me personally. I don't want to have to do this for each individual. I also run a site on PHPnuke is there a way to do this same thing there. thanks guys M4ck
I don't know about Vbulletin, but Phpbb has different mods which you can implement. I am positive I've seen some mods for PHPnuke also. But IMHO, when it comes to pay for a forum membership, unless you have a very strong forum, you won't be successful a lot. But good luck anyway, and let us know if it works for you.
This would not be a manditory fee. This would be for people wanting a little extra. Those who want to stand out a little. I have had quite a few members ask me about it and tell me they are interested in something like this. Thats the reason I started thinking about it. M4ck
there are subscriptions built into VB --- Look here: http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/subscriptions Basically - you set a special usergroup - and when they make a payment via the subscriptions system, the user is automatically upgraded to that usergroup and given whatever perks you have set for that usergroup.