I want to start a forum on my domain Phorum.in but confused about the niche of the forum. What do you guys think about the domain name, which forum could be best? Which forum could get me good traffic and boost income? I know that developing a forum needs lots of patience and work and i am ready to do that, but i need the best niche in the online industry. Suggest me what and what not to do? Thanks guys.
Probably a general discussion forums for Indians (I think the .in domain is Indian right?), its a good domain though.
Well really it should be you who decided which niche your forum is based around. Just having a niche that will get traffic and money for you is pointless, as the chance are you will make very little money and get little traffic. You need to pick a niche that you can talk about, something you can really post a lot about and contribute to, as you must remember, you will be the administrator and you must be able to start conversations and keep them going. Asking others what a popular niche is won't help you in anyway, if you are making a general forum, then you will have to look at competition and look at where there are gaps in the competition. You also have to think about if you can carry this niche on and take it past it's competition. All of this is important, you can find further information at the website in my signature
Thanks for your wonderful suggestions calum and rockinaway! I already own a forum and quite busy with it, and i don\'t think i can spend time on another forum. Hence i thought of making it a directory for forums, what say???
Yes, again there are lots of directories. You will need to market it a lot and make it individual. But I think that would be a better option than a forum.
Yeah, directories are numerous but pretty easy to handle than forums. Do you know any forum directories? I need to check out few things before i start one.