Hi got a question for everyone who has ran a forum or is currently with one. I have a new forum only been on sense october 17 2009. only been doing SEO for a couple of months steadly building backlinks. I was getting 20-25 a day signups. now i'm getting 60 signups a day and growing. At what point do you start doing a paid membership? Do you let it get bigger to lets say 5k-10k members. then charge a lifetime membership for 5 bucks and offer full access? right know i'm at about 670 membership. Any info would be valued. thanks make sure you all have a nice day!
Making it a paid membership only forum would just be plain wrong no matter how many members you have. You need to define only certain sections for such a thing or no matter how many members you have it could easly kill things off if not.
You can announce paid membership "Anytime". BUT you should have strong features for premium members that they should see the charm and easily pay you to get those features.
what would be good features for premium members in my forum? thanks all for your suggestions much valued
A section or sections where you are able to offer something above and beyond that is special/specialized that people can see the merit of as they can't get better elsewhere easily or on par cheaper.
i notice most are going into the general chat area and either putting all of ther ads in and general talking. Would that be a good area. do that one paid membership like say $5 for a lifetime subscription. I'm just throwing ideas here lol