Does this site make money and Hill33 please come in

[juxedo]

I would like to hear from the creator/owner of this site or anybody who knows about there things. Does this site or the previous site make money as a forum. I am thinking of starting a forum up (non-card related) and just wanted to know if this site made money. If it does how many members are there and how does it make money and how much. This could really help me out deciding on if I should make a forum up to finance card collecting


Also, Hill33, do you have any forums you own or make any money off the internet and if you do could I kindly ask the same above questions.


If you know the answers to these questions and dont wish to post it here then feel free to PM me.

 

[Trey]

I doubt this site makes any money....take a look around?

none of us pay for membership, we dont have to pay a % to the owners or anything, and there actually isnt any advertising either.

if the guys wanted, they could stick ads etc all over the place, and they'd have the potential to earn some money (very limited amounts)

 

[chadjaja]

I know some answers to your questions but I'm afraid of Hill33 the dictator and the possible repercusions as forum Admin

Damn Bowling is popular!

 

[graham]

LOL @ Chad - funny guy

Nah mate this site doesnt make money (as far as im aware) - but yes there is the potential to make money from website forums.

I do have a site that I have paying sponsors on. However, be aware it took me 5 years, travelling to different tournaments around Australia 10 times a year doing live scores, photos and videos from events (the first couple I even paid for myself to get off the ground) and the site now has 3000 odd members (with 1500 unique visitors a day) and I still dont make enough money to live off - its just enough to cover some costs etc etc.

Dont expect to put a website up and expect people to come and expect the bucks to come rolling in. Expect to put in a lot of hard work, and sometimes even that isnt enough. My other site was a unique chance I had that I took, and promoted the crap out of it, and its now ended up fairly successful.

There is the chance that this site could end up making some income from sponsors/supporters. Worst case scenario I could even see sponsors donating boxes for giveaways etc - this would come eventually when we grow a little bit more. It all takes time.

Hope this helps.

Graham

 

[lockymac]

Would you be able to post a link to your other forum please?
I'd be keen to have a look!

 

[juxedo]

Thanks guys for the answers.

Hey hill33, how did you make this forum. Could I get all the links to the open source code. It would really help me starting my new forum up.

 

[Magicman]

Hey mate Ozcards does not make a cent

we are a free community that likes to help out all the Aussie collectors. We wanna bring them all as one to help us achieve our collection goals!!!

 

[graham]

Thanks guys for the answers.

Hey hill33, how did you make this forum. Could I get all the links to the open source code. It would really help me starting my new forum up.

http://www.phpbb.com is the site .. I just modified the templates

 

[juxedo]

sweet, thanks hill33. I'll have a look at that site tomoz

 

[juxedo]

Hey Hill33. What hosting company did you place this site on. What are they charging and do you recommend them. Wasn't it you that donated a domain name and hosting.

 

[graham]

Hey Hill33. What hosting company did you place this site on. What are they charging and do you recommend them. Wasn't it you that donated a domain name and hosting.

The hosting company is called PerfectHost http://www.perfecthost.com.au - and of course I recommend them - it's my business

And yes, PerfectHost donated the name and hosting for this website.