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Do you guys have a business PayPal or do you just have them send the money to your personal account?

I tried another one (I honestly forget the name) and I earned very, very little... pretty much nothing. Switched to Adsense and started generating rev...

I wouldn't borrow money to start up a forum... they are very, very tough to monetize, especially now in the world of social media.

Was it a known fact that a portion of the donations would go to charity? I wonder if that helped draw in donations? Also did the donations go to you...

If it's not .com or .net or .org , I don't see much value.

I feel like post exchanges help to fill the forum early on, as new people don't like to join empty forums. They want to feel like there are other peop...

The main problem with IPB is you can't even post on their support forum once your 6 month license runs out. Xenforo you can post whenever you want, yo...

But I think it's a waste of money to hire someone if you cannot monetize your blog. So you really need to gain some traction and establish as yourself...

Self-hosting. So much more flexibility and the ability to actually monetize. You can get hosting for as low as $2-3 a month at some places.

What is wpForo? A paid Wordpress forum? Might be the best looking WP forum I've seen in awhile.

Webscrapers work pretty well to get your own list, but it only works for certain niches. Like if you are trying to pull contact information about a pa...

That still seems like a lot for nothing in return. I think forum premium membership only works if you offer something digital or physical in exchange....

I still prefer the .com or .net . Not a fan of the others and don't think they rank as well in Google, do they?

Do you think it's a good idea for a new forum to use it to encourage people to sign up and post? The idea being that they get hooked?