ChuckTesta Posted March 11, 2012 Posted March 11, 2012 If you've sold a forum before, what type of money do they go for? How do you know what price to set for a board? Quote
DarkGizmo Posted March 11, 2012 Posted March 11, 2012 It depends on the content of the board, what software it is (if it's a licensed/commercial product like IPB, etc) and how many members and posts it has. If it's a large board running IPB it can go for hundreds of thousands of dollars. it all depends on the size of the forum and what software is used to power it. I would imagine free forum softwares like phpBB and MyBB will earn you less money because they are free solutions and you don't include them into your price for the site. Quote
Administrators Nathan Posted March 11, 2012 Administrators Posted March 11, 2012 Are you selling on of yours? If so link us and we could give you a better idea on price. DarkGizmo 1 Quote
ChuckTesta Posted March 11, 2012 Author Posted March 11, 2012 No, i didn't plan to sell anything right now. I was just curious. I will probably sell a board sometime in the future, so i was just curious what prices were. Quote
Administrators Nathan Posted March 11, 2012 Administrators Posted March 11, 2012 Ah, well it really just depends on the board. Topic/Size/Age/Posts/Members DarkGizmo 1 Quote
DarkGizmo Posted March 11, 2012 Posted March 11, 2012 Yes as I said before. it depends on the forum's age, post count, member count and activity and content on the board. Also include if there's a license to be sold along with the board or not. Quote
dojo Posted March 12, 2012 Posted March 12, 2012 Well, it's not the price you're willing to sell for, it's what a buyer is willing to give I have sold 2 forums last year and was pretty pleased with the deal. One of them didn't fetch my desired price at first, so I waited for few months and tried again, geting more than I asked before. When setting a price customers look for traffic (and quality of it), content, forum activity, revenue. Quote
ChuckTesta Posted March 12, 2012 Author Posted March 12, 2012 Anyone willing to post up numbers? per day visits... per month visits.. page views... monthly revenue... total price sold It it's too personal, i understand. Quote
crumblepie Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 I have bought a forum and sold it at a loss. I think I paid around $200-300 for it and it was a forum with a TON of threads, some traffic, only some bots and 1 or 2 members logged in at most times. The person that bought the forum from me resold it within months for $600 after making some tweaks. My loss, his gain. But I'm glad to be rid of it anyhow, I couldn't stand the design and I like to start from scratch! Quote
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