My Forum

[Ewan]

Thinking of selling my forum, not sure if I should sell the whole site or db, can anyone help? Never done this before so don't know how to go about it...

Also, how much would the site be worth, www.originalforums.com

Thanks

 

[MCG]

Guys his forum is getting around 60 posts per day which means it's pretty active I would appraise this (whole site not db) at $70 as it's still active

 

[Ewan]

Thanks MinecraftGeek

Hopefully I can find a buyer.

 

[Sanctuary]

You could just sell the DB and keep the site, or sell both. Sell someone ownership to the site + domain, then just keep selling the DB. Always keep a DB back-up though, just in case. You could make some money off of it.
I'd suggest you wait till your forum hits around 500 members, it would be worth even more then.
I'd say you could make $75, more or less, for the site ownership + domain and $50, more or less, for the DB.
Good lucking selling it.

 

[Jimmy]

You should do what Sanctuary suggested. I can help you with such things. Just HMU.

 

[Ewan]

@Sanctuary

That sounds like a good idea, I might do that. Not that it matters, but is doing that considered "legit"? The domain has another 9 months left with it.

@Jimmy

Thanks! I want to give away the domain without giving up my hosting if you know what I mean? Like I don't want anyone getting access to my hosting panel but at the same time want to give them my domain.

 

[Rock. Paper. Shotgun.]

Greetings Ewan,

Your database would be worth no more than $25.00 - $30.00. You only have 356 members, and I doubt more than 100 of them are active daily.

The forum itself I would estimate at $35.00. The theme used is widely available, and I, personally, could re-create your forum in less than half-an-hour. The domain may be worth some value; around $15.00, it is an 'all right' domain. It does the job, but it's nothing too special.

All-in-all, if you were to sell the forum in its' current state, I'd estimate a buying price of around $60.00. Although I would not advise selling the forum; as it would just be a waste of all that effort you put in.

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[Ewan]

Greetings Ewan,

Your database would be worth no more than $25.00 - $30.00. You only have 356 members, and I doubt more than 100 of them are active daily.

The forum itself I would estimate at $35.00. The theme used is widely available, and I, personally, could re-create your forum in less than half-an-hour. The domain may be worth some value; around $15.00, it is an 'all right' domain. It does the job, but it's nothing too special.

All-in-all, if you were to sell the forum in its' current state, I'd estimate a buying price of around $60.00. Although I would not advise selling the forum; as it would just be a waste of all that effort you put in.

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Thanks for replying.

I'm wanting to sell it because I don't want to manage it any more, I want to start a new forum up in a different niche, which I need the money for. The general discussion niche is just too hard to break into now. It's been a great learning experience and a member already donated $10 for a group so the domanin has already been paid off.

Where do you suggest I sell it?

 

[MCG]

Ewan, Most of the members are bots that sign up... So clear them away.
You could also just merge your forum to another forum and become staff on that other forum.

 

[Ewan]

Ewan, Most of the members are bots that sign up... So clear them away.
You could also just merge your forum to another forum and become staff on that other forum.

Yeah, I'll need to give it a little cleanup.

I could do that, but I'm wanting to get at least $10 out of it so I can pay for my domain for my new forum

 

[Jimmy]

Ewan, the Database costs around $30. That's my estimation.

The domain is good and would cost $15 or more. But since your domain is attached to your hosting you can't separately sell it without CPanel.

The total cost of your forum would be $50.

 

[Ewan]

Ewan, the Database costs around $30. That's my estimation.

The domain is good and would cost $15 or more. But since your domain is attached to your hosting you can't separately sell it without CPanel.

The total cost of your forum would be $50.

Thanks, Jimmy.

I have cPanel so it would just be a matter of transferring the domain then?

 

[Rock. Paper. Shotgun.]

Thanks for replying.

I'm wanting to sell it because I don't want to manage it any more, I want to start a new forum up in a different niche, which I need the money for. The general discussion niche is just too hard to break into now. It's been a great learning experience and a member already donated $10 for a group so the domanin has already been paid off.

Where do you suggest I sell it?

No matter what genre of forum you plan on creating; there will always be a bigger and better forum of that genre already hosted on that beautiful thing we call the Internet. You must input all your time, energy and enthusiasm in-order to make your forum stand out from the crowd. No matter what genre of forum you're planning, do NOT create a gaming genre forum, as it will fall flat on its' face from day one - that's the most useful piece of advice you'll ever receive.

The selling of your forum is dependent on where you advertise. I suggest advertising via Craigslist; Hack Forums; and yours truly, Forum Korner. I've always found greater success when selling a forum, via Hack Forums, as you'll most likely find one child who wants to 'rule' the Internet with his / her hugely successful forum.​

 

[Ewan]

No matter what genre of forum you plan on creating; there will always be a bigger and better forum of that genre already hosted on that beautiful thing we call the Internet. You must input all your time, energy and enthusiasm in-order to make your forum stand out from the crowd. No matter what genre of forum you're planning, do NOT create a gaming genre forum, as it will fall flat on its' face from day one - that's the most useful piece of advice you'll ever receive.

The selling of your forum is dependent on where you advertise. I suggest advertising via Craigslist; Hack Forums; and yours truly, Forum Korner. I've always found greater success when selling a forum, via Hack Forums, as you'll most likely find one child who wants to 'rule' the Internet with his / her hugely successful forum.​

Thanks again.

I'll try selling it on HF maybe as well as here and maybe some other boards. Is Paypal ok to use? Never done anything like this before and don't want to get screwed over. Should I try find a middle-man?

 

[Rock. Paper. Shotgun.]

Thanks again.

I'll try selling it on HF maybe as well as here and maybe some other boards. Is Paypal ok to use? Never done anything like this before and don't want to get screwed over. Should I try find a middle-man?

PayPal should be an acceptable form of payment, as long as the funds you send / receive are never sent as a 'gift'.

Always use a middle-man when performing any sort of trade / purchase. I highly recommend when selling a forum that you receive the payment before any sort of information is exchanged.​

 

[Ewan]

PayPal should be an acceptable form of payment, as long as the funds you send / receive are never sent as a 'gift'.

Always use a middle-man when performing any sort of trade / purchase. I highly recommend when selling a forum that you receive the payment before any sort of information is exchanged.​

Normal payments through Paypal aren't gifts are they?

And 1 more thing, what's to stop them charging back?

 

[Rock. Paper. Shotgun.]

Normal payments through Paypal aren't gifts are they?

And 1 more thing, what's to stop them charging back?

No, a 'gift' payment is, well, a gift. Although you cannot charge-back on a gifted payment.

There is nothing to stop the buyer charging-back; you just need to judge the characteristics of the person your dealing with. Make it clear to the buyer the terms and conditions of the sale, and take the occasional screenshot or two, just for later proof, if-be needed.​

 

[Ewan]

No, a 'gift' payment is, well, a gift. Although you cannot charge-back on a gifted payment.

There is nothing to stop the buyer charging-back; you just need to judge the characteristics of the person your dealing with. Make it clear to the buyer the terms and conditions of the sale, and take the occasional screenshot or two, just for later proof, if-be needed.​

Ok

I've decided I'm going to sell the whole site with database including the domain name, I'll need to get that transferred I take it....

I'll post a thread on here and HF when I've figured out how to do that

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Not sure if I'm going to sell the domain actually.

Any idea what I could do with the domain?

Make a forum directory?