50 Forums?

Hi guys I was wondering if I bought 50 forums from v-bulletin! and bought a domain name from each one! would this be the way to drive a ton of traffic? i mean if in a month they all got 50 members each! that would be 500 members! but that would grow alot faster then having one forum... please keep in mind im just brain storming.. so any feed back is welcome ( just keep it clean ) :) Ross from www.suncam.tv

You mean building 50 seperate forum based websites?

LOL... uh huh

yes building all 50 .. what do you think? I know it sounds nuts but think about it hard before replying.. just like websites if know one comes to your site then why build a site! same thing with a forum.. if you build 50 different forums.. buy a domain name for each! but find a web host that can support it all for a low cost you will be rocking! I mean maybe its because i just love forums.. I find that people stay on forums a lot longer then a web page.. I have live web page real time stats and i can see the time people essay on in real time...
let me know your thoughts thanks for your time Ross from www.suncam.tv

so, lemme get this right... you want to build 50 separate forums? All vBulletin? Do you have that kind of money, to purchase 50 different vB licenses?

you're right tho.... it does sound crazy. Sorry, but it does ;)

well no i dont have that kind of money! but... im sure you can work a deal with v-B
dose it sound funny yes it dose even too me.. but one day i will own 50 forums.. or 150 !
the time it takes to build a website its alot faster to buy a forum.. you can even buy the templates for the forums.. yes it would cost about $8,000 ... take 6 months to build them up and if you get lets say 100 visitors a day whats cool is you have 50 forums thats 5,000 vistors .. and about 20,000 page views.. a day! yes it would be a full time job and yes you would need the money and time to do this! but look at the long run.... i think it would be well worth it.. I have seen people spend a cool $300,000 just to open a pizza shop! that takes 3 to 5 years before they make any kind of prophet.. im only talking 8 gs.. and i bet you can make way more money.. off any kind of adds.. or sponsor's.. but it wouldd talk a lot of time.. o ya for got you have to buy a domain name for each! yikes.. now this is sounding funny lol just brain storming .....

Darlin I can sense your enthusiasm, but jaysus... put that enthusiam along with your time, energy and money into building and promoting one, two, perhaps three (at the most) forums, rather than spreading yourself out over 50! different ones? Sounds like you're going to wind up with a heart-attack at worst... or in a straight-jacket at best ;)

Yes vB does give discounts if you purchase more than one license at the same time, but I don't see that the discount is enough not to break someone.

I'd try my hand at no more than three (3) and see how well you can build those forums. If the results are acceptable add another three (3). Rinse and repeat. ;)

good idea guys.. I think you both are right! i will try that and let you know how it goes.. Ross from www.suncam.tv

Only if you have enough staff to run all those forums.
Keep us updated mate.

well thats the thing its just one guy me.. lol the more i work with the forum i bought the more im thinking this is alot of work for just one forum lol.. himmm you would need a staff you guys are right! the spam i get is a joke.. 4 spams a day .. Ross from suncam.tv

Yeh I'm with these guys. Trust me I run 4 forums now. Started with just 1 but had requests and added another then another till now I'm at 4. I have given a lot of thought to adding more but I don't really want to put the time into another one. If you get some good moderators you can trust it really helps. Its not easy trying to answer posts, moderate, tweak your forum, work on SEO'ing it, finding sponsors, answering every person's email who can't figure out how to register or post or add a picture. It can become very very time consuming. So start with 1 or 2 and put your heart into it. In time they will hopefully take off then work on adding another.
Good luck
m4ck

btw, 50 x 85$ = 4,250$ :O
50 x 160 = 8,000$

seems like a lot of $, and a LOT of time..

I'd start with 3 maybe 4 forums at once.. chances are if you have 50 forums,, 70% of them are going to be crap cuz you wont have the time..

either way, best of luck, just my 2 cents :)

thats true you all have a good point.. Im still working on one... and its been two months I still dont have it the way I want it..... but then again im new to it when i know how to work them well that will be diffenrt.. i can set them up fast! one day i can have them all setup and all on there own domain name.. yes it will be a full time job..

Unless you can get some co-administrators in to administer the forums, then you could achieve this. but then you cannot administer 50 forums.It's crazy.

But to be honest such operation like this would simply cost to much, and you'll have to pay for hosting 50 of them.

Im still working on one... and its been two months I still dont have it the way I want it..... but then again im new to it when i know how to work them well that will be diffenrt..

Don't even bother geting a second one until you have the first one mastered, and have it populer. A message board is worthless if you can't get activity to it, and if you end up not being able to get one message board populer, how will you ever get 50 message boards populer.

lol.. dude ur idea is one of the strangest i have ever heard but let me say this, that it may be possible in your point of view (i am too lazy dats why :( ) so i totally respect that but still what makes me wonder is not dollars your betting on, it is how can u manage to update, add content and keep those 50 forum alive... it is just crazy... if you really do have this kind of patients, my idea for u would be to start writing three or four books at once and finish them a once, then u can earn some money without spending alot :P

Rememeber Once people (us) thought that earth being round was impossible ;) so u never know :D

Kam,
its 1:15 in the morning and im heading to bed but! i wanted to say you have a good point.. im soo glade i seen this post because you changed my mind! I think forums are soo fun and paying $160.00 to own a killer forum is a good deal! but yes you are right im running one now and its a lot of work.... spammers are driving me nuts.. and if i make it so i have to conform the emails well people hate that and i get no sign ups..
so one is a lot to get going 50 would be a night mare! but if I had people working for me that would work out.. see im a hosting co and i can host 100s of sites! Give me some more feed back your thoughts about the 50 forums? thanks for taking your time to let me know your feed back Ross from www.suncam.tv :)

that is great u changed ur mind, but i was gonna post if u become the world's second bill-gates ;) u might as well help me get a paid hosting :P..

actually this 50 forum thing did trigger my thinking, i am now into something which i will hopefully soon come up with something maybe better or worsest than 50 forums.. ok me go to bed now...

see u tomorrow :D

I'm working on 2 forums currently. One is vB the other is phpBB. My primary one (vB based) has been a hassle to get off the ground. After having vB installed for about 1 month, I only have 9 members that including me, an other admin and a dummy account. So I actually only have 6 members signed up, which haven't logged in since I converted over to vB from phpBB.

I actually haven't been promoting my site at all, I've been trying to find the perfect theme, which I did today on vBFAQ. Now, I just have to figure out to implement adsense into the new theme and I'll be ready to go promote. ;)

I couldn't imagine trying to get more than 2 or 3 off the ground at the same time. My personal website has a forum but I'm the only one signed up. Originally that was just a test bed for my phpBB board but I moved over to a new domain and decided to do a fresh install.

so what is your theme going to be?

so what is your theme going to be?

SoftExpressions (http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/showthread.php?t=802), it's perfect for my vB site which is primarily aimed at brides.

oh that's neat. When you get it all ready, post your site link in your signature

Kam,
its 1:15 in the morning and im heading to bed but! i wanted to say you have a good point.. im soo glade i seen this post because you changed my mind! I think forums are soo fun and paying $160.00 to own a killer forum is a good deal! but yes you are right im running one now and its a lot of work.... spammers are driving me nuts.. and if i make it so i have to conform the emails well people hate that and i get no sign ups..
so one is a lot to get going 50 would be a night mare! but if I had people working for me that would work out.. see im a hosting co and i can host 100s of sites! Give me some more feed back your thoughts about the 50 forums? thanks for taking your time to let me know your feed back Ross from www.suncam.tv :)

50 forums pulling 0-min usage, plus 50 domains would require nothing less then a
dedicated server, if you place those 50 domains on a server that may already
has 50+ accounts, then you might be pulling server usage spikes...thats why
you would need your own dedicated server, and just say for the heck of it
they were a hit, then you would need more then 1 dedicated server. I could no way
in hell think of 50, im having a hard time thinking of just 1....

and you probably would need a coder to get the styles the way you want,
and unless you know how to do your own stuff, I need a coder myself to help me with VB,
and they do not come free.

I'm working on 2 forums currently. One is vB the other is phpBB. My primary one (vB based) has been a hassle to get off the ground. After having vB installed for about 1 month, I only have 9 members that including me, an other admin and a dummy account. So I actually only have 6 members signed up, which haven't logged in since I converted over to vB from phpBB.

I actually haven't been promoting my site at all, I've been trying to find the perfect theme, which I did today on vBFAQ. Now, I just have to figure out to implement adsense into the new theme and I'll be ready to go promote. ;)

I couldn't imagine trying to get more than 2 or 3 off the ground at the same time. My personal website has a forum but I'm the only one signed up. Originally that was just a test bed for my phpBB board but I moved over to a new domain and decided to do a fresh install.

people throw up websites thinking that 1000's will be at their site in a month...does not work that way, ive had a few websites up for years, only one site made me enough commission to pay my domain renewal for the year....depending how you work it, it could take months, years or even never... I make a bet on my website, it probably will be never...