vBulletin - worth the money?

[James!]

I'm looking on getting a vBulletin license tomorrow, do you think it is worthit? I am looking to market the forum ALOT to get more and more hits/members. I'm wanting the £53 deal on it which is a leased license for a year. Should I buy it?

[VPSwow]

Depends if you feel you can get it back in either VIP (mainly for fansites), services, advertisments or donations.

[Steven.]

It depends on how many users you are expecting.

if its under a hundred not really. however if its established on another forum software, yes.

Its like Habbox started off with phpBB before moving to vBulletin.

[Yoshimitsui]

If your starting from scratch i wouldnat say it's advisable! I would start with a free forum then expand from that.

[L!nK]

Only get vbulletin if you have a big community, if not use MyBB which has same features.

[Jordan,]

Well Vb is a brillent softwere if it for a site that been around and got plenty of user get it if not dont but you could be like me buy it anyway for non profit

[GoldenMerc]

If your going to buy a vB get a owned one,Trust me ;D

[GommeInc]

I say get IPB, more advanced and has had most of the features off of vB for a few years before it, like Quick Reply in threads, Subscriptions. The Admin CP is a bit more advanced I believe now aswell, considering 2.3 came out last month.

Not to mention the member profiles are alot more advanced, you can rate a member, view their posts, topics and make comments on the members profile.

[Jordan,]

get leased it better eithen because with owned you got to pay £40 a year to get updates

[God..]

get leased it better eithen because with owned you got to pay £40 a year to get updates

No, I'd say start with PHPbb, then go to VB owned, due to the fact if you don't have a susessfull comunity, you can always sell it