Forum costs?

[Smits]

How much does it generally cost to runa forum?

[GoldenMerc]

Forum software
How many visters you get a month
It all depends really

[Smits]

Alright well i'm just debating on setting up a forum or not. I'm pretty confident i can get a decent amount of users over time, but i'm unsure on costs.

I'll probably start out with a free forum software rather the vBulletin though.

[RyanDOT]

You must plan before you create, that's what I did to ForumBuddy...

[iJoe]

Forum software - Can range from nothing to about £150, you need to consider what you really need and your budget. The forum could fail and you give up having wasted a lot of money, or you could start up free and upgrade to a paid forum when you feel it's going well

Hosting - You generally don't need much space really as most forums store most things in a database, so hosting can be pretty cheap, the main thing you're looking for is bandwidth

It depends how much you're willing to put in, you could spend loads but not have a unique idea so your forum just goes nowhere.

Good luck with whatever you choose to do

[Jamesy]

I would say if you are looking at having members you need to avoid oversold shared hosting like the plague. As iJoe says forum's generally rely on a database and if thats slow, your board is slow.

[Bewilcorp]

Webhosting, Domain = £25 yearly? (average)

Forum software = As ijoe has said, they range from nothing to £150, But most free forum software are actually AS GOOD as the expensive ones.

Marketing = Think how your gonna market the forum. Are you gonna have a marketing budget? All things you need to think about.

[Seatherny]

Can be as low as £2 a month to over £300 a month.
I started off at £2 a month and went to £300 within a year. But my VIP's easily payed that off.

[Fehm]

You'll need a good £80-£100 if you're looking to promote this well.

[RyanDOT]

You'll need a good £80-£100 if you're looking to promote this well.

Not really, it all depends on what your making.