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Good tips on starting a forum? - Hazard - 11-12-2015

I'm thinking about starting a forum soon and I want to know what to do to keep it as alive and successful as much as I can.

RE: Good tips on starting a forum? - Captin_Lulzboat - 11-12-2015

Its not easy. There's honestly to many forums out there that are the same. Small forums end up getting bought out by the bigger ones.

You will need quality post, active members and good staff.

RE: Good tips on starting a forum? - Pirate - 11-12-2015

(11-12-2015, 01:08 AM)Captin_Lulzboat Wrote: Its not easy. There's honestly to many forums out there that are the same. Small forums end up getting bought out by the bigger ones.

You will need quality post, active members and good staff.

You will need money as well.
Spent 8 months working on alphas and now it is known as realityforum, and is now only really getting around to growing really big. I dedicated myself.

RE: Good tips on starting a forum? - ProfessionalSkid - 11-12-2015

(11-12-2015, 01:13 AM)Pirate Wrote:
(11-12-2015, 01:08 AM)Captin_Lulzboat Wrote: Its not easy. There's honestly to many forums out there that are the same. Small forums end up getting bought out by the bigger ones.

You will need quality post, active members and good staff.

You will need money as well.
Spent 8 months working on alphas and now it is known as realityforum, and is now only really getting around to growing really big. I dedicated myself.

ALPHAS IS THE BEST NO MATTER WHAT ANY OF YOU SAY

RE: Good tips on starting a forum? - Hazard - 11-12-2015

(11-12-2015, 01:13 AM)Pirate Wrote:
(11-12-2015, 01:08 AM)Captin_Lulzboat Wrote: Its not easy. There's honestly to many forums out there that are the same. Small forums end up getting bought out by the bigger ones.

You will need quality post, active members and good staff.

You will need money as well.
Spent 8 months working on alphas and now it is known as realityforum, and is now only really getting around to growing really big. I dedicated myself.
what if you're a kid who's 13 and has no money to invest

RE: Good tips on starting a forum? - Captin_Lulzboat - 11-12-2015

money is a given to anything lol
(11-12-2015, 01:16 AM)yoriii Wrote:
(11-12-2015, 01:13 AM)Pirate Wrote:
(11-12-2015, 01:08 AM)Captin_Lulzboat Wrote: Its not easy. There's honestly to many forums out there that are the same. Small forums end up getting bought out by the bigger ones.

You will need quality post, active members and good staff.

You will need money as well.
Spent 8 months working on alphas and now it is known as realityforum, and is now only really getting around to growing really big. I dedicated myself.
what if you're a kid who's 13 and has no money to invest
Start with something free to mess around with and learn

RE: Good tips on starting a forum? - Pirate - 11-12-2015

(11-12-2015, 01:16 AM)yoriii Wrote:
(11-12-2015, 01:13 AM)Pirate Wrote:
(11-12-2015, 01:08 AM)Captin_Lulzboat Wrote: Its not easy. There's honestly to many forums out there that are the same. Small forums end up getting bought out by the bigger ones.

You will need quality post, active members and good staff.

You will need money as well.
Spent 8 months working on alphas and now it is known as realityforum, and is now only really getting around to growing really big. I dedicated myself.
what if you're a kid who's 13 and has no money to invest

then you probably shouldn't be starting a forum
then again I did start my first forum when I was 12, which was like 5 years ago, don't remember much about what I did with it.

RE: Good tips on starting a forum? - Para - 11-12-2015

You need a lot of funds to make it work.

You will need
  • Hosting(VPS preferably some form of DDoS protection. 
  • Custom designed  theme(no big forums have ripped or standard themes. 
  • PHP/HTML/CSS knowledge to sufficiently modify your forum. 
  • System administrator knowledge to manage your servers and understand how it works. 
  • Advertising money 
  • Contest money
And a lot more. 

RE: Good tips on starting a forum? - Helios - 11-12-2015

Advertising is key, to expand your member base Biggrin

RE: Good tips on starting a forum? - -Wolf- - 11-22-2015

Read this! https://realityforum.net/Thread-Guide-How-to-start-a-forum-and-get-it-on-the-road-to-success