Bill & Kerry: MONETIZE your forum and keep members instead of subscription and loss

Edward Alexander · 11-20-2008, 02:26 AM

Dear Bill & Kerry

I highly suggest you implement some monetizing features on your websites and forums instead of the planned subscription feature. This way you will be able to earn money and still keep all visitors, without any need of a subscription based forum.

Some of the best ways to monetizing your website is to put up ads and referral systems for various programs.

I have listed some of the best methods on my own website specifically about this at http://www.WebCasher.tk - I highly recommend PayPopups and Chitika as main monetizing programs, and the rest for further income possibilities.

Check through the programs reviewed on my website, and feel free to ask me if you have any questions or concerns on how to get things going properly, I would be more than glad to help you out so you can keep the website free and still make good money on it. It is quite possible, and you do not need an awful lot of ads all over to get it going either - besides most websites have some ads here and there to finance themselves and people are used to this. I'm sure more would be in favor of a couple ads here and there rather than having to pay for a subscription.

I think you may lose a major part of your members if you move on to subscription, despite your low fees. People tend to not like to having to pay for things such as forums.

Rather, run some of the ad systems as mentioned, put up some donation button easily visible on the pages, and make some money that way.

I do it myself with my own websites and I make a decent living from advertisements alone and do not need to have anyone pay me for accessing any of my sites or material - I keep it all free and I do my best to keep it that way.

Best of luck to you, let me know if you need some more suggestions or help with this!

Blessings,
Edward Alexander

11-20-2008, 02:26 AM	#1
Edward Alexander Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 158	Bill & Kerry: MONETIZE your forum and keep members instead of subscription and loss Dear Bill & Kerry I highly suggest you implement some monetizing features on your websites and forums instead of the planned subscription feature. This way you will be able to earn money and still keep all visitors, without any need of a subscription based forum. Some of the best ways to monetizing your website is to put up ads and referral systems for various programs. I have listed some of the best methods on my own website specifically about this at http://www.WebCasher.tk - I highly recommend PayPopups and Chitika as main monetizing programs, and the rest for further income possibilities. Check through the programs reviewed on my website, and feel free to ask me if you have any questions or concerns on how to get things going properly, I would be more than glad to help you out so you can keep the website free and still make good money on it. It is quite possible, and you do not need an awful lot of ads all over to get it going either - besides most websites have some ads here and there to finance themselves and people are used to this. I'm sure more would be in favor of a couple ads here and there rather than having to pay for a subscription. I think you may lose a major part of your members if you move on to subscription, despite your low fees. People tend to not like to having to pay for things such as forums. Rather, run some of the ad systems as mentioned, put up some donation button easily visible on the pages, and make some money that way. I do it myself with my own websites and I make a decent living from advertisements alone and do not need to have anyone pay me for accessing any of my sites or material - I keep it all free and I do my best to keep it that way. Best of luck to you, let me know if you need some more suggestions or help with this! Blessings, Edward Alexander