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How much can it cost to run forum?

  • 09-12-2010 03:46PM
    #1
    7Tdriver
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭


    Hi, I'm thinking of creating a website/forum. My queastion is how much could it cost me to run it i mean hosting and whatever is invloved in creating and maintaining a forum. I'm not a web developer or anything but I'm pretty good with computers allround so i could designe and maintain the site my self its just the costs of hosting and so on. Can anyone shine some light on this. Suggestions of hosters in Ireland or abroad anything that relates to creating and maintaining a forum.

    Thank you.


Comments

  • #2
    Willbbz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Willbbz


    Depends on who's hosting

    Digiweb who host boards.ie :P

    And Vbulletin is the forum software

    (Correct me if I'm wrong :p )


  • #3
    Stuxnet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    hosting can be dirt cheap, check out godaddy !

    vbulletin you need to pay a licence fee, but there are free alternatives like phpBB
    phpBB is great, we used run our clan forum on it, but had enough donations to afford a VB licence recently !
    vb is better if you can afford it !


  • #4
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    Setting up and hosting a forum is a doddle.

    Costs might vary based on usage & bandwidth, but you'd need a lot of users/activity/content to notice that.

    The main "cost" involved is probably in relation to administration - dealing with SPAM registrations, moderation, ads (if you have them) etc.


  • #5
    conorcan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 171 ✭✭conorcan2


    Less than 10 euro per month (for years hosting) and domain name. How much do you value your time, because that's where the majority of the expense will be.


  • #6
    The_B_Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,000 ✭✭✭The_B_Man
    Something about sandwiches


    I run a little forum for me and a few mates. It costs me about 40 euro a year for everything. Its also running that free forum software, which I find grand.

    I've made a few customisations to it as well, which were also free, like adding in a mod for better SEO, as well as an arcade with a loada games. Link to it is in me sig.

    I looked into vBulletin, like on boards here but it costs over €150! Not worth it unless theres a big following. Do you have people who'll sign up to it, or are u just gonna start from scratch?


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