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Shawn Gossman

Shawn Gossman

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Do you pay members to be a part of your forum?

If so, how do you pay members? It can be through points, contests, or other means.

Do you think figuring out a way to pay members without going broke is a good way to build a loyal community?
 
Paying members is not something I have done in the past but I know of some forums that have done and it seems to work out quite well for them. I do know that you have to be careful when paying members and in how you do it because in some cases, you can lose the engagement if members instead choose to rush through posting just to get paid.
 
I think paid incentives can help bring in some activity, but you have to make sure you measure the type of engagement so that you're not awarding people who are doing nothing for your forum but posting one liner or referring dead accounts, etc.

Basically - how do we deal with the scammers?
 
Shawn Gossman said:
I think paid incentives can help bring in some activity, but you have to make sure you measure the type of engagement so that you're not awarding people who are doing nothing for your forum but posting one liner or referring dead accounts, etc.

Basically - how do we deal with the scammers?
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and spammers :D
 
Paying members for posts is not bad. The thing is that most people are just concerned about the incentive and don't bother about offering value to the forum.
 
King Belieal said:
Paying members for posts is not bad. The thing is that most people are just concerned about the incentive and don't bother about offering value to the forum.
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I agree.

While I've had good paid posters, I've had more than the good ones that were no so good.
 
On a new site I'm working on I will have a pay per post system in place. Users will get paid to post. It won't make them rich. It will give incentive to join and be active.

I had an off topic forum that had a pay to post area. Topics in the area earned credits that could be converted to cash. It was very popular and the topics were very good and kept the community engaged.
 
AWS said:
On a new site I'm working on I will have a pay per post system in place. Users will get paid to post. It won't make them rich. It will give incentive to join and be active.

I had an off topic forum that had a pay to post area. Topics in the area earned credits that could be converted to cash. It was very popular and the topics were very good and kept the community engaged.
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Remember Post Loop?

It was a lot like that!
 
AWS said:
On a new site I'm working on I will have a pay per post system in place. Users will get paid to post. It won't make them rich. It will give incentive to join and be active.

I had an off topic forum that had a pay to post area. Topics in the area earned credits that could be converted to cash. It was very popular and the topics were very good and kept the community engaged.
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That’s a good idea. I’ve seen this tactic work on a few other forums. Discussionbucks, Indexforum and Doja’s forum, which is a medical paid to post forum.

Medical Marketing Forums

Online marketing community for healthcare professionals.
themedically.com

Hulk is also using Microlikes on his new forum, so I believe his forum is technically a paid to post one as well especially if you add your microlikes account.
 
I am paying for users to post, and I am very happy with the results. You can turn an ghost forum into a very active one pretty quick.

About posters that add no much value, that happens either way with paid and non paid posters. As admins and moderators, we always have to keep an eye on the content. And set clear rules about posting. As always, some users try to outsmart the system, but it's the moderators duty to keep that in check.

I find paying per word on posts it's more efficient than paying per post. Users tend to fully express their content, as long or as short as needed (always keeping an eye on those taking advantage)

But overall, I recommend it 100% if you want your forum to be active, specially on new forums.
 
Mike30 said:
I am paying for users to post, and I am very happy with the results. You can turn an ghost forum into a very active one pretty quick.

About posters that add no much value, that happens either way with paid and non paid posters. As admins and moderators, we always have to keep an eye on the content. And set clear rules about posting. As always, some users try to outsmart the system, but it's the moderators duty to keep that in check.

I find paying per word on posts it's more efficient than paying per post. Users tend to fully express their content, as long or as short as needed (always keeping an eye on those taking advantage)

But overall, I recommend it 100% if you want your forum to be active, specially on new forums.
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How do you manage your system where you're not paying out of pocket or are you?
 
Shawn Gossman said:
Remember Post Loop?

It was a lot like that!
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Postloop was fun back in the days. I enjoyed it so much and I was very close to the owner running it back then. Her name was Berverly. It was a big shame they had sell Postloop and that was the end of it. She continued with Seoclerks after moving on from Postloop.
 
Heatman said:
Postloop was fun back in the days. I enjoyed it so much and I was very close to the owner running it back then. Her name was Berverly. It was a big shame they had sell Postloop and that was the end of it. She continued with Seoclerks after moving on from Postloop.
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I used to use Post Loop a lot back in the day. I'd post for credits and then trade them for posts on my forum.

I know it was a money maker for a lot of people, too. I never used it for that, personally.

It was sad to see it go. Did the founder (can't remember his name) ever give a reason why he ended it? I can't remember. It's been so long ago.
 
Shawn Gossman said:
I used to use Post Loop a lot back in the day. I'd post for credits and then trade them for posts on my forum.

I know it was a money maker for a lot of people, too. I never used it for that, personally.

It was sad to see it go. Did the founder (can't remember his name) ever give a reason why he ended it? I can't remember. It's been so long ago.
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Honestly, I was among the people that made a lot of money from using Postloop. If I remembered correctly, I was making at least $50 from Postloop every 2 weeks.

I didn't get to know the reason why they sold Postloop but I can always find out if I ask Beverly. I still have her personal email address with me
 
Mike30 said:
That would be nice to know :) also who currently owns the domain? I would love to give it a new try.
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I've sent her a mail as we speak. I hope to get a response from her very soon.

Btw, I've been trying to find out who's the current owner of The Forum Wheel. A friend of mine wants to buy it out if it's possible. According to him, the script of TFW is very unique.
 
Heatman said:
I've sent her a mail as we speak. I hope to get a response from her very soon.

Btw, I've been trying to find out who's the current owner of The Forum Wheel. A friend of mine wants to buy it out if it's possible. According to him, the script of TFW is very unique.
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Ken brace was the original owner of tfw. I don’t think he sold it previously.
 
Cpvr said:
Ken brace was the original owner of tfw. I don’t think he sold it previously.
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He sold it 😂 😂 😂. He told me about wanting to buy it back back but I don't know if he later did.

I used to have him on Facebook messenger but it seems like he deactivated his account or blocked me cos I can't see his own messages sent to me.

This is what I can pull up from our previous chats.

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