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How much do you need to make?

Shawn Gossman

Shawn Gossman

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Let's get real - forums being a full-time job paying you everything you need to not work is nothing but a dream.

But how much do you really need to make from your forum to meet your goal? Realistically? What is the amount you'd like to be making right now?
 
I don't think an average forum is going to ever pay someone enough money for him to depend and work on it as a full time job. Unless it's something as big as Reddit or others like it in that size that's going to ever pay enough that's going cover for a full time job.
 
For me, if I were to ever monetize a forum, I'm going to go for an amount to let the forum pay for itself.

Anything extra, I'll put into a contest fund or something like that to give to the community.
 
JWeb said:
When I had a forum, I was content with just breaking even. Enough to cover costs of hosting, licenses, domains, themes, etc.
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That's really all I'd want. That keeps it a fun hobby that doesn't cost a lot.
 
Shawn Gossman said:
For me, if I were to ever monetize a forum, I'm going to go for an amount to let the forum pay for itself.

Anything extra, I'll put into a contest fund or something like that to give to the community.
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This is a very good strategy because that's going to ensure the forum never having to struggle with being alive because it's self sufficient. A lot of forums that are not self sufficient tend to struggle and die off once the owner can't finance the running cost from his pocket.
 
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