Biggest Forum Competition

[Shawn Gossman]

Who is your biggest competition right now?

How much would you pay to buy them out right now?

Do you get along with your biggest forum competition?

 

[Heatman]

What if you paid to buy them out and they went right ahead to create another big forum? What would you do then? Keep buying them and every other competition out?

Personally, I don't believe in buying out competition. It's a coward move in my opinion. If you believe in what you're doing and trust the project you're working on, you should welcome competition because it can only make you get better.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

What if you paid to buy them out and they went right ahead to create another big forum? What would you do then? Keep buying them and every other competition out?

Personally, I don't believe in buying out competition. It's a coward move in my opinion. If you believe in what you're doing and trust the project you're working on, you should welcome competition because it can only make you get better.

I mean if they want to sell and they want their content to go to good use - I don't see that as cowardly.

I acquired a forum that was going to close down if I didn't make an offer. The membership was happy that their posts were being put to good use.

 

[Heatman]

I mean if they want to sell and they want their content to go to good use - I don't see that as cowardly.

I acquired a forum that was going to close down if I didn't make an offer. The membership was happy that their posts were being put to good use.

There's absolutely nothing wrong in buying them out when they want to sell. It's a total different thing from what I had in mind. You're actually doing them a big favor buying their database at that point.

I'm talking about a situation where a forum owner will see a credible competition and want to buy them off just to cut them off. The supposed competition doesn't want to sell but they will start making offers to buy from them.

I was privy to the information when Alex of Bizdustry was trying to buy Forum Promotion even when Cam never wanted to sell.

Someone did made an offer recently to buy FP. I heard they offered five figures for it already.

 

[AllyHellkiller]

I want to out my competition out of business .My hate for the treatment I have received from forums on topics I am interested in is what gives me the drive to create forums .I told them I would do so and here I am learning and getting started.I would not give them a penny. I want them totally defeated and demoralized.