Rhett
08-30-2008, 11:28 AM
I started out as a user of fourms in the mid to late 90's, at that time a forum was a place for people with a common interest or career to discuss with each other ideas and conversation other in order to learn and pull information together in one place.
On or around the year 2003 I started noticing a trend of these forums, it seemed that while all of them were started for the same reason, as the money potential grew for advertising on these sites that attracted upwards of 100,000 members, the site's owners did one of two things. They either sold out to large media advertising companies and the sites then turned into a large commercial that you had to weed through the 25+ ads on each page to see any information, or the site's owner felt the power of greed and turned the site into a money making venture via advertising for himself.
While making money is a great thing and all the best to those that are raking in the money from their sites, there is a need for forums and websites to get back to the basics. Do you find yourself skipping commercials when watching TV? well I do along with the majority of people, a website is no different, making forums an advertising site is simply something that the majority of members don't want to deal with.
I started with one site and have now grown to 10+ sites, the reason for my sites is simple, to provide a simple place for the members to visit and share information without the google ads and pop up's that you see on most sites. How are all the cost's covered? well that's pretty simple, while each site is a little different the majority of the cost are covered by a few select sponsor or vendors dealing with items of interest pertaining to the site. While we do not let just anyone on these sites as vendors, they will have to have a very good reputation in the industry and also provide something different then the other vendors.
This ensures that the members have reputable companies to purchase from without having to worry about being taken advantage of, while at the same time they can trust that company as well. Some of the sites also have what is called a site supporter status or group, this is for the members that appreciate the site and want to help support it, they get nothing in return other then recognition of there donation via a site supporter logo.
Unlike most forums that charge for extra features or to remove advertising, all of the features are FREE on all of my sites. They are for the members and by the members, as all of the sites are moderated by enthusiast of the sport or topic of the forum.
All of my sites are run on the latest software on fully dedicated servers, these servers are monitored 24/7/365 and have a record of 99.99% uptime and a full 100mb connection as well.
I only do forums for a few select people, I have a small group that I do custom work for as well as a few sites that are all hobbies of mine that I have created sites for. If you are interested in forum creation or customization, please use the contact form at the bottom of the page.
Thank you!
On or around the year 2003 I started noticing a trend of these forums, it seemed that while all of them were started for the same reason, as the money potential grew for advertising on these sites that attracted upwards of 100,000 members, the site's owners did one of two things. They either sold out to large media advertising companies and the sites then turned into a large commercial that you had to weed through the 25+ ads on each page to see any information, or the site's owner felt the power of greed and turned the site into a money making venture via advertising for himself.
While making money is a great thing and all the best to those that are raking in the money from their sites, there is a need for forums and websites to get back to the basics. Do you find yourself skipping commercials when watching TV? well I do along with the majority of people, a website is no different, making forums an advertising site is simply something that the majority of members don't want to deal with.
I started with one site and have now grown to 10+ sites, the reason for my sites is simple, to provide a simple place for the members to visit and share information without the google ads and pop up's that you see on most sites. How are all the cost's covered? well that's pretty simple, while each site is a little different the majority of the cost are covered by a few select sponsor or vendors dealing with items of interest pertaining to the site. While we do not let just anyone on these sites as vendors, they will have to have a very good reputation in the industry and also provide something different then the other vendors.
This ensures that the members have reputable companies to purchase from without having to worry about being taken advantage of, while at the same time they can trust that company as well. Some of the sites also have what is called a site supporter status or group, this is for the members that appreciate the site and want to help support it, they get nothing in return other then recognition of there donation via a site supporter logo.
Unlike most forums that charge for extra features or to remove advertising, all of the features are FREE on all of my sites. They are for the members and by the members, as all of the sites are moderated by enthusiast of the sport or topic of the forum.
All of my sites are run on the latest software on fully dedicated servers, these servers are monitored 24/7/365 and have a record of 99.99% uptime and a full 100mb connection as well.
I only do forums for a few select people, I have a small group that I do custom work for as well as a few sites that are all hobbies of mine that I have created sites for. If you are interested in forum creation or customization, please use the contact form at the bottom of the page.
Thank you!