Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
The banner is a little weird and I didn’t realize what it was at first glance. After looking at it, it’s actually a really great banner, but the problem is that you have to actually look at it to know what it is. The theme is a little boring when you first get to the website. There seems to be way too much space on the sides because it doesn’t change colors as you get to the forum lists. There’s a little white between them, but almost everything is that light blue. Is there any difference in the forum icons? If there is, how am I supposed to know where one is which? ProBoards hurts the chance of gaining new members. I know of a lot of people who won’t join a forum just because it’s on ProBoards. I’d look into getting a real host, and if you can’t afford one, then maybe try free hosting or P2H. If you can get a domain, that will also higher the chances of getting more members. It will be faster to type and easier to remember. Maybe get a .co.nr or .co.cc if you can’t get a TLD.
(Scored 8/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
I don’t understand why you have the same affiliate buttons below your banner and in the Paragraph Promotion section in the footer. The big box below the banner takes up a lot of space. If I were you, I’d look into getting a home page and have all of that information on the home page. The order you have your forums in is great and makes it easy to find certain forums.
(Scored 13/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
Your forum has been open for around 122 days (I know you just reopened), and you have 127 members. You’re getting a little more than 1 member per day, which isn’t bad. You’re averaging about 4.2 new topics per day and about 21.1 new posts per day. Taking into account that you were closed, those stats would be better than what I have listed above. All of your forums except for the marketplace have at least gotten some posts in the last week, but they could be getting more seeing all of the members you have. Try to get your members to come back and post.
(Scored 12/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
You have 1 member of staff per 42.33 members. That’s a good amount, and when your forum gets more active again, if it seems a little busy on you 3, I’d look into getting another member of staff somewhere. You alone have about 29$ of your forum’s posts. That’s pretty good as it seems that you’re creating discussion. Your package team leader should try to post around more so that more people know who he is. It’s always better when your staff are well liked, and if they don’t post much, how are they going to become well liked? I can’t find any posts from your other staff member.
(Scored 15/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
In some forum descriptions every word is started with a capital letter, in others it’s normal. I understand some people prefer it with every word starting with a capital, but you need to at least make it consistent. Under the FOTM winner, “it’s” shouldn’t have the apostrophe.
(Scored 18/20)
Total Score – 66 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks:
I think your forum is overall great and should get more activity once you get a domain, get off of ProBoards, and advertise more. You should also try to get something unique, because your forum is the same as every other promotion forum. Why choose yours over another promotion forum?
What was most liked about the website/forums:
How active you as an owner are and the fact that there were barely any spelling/grammar mistakes.
What was disliked most about the website/forums:
There’s nothing unique, it’s on ProBoards, the domain is too long, and the theme is really boring.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website?
Add in a unique feature, get off of ProBoards and get a shorter domain even if it’s just a .co.nr or .co.cc domain.
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