thinking of closing my forum down?

[P®od]

Hi, i want any opinions on whether i should shut my forum down.
Thanks

 

[Kay]

What are your reasons for wanting to close it?

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Because of the activity?

 

[Chazz]

Have you done everything you can to promote your forum such as advertising and post exchanges?

 

[Kevin X Dragon]

I don't think you should close down your forum yet. Why not do some post exchanges to get some member which hopefully stay, get a package to boost activity , get a review to see how you can improve, and advertise more.

 

[katy perry is hot]

You can't expect a board to grow overnight. You need to put some work in by doing the things that Dragon Master suggested.

 

[Midnight]

Just keep working at it, promotiong and using the services of FA and FP -happy-

 

[Rok]

Just have confidence and patience like everyone is statings above.

Just keep working at it, promotiong and using the services of FA and FP -happy-

And FM. 😀

 

[P8I.com]

My forum is struggling too, don't worry. Just keep working on it and one day your hard work will pay off. Look at your competitors that are successful; evaluate them; and see if maybe they're doing something that you should be. That's what I'm doing.

If you're interested, you could merge with my forum here and we can build a super forum! -happy-.

 

[The-Wall]

Great way to promote your forum is to add links to torrents....obviously don't upload anything illegal. I upload my mates mixes with his permission and have got a lot of members through doing that.

 

[Chazz]

Another idea would be to start a YouTube channel where you review Apple products and include a link to your forum.

 

[The-Wall]

Another idea would be to start a YouTube channel where you review Apple products and include a link to your forum.

Could you pm me more information on how to do that please -😉-

 

[Nebulous]

If you no longer enjoy running your forum then you should close it. Nobody wants to be active in a forum where the admin is no longer interested. Or you could hire some admin's to run things while you get over whatever it is you are going through.

 

[wednesday]

I agree with Theezy, is there no one who would like to take the forum over?

 

[katy perry is hot]

Well, that doesn't seem like the reason why he wants to shut down. It seems the reasoning is that he is discouraged by low activity.

 

[chich]

You need to put in as much effort as you can before giving up! There are many options to try, I won't name any cos they've all been listed above ^ but keep working at it for a bit longer 🙂

 

[P®od]

Ok i should have put some more info in my first post.

It's been going for a while this forum but i read in another forum here that you should never start a forum till its done. So what i want to do is start fresh and redo the forum.

So i should have said Revamping. Maybe trying to find somewhere better to host my forum.

I have done quite a bit since i have been here so thats been great but i thinks its deterring to have a incomplete forum to.

 

[Kevin X Dragon]

Well if you want to revamp then I said go for it. When I first start a forum it sucked and looked horrible so I had recreate, adding more ideas and getting a better host, and the new forum was way better and I got some active members .

 

[P®od]

Ok so who do you recommend for hosting? PHPBB3 preffered.

 

[Midnight]

yes phpbb3 is good, and if you need any help with your forum, advertising or anything. (accept mods 😀) im here. just PM me

 

[Kevin X Dragon]

Ok so who do you recommend for hosting? PHPBB3 preffered.

Are you looking for paid (Ex:Blue Host) or free hosting (Ex: Freeforum.org)?