Possibly selling forum.

www.confab-it.com

Never sold a forum before so not exactly sure what to state here in terms of statistics etc. Buyer would possess vBulletin license, ownership of images etc.

46% of traffic is direct, 17.3% referral, 36.8% is through search engines. We rank fairly well for our keywords, and are within the top page for many queries. Other statistics are;
Visits: 8,134
Unique Visitors: 4,319
Pageviews: 55,370

Please note: We had problems with analytics are first so assume these values to be slightly higher.


Currently the forum has 20,966 posts, 2086 threads, and around 290 members. I'd say 200 of those users are legitimate, with the rest being post-exchange accounts and spam bots we haven't noticed. On average we get about 30 members online a day, however previously we've seen averages of 40-50. This isn't bad for a four month old forum.

Activity has dropped recently partially due to myself and my partner taking a break and therefore not making any improvements or advertising. A lot of our members seem to be out enjoying their holidays, spending time with family etc. The members are very friendly and a lot of them are really active posters.

Currently the forum is only making money through donations, subscriptions and PublicityClerks. The forum would require some financial investment.

I genuinely believe that the forum has potential so long as the management have the experiment and commitment to devote time and money to the site.

I know it's a new site and probably not worth a lot. Myself and my partner are disappointed with how it's progressed and we're simply looking into selling (we're not set on it yet). If you need more information, let us know.

 

That's actually very good stats for only a 4 month old forum. And it's a general discussion forum, not even a popular niche site.

 

There we go then. Hopefully a few people will be interested.

 

Around £40 from subscriptions/donations, £3ish from PublicityClerks. xD Not huge numbers I know, but I'm sure an experienced admin could turn it around because I haven't got a clue what I'm doing.

 

How much do do you want for it? I would be a little more interested if you had another section in it about computer programming. How did you manage to get the site so active in just four months?

 

Highest offer I've had so far is $225, so yeah...

Honestly, about 100 members were either friends of myself or my partners, whom we've met through other forums, gaming etc. The rest were through advertising threads, word-of-mouth advertising etc. Also, a few members from Google and also a few postloopers.

 

Thought people would be interested in this information.

vB 5 Connect License (includes latest versions of vB 4).
The forum itself, obviously.
Domain and 8 months VPS hosting with 123-reg.com (both expire April 2014).
All the custom designs (forum icons, etc). All I ask is that you don't claim these are your own work.
The paid-for vBulletin themes from http://www.purevb.com .
All accounts registered to other forums for advertising purposes. I'll give you the email/password to each account but I request you change it to an email of your own.
Facebook/Twitter accounts, unless you plan to start a-fresh.
PublicityClerks account (has about $7 earnings thus far - not a lot, but a start).
Postloop account (has a few points remaining).

 

Goodluck on selling mate i was wondering about how much this would cost on forumpromotion how long does the license have left?

 

I can't see any indication that the license expires?

 

I agree with you, however I keep getting interest from people whom are aware of the highest bid, so I'll keep it open for a few more days just in-case.


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For what it's worth, I genuinely believe Confab-It has huge potential provided the right person/partnership is behind the site. It'll require work, yes, but given the fact it's been very successful in it's first four months I can only imagine things will get better; we're currently beating a lot of sites in our niche for keyword rankings etc, which counts for something.

Good statistics/rankings coupled with 8 months of hosting/domain, a non-expiring VB 4/5 license and plenty of work already done to the site; pretty good start to a project if you ask me.

I also forgot to mention you'll receive the PureVB theme files that we purchased (you won't be able to download them from the members area after a year), as well as all the image files in-case you decide you want to make edits.

 

I do not mean to go off-topic here, but what is PublicityClerks?

 

Ad-selling website.

 

Sold your site? Or is it still waiting for a buyer

 

It sold!

 

Congratulations! And good work on being the former owner, you did great.