forum valuation ?

[picassoface]

How much would a forum with 150,000 members be worth ?

Estimated.....

Thanks

 

[Keral_Patel]

2 mils approx if only 1% or half % members are regular visitors of it.

 

[SouthernTn]

have to know a lil bit more than just the amount of members.. what about the traffic, amount of posts and etc

 

[dcristo]

You don't value a site just based on the forum memberbase

 

[picassoface]

Threads: 69,142, Posts: 642,294, Members: 146,060

Not sure about traffic, probably alot from above #'s.

I don't own the forum, but am interested in it.... Any price estimates ? tks

 

[whydna]

Its hard to say without revenue figures, or potential for revenue. But that is a pretty big forum.

 

[picassoface]

In my opinion, it has Way too many ads, but the nature of the people who use the forum actually Like those ads as they are related to their interests and i bet they get alot of clickthru's (knowing this from personal experience as I am a member and often see ads i Want to click on)

 

[Shaggy]

Well, then that may make it even more expensive to buy. I have a forum that has over 3 million posts and even if it wasn't making any money, I still wouldn't sell it from a rev stand point because of the amount of members and posts it has.

The post to member ratio is not good. Seems like the forum is averaging around 3 - 4 posts per member. (642,294 posts to 146,060 members)

This is a tough apprasial, from not knowing what the niche is or rev it makes, I would say around $12k at least.

 

[picassoface]

Thanks Shaggy. I always appreciate an informative reply. That's what this board is for...
Best of luck

 

[Shaggy]

Can you at least tell us what the niche is? Whats the subject of the forum?

 

[picassoface]

The forum is on Firehouse.com

On the top menu there's a button for "forum". The site is very cluttered.
I recently bought FireForum.com and will be making a forum for Firefighters (i'm one) that I hope will do better than their site as this one isn't buried in an overcrowded website....

 

[whydna]

FireHouse is a big site. It is worth mid $xx,xxx IMO.

 

[picassoface]

Firehouse.com would never be for sale, it's the extension of the magazine Firehouse (and the website is probably worth a cool million i'd bet). With all those ads I bet it pulls in MegaBucks, cause firemen Love firefighting STUFF - we buy tshirts, tools, gear, collectibles, anything related to the Job.

It's the forum that is buried inside the website that i'm most interested in...

 

[RTM.net]

$12K just for the forum with 150K members and all that content ? Me thinks not.

Depending on the age (member since) and staleness (valid contact email, etc.) of the member base, I would say (easily) high $XX,XXX or more.

Rob