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I've owned many failures of forums before. I wanted to see what it was like being an admin. Though I'm pretty sure they're all down by now Tongue
(June 11th, 2013 at 4:53 PM)t3haco link Wrote: [ -> ]I've owned many failures of forums before.

Isn't that the truth.
(June 18th, 2013 at 5:07 AM)cheesesc4 link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=t3haco link=topic=149.msg1522#msg1522 date=1370969593]
I've owned many failures of forums before.

Isn't that the truth.
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The truth hurts D:
I have, it's a slow growing site but it's doing well! About to do some massive changes in design. Looking forward to that.  Big Grin
Site redesigns are always fun. Believe it or not Makestation got a massive site redesign like two days before its launch haha.

I might plan another site redesign sometime down the road. I think now is still a bit too soon haha.
I have owned many free forums (forums with no domain names), I have abandoned those.

Recently I launched another forum, this time I bought a domain name.
It seems like custom domain names help a lot these days. They allow for better SEO and the URLs are usually much easier to remember.
Yes, if you are looking for long term success you will need a domain name.

A domain name costs only around $10, every webmaster should have a domain name.
I'm very glad domains are as cheap as they are. It makes it much easier to get a website started. The only thing that annoys me is when registrars reserve certain domains and charge thousands of dollars for them. It's hard to get a good domain these days. Tongue
It will get harder to get a good domain name.

It is not a bad idea to purchase as many domain names as possible.
But of course: buysell-browse.com a phpBB forum for free classifieds advertising and promotion.