Growth What are the best ways to bring in revenue in your community?

[Nomad]

@Cpvr thank you for your advice. I have used "Advertise Here" banner to sell ad space on my blogs and I did make few sales. I want to try this option for my forums as well, however, the only thing that is holding me back is low traffic. My forum does not have a lot of traffic. Selling merchandise also has worked for me on my blogs and this is something I am looking forward to do on my forums as well. But again, I have not tried because of low traffic.

 

[hungkit]

An admin can opt for the strategy of online courses. She may create and sell online courses related to your community's niche. Members who are already engaged with your content may be interested in deepening their knowledge through structured courses

 

[Jason]

If I had a commercial website, which I don't at the moment, I wouldn't want to use ads. People don't really like ads. They might tolerate them, but they don't really like them. Instead, I would want to make some sort of classified service.

Anyway, another thing coming against ads is ad blockers and you'd have to ask people to remove them, and they would find that even extra annoying.

 

[Cpvr]

If I had a commercial website, which I don't at the moment, I wouldn't want to use ads. People don't really like ads. They might tolerate them, but they don't really like them. Instead, I would want to make some sort of classified service.

Anyway, another thing coming against ads is ad blockers and you'd have to ask people to remove them, and they would find that even extra annoying.

You don’t have to ask people to remove their ad blocker; you can simply show ads to guests only, not members. That way, they may be more inclined to join to avoid seeing ads.


I know if I come across a site that asks me to turn off my ad blocker, I usually leave that site. That pop-up is seriously annoying.


You could also consider using ‘sponsored threads or posts,’ which could be another source of revenue.