Free Forum Hosting

[aquariancore]

They are popping up all over the place. Some even advertise you can put adsense and other ads on them. How do they make money?

[ACCER]

They make money with ads and add ons. By charging to to stop pop-ups. Stuff like that. As the veteren owner of over 20 forums, Don't do it. With free forums, you get what you pay for.

[Rohitpatel]

Well they earn money from ads on their hosted boards. Some hosting site also use Pop-up ads on site.

[aquariancore]

I have my own forums in place so I won't be doing anything like that. On such advertised free forum promises no ads or popups meaning by them but you can add your own. Maybe there is a percentage split.

[Rohitpatel]

Well most of free forum hosting site does not allowed our ads on theit hosted forum. Some site tool small amount to put ads.

[berlinlife06]

I'm too skeptical to believe that there is anything really "free" in this world. Except maybe for the Staten Island Ferry, that runs free of charge to the public b etween Manhattan and Staten Island, everything else sooner or later shows up its cost!

[ACCER]

One of my forums is still on a free host. The only reason is because trying to get everyone to migrate was worse than herding cats and they whined and complained. SO I left it up but never go there. If they don't mind the ads and pop-ups, why should I?

[parise]

This is the price you pay ( pun intended) when you go with a free web host.

[specXYZ]

free host is a bed idea...

[reviewer]

Free hosting is not necessarily bad, but you're not going to make money on your site - THEY are. Beware a site that promises you the world but asks nothing.